- supply chain management
- enterprise management
- customer management
- knowledge management
- firm profitability and strategic position
- data collection and storage
- transfer motion into business systems
- dissemination
- planning
- coordination
- controling
- modeling and decision making
- information processing activities
- management activities
- from a business perspective,information systems are part of a series of value-adding activities for acquiring, tranforming,and distribuiting information that managers can use to improve decision making,enhance organizational ,performance,and ultimately,increase firm profitability