How might VW and WinterGear employ decision support systems (DSS) and knowledge management systems (KMS) for competitive advantage? Be company-specific in your use of language! (2 points) VW:...

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How might VW and WinterGear employ decision support systems (DSS) and knowledge management systems (KMS) for competitive advantage? Be company-specific in your use of language! (2 points) VW: WinterGear: DSS: · . · . · . DSS: · . · . · . KMS: · . · . · . KMS: · . · . · . FastFit and Partners Healthcare are companies that depend on business intelligence to survive and prosper. But Partners is more likely to turn to decision support and data analytics to manage its business while FastFit is more likely to turn to knowledge management. Why is this so? What Information technology and information sources will each of these companies employ in building their respective DSS and KMS solutions? Partners Health: FastFit: Why DSS? · . · . · . Why KMS? · . · . · . IT Employed by a Partners Healthcare DSS? IT Employed by a FastFit KMS? Information Sources drawn on for DSS? Information Sources drawn on for KMS? Question #4: Employing, the MIS Integrative Learning Framework to CDM/Smith. Be sure to properly align your responses! (2 points) C. Information Processing Infrastructure and Applications 1. Business Process Integration 2. Information Technology 3. People and Organization structure B. Information Requirements 1. Operations and Transaction Processing 2. Management and Control 3. Innovation, Strategy and Corporate Learning A. Business Drivers/ Needs/Results 1. Operational Excellence, 2. Customer Intimacy, 3. Product Leadership 4. (some combination) alignment Drives Drives alignment Enables Enables Business Results/Lesson Learned 4.1: What is CDM/Smith’s primary business driver? ____________________________ 4.2: Given CDM/Smith’s business focus, what are some of its most important information needs at the three levels of information use listed below? a. operations – b. management and control – c. innovation and learning – 4.3: Given CDM/Smith’ business focus, how would this focus guide/inform the following needs/choices: a. the hiring and development of personnel – b. business process reengineering efforts – c. the acquisition of information systems - page 1