and sales forecasting. The head office will mainly use these systems as they decided how much budget each store gets. Area and regional managers can use these systems .
Executive Information System (EIS)
EIS is very different from systems such as Management Information Systems (MIS) because EIS uses internal and external data.
Executive information systems are systems that are used by senior managers to assist them in decision-making. They help organisations to enhance their knowledge and ability to adapt.
EIS are designed to help higher management spot a problem, opportunity or trend. The system enables managers to sit at their own desks and access increasingly detailed levels of data in order to try and analyse problems or opportunities. The system needs to be user friendly and capable of producing various forms of output such as exception reports, graphs and charts.
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