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1 Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition Chapter 2 Strategic Uses of Information Systems
2 Objectives Explain what business strategy and strategic moves are Illustrate how information systems can give businesses a competitive advantage Identify basic initiatives for gaining a competitive advantage Explain what makes an information system a strategic information system Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 2
3 Objectives (continued) Identify fundamental requirements for developing strategic information systems Explain circumstances and initiatives that make one IT strategy succeed and another fail Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 3
4 Strategy and Strategic Moves Strategy: framework, or approach, to obtaining an advantageous position Business strategy: a plan to help an organization outperform its competitors Often done by creating new opportunities, not beating rivals Information system may be built to solve a problem or to seize an opportunity Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 4
5 Strategy and Strategic Moves (continued) Strategic information system (SIS): an information system that helps seize opportunities Strategic advantage: using strategy to maximize company strengths Competitive advantage: having maximized an organization s strengths to beat its rivals Using the Web strategically can be advantageous Simply extending business to the Web is no longer a strategic advantage Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 5
6 Achieving a Competitive Advantage Competitive advantage is achieved when a forprofit company increases its profits significantly, usually through increased market share Many initiatives can be used to gain competitive advantage Strategic moves often combine two or more initiatives The essence of strategy is innovation Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 6
7 Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 7 Achieving a Competitive Advantage (continued)
8 Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 8 Achieving a Competitive Advantage (continued)
9 Initiative #1: Reduce Costs Customers want to pay as little as possible for products or services Reduce costs to lower price Automation greatly reduces manufacturing costs Web can automate customer service activities Companies that are first to adopt advanced systems that reduce labor enjoy competitive advantage until their rivals do likewise Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 9
10 Initiative #2: Raise Barriers to Market Entrants Less competition is better for company Gain competitive advantage by making it difficult or impossible for others to produce the same product or service To lower competition, raise barriers to entrants Obtain legal protection of intellectual property (copyrights and patents on inventions, techniques, and services) Examples: Amazon s one-click, Priceline s reverse auction Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 10
11 Initiative #2: Raise Barriers to Market Entrants (continued) Build unmatchable information systems Rivals must do likewise or license your technology Example: State Street Corp. s pension fund management ISs Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 11
12 Initiative #3: Establish High Switching Costs Switching costs: expenses incurred when customer stops buying from one company and starts buying from another Explicit: charge customer for switching (early termination of contract) Implicit: indirect costs over period of time, such as implementation of new product, staff retraining High switching costs lock in customers Example: proprietary software, such as ERP systems, that have custom modifications Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 12
13 Initiative #4: Create New Products or Services Having a unique product or service gives competitive advantage for a period of time First mover: organization that is first to offer a new product or service Usually results in superior brand name, better technology, more experience, or critical mass Critical mass: body of clients that is large enough to attract other clients Examples: ebay, Apple s iphone Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 13
14 Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 14 Initiative #4: Create New Products or Services (continued)
15 Initiative #4: Create New Products or Services (continued) Being a first mover is not a guarantee of longterm success Netscape Infoseek Must continue to improve and innovate to maintain competitive advantage Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 15
16 Initiative #5: Differentiate Products or Services Product differentiation: persuading customers that your product is better than competitors Usually achieved through advertising and customer experience Exemplified by brand name success Promotes brand name Example: Skype, YouTube Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 16
17 Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 17 Initiative #5: Differentiate Products or Services (continued)
18 Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 18 Initiative #5: Differentiate Products or Services (continued)
19 Initiative #6: Enhance Products or Services Enhance existing products or services to increase value to consumer Many products and services have been enhanced by use of the Web Examples: Charles Schwab, Progressive Groups Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 19
20 Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 20 Initiative #6: Enhance Products or Services (continued)
21 Initiative #7: Establish Alliances Alliance: two companies combining services Makes product more attractive Reduces costs Provides one-stop shopping Affiliate program: linking to other companies and rewarding the linker for click-throughs Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 21
22 Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 22 Initiative #7: Establish Alliances (continued)
23 Initiative #8: Lock in Suppliers or Buyers Accomplished by achieving bargaining power Bargaining power: leverage to influence buyers and suppliers Achieved by being major competitor or eliminating competitors Uses purchase volume as leverage over suppliers Lock in buyers by making them fear high switching costs Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 23
24 Initiative #8: Lock in Suppliers Lock in clients by: or Buyers (continued) Giving away a product to make it become a standard (Microsoft s Internet Explorer, Adobe s Acrobat Reader, Macromedia s Flash player) Creating a physical or software limitation on using technology (Apple Computer s itunes) Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 24
25 Creating and Maintaining Strategic Information Systems Many opportunities to accomplish competitive edge with information technology Innovative software can establish a competitive advantage Strategic information systems can be created from scratch or by modifying a previous system To be an SIS, an information system must: Serve an organization goal Collaborate with other functional units of company Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 25
26 Creating an SIS Top management must be involved throughout the process Strategic information system must be part of the overall organizational strategic plan Management should ask questions to determine whether to develop a new SIS Estimating the financial benefits of SIS is extremely difficult Many fundamental business changes may be involved Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 26
27 Creating an SIS (continued) Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 27
28 Reengineering and Organizational Change To implement SIS, organizations must rethink the way they operate Reengineering: Eliminating and rebuilding operations from the ground up Often involves new machinery and elimination of management layers Frequently involves information technology Goal is to achieve huge efficiency improvements New SIS requires revamping business processes Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 28
29 Competitive Advantage as a Moving Target Competitive advantage is often short-lived Competitors soon imitate the leader, diminishing the advantage SIS quickly becomes a standard business practice Must continually modify and enhance technology to sustain competitive advantage Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 29
30 JetBlue: A Success Story JetBlue: airline company that entered a formerly hurting market with great success Ticketless travel Automation with IT Reduced costs Improved service Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 30
31 JetBlue: A Success Story (continued) Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 31
32 Massive Automation JetBlue developed Open Skies software to automate ticket handling Avoids travel agents and their fees Uses reservation agents who work from home using VoIP Encourages Internet flight booking by customers Maintenance information system used to log airplane parts and time cycles for replacement Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 32
33 Massive Automation (continued) Flight planning to maximize occupied seats is automated Operational data is updated flight by flight and available to management at all times Training management system eliminates need for paper records, allows tracking of employee training Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 33
34 Away from Tradition JetBlue used innovative technique for routing airplanes Does not use hub-and-spokes method, only point to point Take most profitable route between cities Keeping flight manuals on laptop computers allows for paperless cockpits Saves preflight time associated with calculating weight of plane (annual savings of ~4800 hours) Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 34
35 Away from Tradition (continued) Uses biometrics for authentication and authorization Implemented a paperless frequent flier program Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 35
36 Enhanced Service Technology helps JetBlue offer better service Leather seats Real-time in-flight television On-schedule departures and arrivals Fewest mishandled bags in the industry Rapid check-in times and fast baggage retrieval Better security Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 36
37 Impressive Performance Most important metric in airline industry is cost per available seat-mile (CASM) Measures how much it costs to fly a passenger one mile JetBlue had lowest or second-lowest CASM for its first three years of operations Less than 7 cents (industry average is 11 cents) JetBlue fills 78% of its seats, while competitors fill only 71% Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 37
38 Late Mover Advantage Late mover: enters the market later than other competitors Can be viewed as advantage Implements latest available technologies Not burdened with legacy systems JetBlue used 40% beta software Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 38
39 Ford on the Web: A Failure Story Some strategic moves end up being colossal failures May fail because of lack of attention to details Unable to predict customer or business partner response Ford s great failed initiative was undertaken by Jacque Nasser, CEO of Ford Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 39
40 The Ideas Nasser was eager to push Ford to the Web; his ideas included: Install devices in vehicles to enable drivers and passengers to access Web Establish Web site to market parts to auto manufacturers via auctions to encourage price competition among parts suppliers Push vehicle sales to Web and bypass dealers and their fees Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 40
41 Hitting the Wall Customers not very interested in Web access in vehicles in 2000 Other car companies learned to use online part auctioning State franchising laws did not allow car companies to bypass dealers Online sales initiative failed Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 41
42 The Retreat Ford abandoned plan to sell directly to consumers online Web site used to select proper model only, but consumers must still utilize a dealer Web site sold cars, but not enough to save Nasser s job Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 42
43 The Bleeding Edge Ford case shows that being a first mover is risky Pioneers sometimes get burned even with careful planning Bleeding edge: failure occurring because of company trying to be on leading edge No prior experience from which to learn Implementation costs are greater than anticipated Technology ends up losing money for company Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 43
44 The Bleeding Edge (continued) Due to bleeding edge, companies often wait before implementing newer technologies Microsoft s approach is to seize an existing idea, improve it, and promote it with marketing power Also known as competing by emulating and improving Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 44
45 Summary Some information systems have become strategic tools as a result of strategic planning; others have evolved into strategic tools Strategic information systems help companies gain strategic advantage Company achieves strategic advantage by using strategy to maximize its strength, resulting in a competitive advantage Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 45
46 Summary (continued) Various initiatives for establishing strategic advantage: Cost reduction, raising barriers to competitors, establishing high switching costs, new products, differentiating products, enhancing products, alliances, and locking suppliers Creating standards often establishes strategic advantage in software industry Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 46
47 Summary (continued) Reengineering: the process of redesigning a business process from scratch to significantly reduce costs Strategic advances from information systems are short-lived; new opportunities must always be sought Must keep systems on the leading edge to maintain strategic advantage Bleeding edge is the undesirable result of a failed innovation effort Management Information Systems, Sixth Edition 47
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