MIS at GH office Depot

COMPANY PROFILE

The company started as small office stationery dealer in 1967. By the grace of God and through its continuous quest for quality and better products to serve its clientele. It has gained the confidence and patronage of its clients. The clientele expanded to what it is today, a big solid majority share in the market.

The company opened its door to the general public in 1995 by opening up a modest yet modern retail outfit. A supermarket-type of stationery store. The concept was overwhelming accepted by the general public.

The retail outlet and network continue to grow and expand. Today, it is a big business outfit housed in a modern complex with all the convenient facilities and amenities.

The GH OFFICE DEPOT carries in its inventory more than 12,000 items of office items to serve its clients. The company keeps on updating and upgrading its list of items to cope up with the current trend in office management. And to serve its clients with the latest and most up-to-date office supplies and equipments.

THE INTERVIEW

Our group is assigned to the module 8 of the Management Information System. It talks about the Role of Internet: In Electronic Commerce and Electronic Business.

With this regard, we visited the GH Office Depot on July 4, 2008 located at 88-88A T.
Monteverde Ave. Davao City. There we interviewed the MIS department head who is Mr. Hector Po.

In this topic, we derived the following questions with their corresponding answers:

1.) What is the role of internet in the business transactions of your company?

Some customers order our products through email and in our websites. Suppliers gave updates on their products via the internet. Also, our head monitors the establishment with the use if IP cameras which is also in internet. He can also remotely control the General Business System with the use of IP address.

2.) How did you come up with the implementation of the internet?

The implementation of internet started along 2002 with a main purpose to have the company’s own website.

3.) What are the advantages of using the internet?

As mentioned in the first question. Aside from this, the company can also do researches and gather information needed through internet.

4.) What are the disadvantages?

The main advantage is the maintenance of data security for when the system is infected with viruses and worms through internet, the whole system will get affected. However, they can also be cured with the help of internet.

5.) What does the internet mean to your company?

As for now, in my own opinion, I can only rate the importance of internet with 20% because we have no branches yet. Only, without the internet, the customers who ordered via internet won’t be able to contact us (GGH Office Depot) anymore unless they go personally. For those that internets of great advantage, we can’t go nothing. And price update of the suppliers would not be the same status like this.

Aside from the above mentioned questions, we also asked him regarding the other modules.

Module 1- Information Systems and their impact on business operations

Module 2- Identify the Strategic Role of Information Systems

Module 3- The Role of Information Systems on Organizations, and Management Efficiencies

Module 4- Hardware Components and their Applications

PCs, POS, cash registers, bar code scanners, PO, routers, wireless router, UTP cables, Biometrics, Fingerprint scanners, bundy clock, cameras, etc.

Module 5- Role of Software in the Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure

Operating System- Windows XP Vista, MS office applications, Visual Basic for the system’s design and MySQL 5.0 Version for the data server.

Module 6- Approaches in Organizing and Managing Data Resources

Module 7- Features of the New Information Technology (IT) Infrastructure

Inventory, modules for sales and purchasing, accounting, payroll, etc.

Module 9- Interaction Between Organizations Change and Development of Information Systems

Requisitions of the systems

IT has impact in the business transactions of the company. Similarly, the company affects the implemtntation of their Information Systems or Information technology.

Module 10- Different Approaches to Systems-Building

REFERENCES:

http://www.ghofficedepot.com/contact.htm

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