Information systems used

 TPS : 

Transaction Processing System is operational-level systems that feed all others systems in the organization

Ø Data 

·   Provide data to support the management of operations.

·   Usually obtained through the automated or semi-automated tracking of low-level activities and basic transactions.

a TPS  system collects, modifies, stores and retrieves data from all the users of google company.  An Example of TPS tools used by Google is cookies, it stores information about the users’ activity in the web throughout the entire time it is used, and therefore Google uses these information to know and understand the users’ preferences and then uses them for its search engine to give out the most relevant results. If we take a look at the Google translator we see that it processes billions of texts that have been translated before by humans from books and organizations (UN) and look for statistically certain patterns and keep them in its database for users when they translate texts so that it gives them the most accurate  translation for it.

Google analytics also uses cookies, it is a TPS system that keep track of ecommerce on a site

They start by creating a method that store all of the information that’s required for a certain transaction (ID, shipping charge, billing etc.) that are related to a certain item that’s been ordered. And then they use another method that stores information about each item for each transaction such as Price, category and quantity. And then they finally submit it to the analytics server which finalizes the transaction.

MIS

An MIS provides managers in Google with information and support for effective decision making, and provides feedback on daily operations[i]. MIS is an integrated collection of subsystems, which are typically organized along functional lines within an organization.

Ø Data :

·   High volume data

·   Past and present data

·   Outputs: Summary reports

·   provide data for Middle managers

MIS are built on the data provided by the TPS[ii]

An example of MIS is the PageRank[iii] by Google, this system organizes the importance of the web pages by using complicated[iv] algorithm equations and in order to place each website in a specific rank so the use can determine the its significance and importance by its ranking place.

Some examples of MIS:

·         Sales management systems

·         Inventory control systems

·         Budgeting systems