Almost all of electric utility companies are planning to improve their management automation system, in order to meet the changing requirements of new liberalized energy market and to benefit from the innovations in information and communication technology (ICT or IT). Architectural design of the utility management automation (UMA) systems for their IT-enabling requires proper selection of ...

introduction: hospital information system (his) plays an important role in enhancing the quality of remedy in hospitals. his is considered as an information system that may have great influence on the effectiveness and efficiency of hospital management. evaluation system is one of the most important issues that is greatly emphasized in the management system. this paper evaluate his based on ahi...

Executive Summary : This presentation proposes a conceptual framework for assessing the business effectiveness and quality of Information Management (IM)Services in organizations by using a Corporate Information Management scorecard. The presentation applies the ‘Balanced Scorecard’ tool used by organizations typically for management strategy and performance measurement in the area of Informati...

Accurate and easy to use Farm Management Information Systems (FMIS) are of fundamental importance for a successful operational farm management. However, still today many farmers do not use FMISs for various reasons, like lack of knowledge and the complexity of many available FMISs. In particular for small to medium-sized farms and for multifunctional farms appropriate FMISs hardly exist. This p...

Mountain torrent disaster warning system is a significant non-engineering flood prevention measure for achieving the goals of flood prevention and disaster reduction in the related small rivers. After analyzing the design principle and objective of the system, we proposed a mountain torrent disaster warning system based on WEB GIS technology and the distributed hydrological model (DHM) of the r...

Multimedia information systems handle vast quantities of media resources. As a consequence, it is difficult to keep track of the semantic content of these items, especially if they were produced by different users of the system. We are interested in developing a formalism and corresponding tools that will be capable of abstracting concepts, ideas, and lines of thought expressed in the media by ...

This paper presents a framework for the implementation of strategic information systems. The framework draws on past research on implementation and takes into account the unique circumstances of strategic applications. The framework is illustrated with a case study of a money-center bank's cash management system based on a microcomputer. The microcomputer provides a powerful front end to the ba...