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REQUIREMENTS PLANNING FOR CONTROL OF INFORMATION RESOURCES
Author(s) -
Myers Kenneth A.,
Schonberger Richard J.,
Ansari Abdolhossein
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
decision sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.238
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1540-5915
pISSN - 0011-7315
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-5915.1983.tb00166.x
Subject(s) - computer science , production planning , information system , management information systems , plan (archaeology) , scheduling (production processes) , schedule , material requirements planning , function (biology) , production schedule , control (management) , production control , production (economics) , database , database transaction , automated information system , operations research , operations management , engineering , history , electrical engineering , archaeology , evolutionary biology , artificial intelligence , biology , economics , macroeconomics , operating system
Producing reports assembled from files, records, and raw data is a major function of the computer in modern organizations. Transaction processing, records management, file organization, and data‐base management are aspects of the information production function that have received a good deal of attention. But planning, scheduling, and controlling the production of information products have been neglected. For complex applications involving assembly of reports from multilevel information sources, the requirements planning model is suggested as an effective alternative to present methods. Thus, our suggestion is that the computer be used to plan, schedule, and control computer production of information products. Presently available material requirements planning software may be employed with minor modifications that depend on the given information system characteristics. In this paper an example of requirements planning as applied to production of information in a satellite control system is presented.