ICT + decision-making

Question 1

Stock Inventory

Answer 1

Decisions on when to order new stock, how to manage deliveries, or on staffing levels can be calculated and implemented by IT systems.

Question 2

Information systems can collect inputs

Answer 2

-organise the data then distribute the data to make the most efficient decisions
-monitor sales in supermarkets through Electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) systems, take in forecast of future sales and weather data, and from this determine levels of production, rota staff shifts and arrange delivery schedules.

Question 3

Buying online allows

Answer 3

• Analysis of browsing and purchasing habits. This is used to determine search results and what is seen on screen.
• Cookies allow retail websites to present choices that are most likely to meet a browser’s needs.
• Database marketing is based on data-mining, searching through patterns in gathered customer information and using these buying behaviours to create directed advertising – all
  automatic.

Question 4

ICT- decision-making models

Answer 4

such as decision trees and critical path analysis can be carried out by computer models which save time and help accuracy