Operation Support System Vs Management Support System.
The document differentiates between an Operation Support System (OSS) and a Management Support System (MSS) in 3 sentences:
OSS primarily focuses on supporting day-to-day operations and processes within an organization through tools that monitor, control, and optimize activities, while MSS is designed to support strategic planning and decision-making for management through information, analysis tools, and reports. OSS typically deals with more specific operational aspects and real-time data, whereas MSS has a broader scope covering managerial functions and deals with historical and future-oriented data to support strategic planning.
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Operation Support System Vs Management Support System.
The document differentiates between an Operation Support System (OSS) and a Management Support System (MSS) in 3 sentences:
OSS primarily focuses on supporting day-to-day operations and processes within an organization through tools that monitor, control, and optimize activities, while MSS is designed to support strategic planning and decision-making for management through information, analysis tools, and reports. OSS typically deals with more specific operational aspects and real-time data, whereas MSS has a broader scope covering managerial functions and deals with historical and future-oriented data to support strategic planning.
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- Ayush Katwal
BIM-7th Sem MIS 9/6/2023
• Differentiate Operation Support System and
Management Support System.
On the Operation Support Management Support
basis of System System OSS is primarily MSS is designed to focused on supporting support the decision- the day-to-day making and strategic operations and planning activities of Purpose & processes of an management at different Function organization. It levels within an provides tools and organization. It provides functionalities to information, analysis monitor, control, and tools, and reports to optimize various help managers make operational activities. informed decisions & formulate strategic plans. OSS typically deals MSS has a broader Scope with more specific scope, covering various and operational managerial functions aspects, such as like financial network management, management, human inventory control, and resource management, order processing. and strategic planning. OSS is primarily used MSS is used by by operational staff managers and and technicians who executives at different Users are responsible for the levels of the day-to-day tasks and organization, from processes within an front-line supervisors to organization. top-level executives. OSS deals with real- MSS deals with time data and historical and future- Data & information related to oriented data, Information operational processes, supporting strategic focusing on planning and decision- monitoring and making based on control. analysis and forecasting. Examples of OSS Examples of MSS include network include Enterprise monitoring systems, Resource Planning Examples inventory (ERP) systems, management Business Intelligence software, and (BI) tools, and manufacturing control Executive Information systems. Systems (EIS).