1. Why MIS? Part 1

2. Part1-2 AllRoad Parts Copyright © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. 10-year-old, privately owned company selling parts for adventure vehicles—dirt bikes, 4-wheel drive off-road vehicles. Sells new high-end, expensive parts, specialized, hard-to-find repair parts. Jason Green - founder and CEO –Senior year of college started informal eBay business buying and selling hard-to-find mountain bike parts. –Marketing and management experience.

3. Part1-3 AllRoad Parts(cont'd.) Copyright © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. High margin products and high inventory costs. Large selection of repair parts key to AllRoad’s competitive success. Thinking about 3D printing for specialized parts to reduce inventory costs. Forms a project team to investigate feasibility.

4. Part1-4 Opportunity Assessment Team Copyright © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. Kelly Summers, CFO, to lead a team. Lucas Massey, Director of IT services. Drew Mills, Operations Manager Addison Lee, Head of Purchasing. Jennifer Cooper, relatively new employee who has problems.

5. Part1-5 Next Three Chapters Copyright © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. Chapter 1 discusses the importance of information systems. Definitions are provided and a 5 component model is introduced. Consideration of information and systems are also made. Chapter 2 addresses collaboration information systems. Their characteristics and purpose as well as criteria for success are addressed. Available tools are also introduced. Chapter 3 relates information systems to the overall competitive strategy of an organization.

6. Part1-6 Copyright © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc.