Executive information system

As an executive information system (FIS ) (English executive information system, EIS) or management support systems ( MUS ) is called in the economy those information systems which information about all the considered company or organization concerned issues ( both company -internal and external collecting sources), and the process management in a suitable form ( introduction adequately ) provide. FIS resulting from the reporting and relate primarily to human content, so questions about the number of employees, their ratios and the rational use of employees. Also the costs incurred by each employee can be read.

Important properties of these systems include the ability to view data both cumulative and in detail, and to consider them from different perspectives.

Example: The access to the FIS could be done through the sales data, which are summed over the entire year and are listed for the individual divisions. The manager can now track both the data up to down to a specific day and explore as information about seasonal correlations, as well as select a different viewing form - broken down by about sales or Kostenstellenbeauftragtem. Part of the FIS is also the time recording in the office.

In addition to the passive search for decision-relevant information, early warning systems in the foreground, which are designed according to the push paradigm and the management refers to special circumstances or unusual data configurations.

Basis of a FIS is the data mining or the data warehouse.

Functions

A management information system has the following functions:

• Exception Reporting: deviations from the target state are displayed in good time. This is done based on critical success factors using colored markings.
• Drill Down: Data can be retrieved to the operational data base. Compression stages and detailed information can be freely selected.
• Navigation: In the data view guidance are displayed.
• News: Provision of corporate internal and external messages.
• Trend Analysis: The time course of data is processed in order to conclude on future values. This applies, for example, article sales or market share.
• Notes: The documents of the management information system can be provided with personal notes.