MIS Used in Apple

MIS used in Apple WebGDV  Apple's WebGDV is the web counterpart to GDV (Global Demand Visibility), Apple's DI (lectronic Data Interchan!e) system" #or those resel res elle lers rs th that at ma may y no nott ha ha$e $e th the e re reso sour urce ces s at ha hand nd to tra trans nsmi mitt se sell ll%% throu!h and in$entory data electronically, WebGDV pro$ides a means to meet Apple's reportin! re&uirements" WebGDV re&uires only an Internet connection, a web browser (Saari browser $ersions ""* and Microsot Internet *plorer browser $ersions +"* and abo$e are supported) and an  Appleonnect ID" -o special set%up is re&uired or either browser and the Appleonnect ID is pro$ided by Apple (Apple Inc", ../)" WebMethods Inte!ration 0latorm  As the leadin! independent pro$ider o inte!ration sotware, webMethods, Inc" deli$ers the industry's most comprehensi$e platorm or enterprise%wide inte!ration, includin! complete support or nterprise Web Ser$ices" 1he webMethods Inte!ration 0latorm allows customers to achie$e &uantiiable 2"3"I" by lin4in! business processes, enterprise and le!acy applications, databases, Web ser$ices and wor4lows both within and across enterprises" 1hrou!h this seamless low o inormation, comp co mpan anie ies s ca can n re redu duce ce co cost sts, s, cr crea eate te ne new w re re$e $enu nue e op oppo port rtun unit itie ies, s, stren!then relationships with customers, substantially increase supply chain eiciencies and streamline internal business processes (Goliath, ..5)" 2eer Appendi*  Macintosh and Windows  Apple omputer is amous or its easy to use computers" Apple de$elo de$ eloped ped the ir irst st suc succes cessul sul personal personal com comput puter er and the ir irst st G6 G6I% I% based operatin! system which used a mouse 7 the Macintosh" 8ears later, the Macintosh 3S was copied by Microsot and called Windows" 1he Macintosh 3S was better than the Windows interace but Windows e$en e$ entu tual ally ly ou outs tsol old d th the e Ma Maci cint ntos osh h be beca caus use e th the e Ma Maci cint ntos osh h op oper erat atin in! ! system could only run on a Macintosh machine which was much more e*pensi$e than the machines which would run Windows (Dutoce, ..9)" 2eer Appendi*  :uild to Suit

In the last ten to iteen years, 6"S" manuacturers ha$e adopted a series o production models that ha$e pro$en re$olutionary; <=ust in 1ime< and, more recently, <2i!ht on 1ime"< :y usin! inormation technolo!ies to create <eedbac4 loops< between a production line and a supply channel, manuacturers> ine%tuned production schedules to reduce in$entories, speed up time%to mar4et, and enhance product lie cycles" 1his sea chan!e in production and distribution has enhanced the competiti$eness o American industry; nearly all the producti$ity !ains in the 6"S" economy o$er the past decade ha$e come rom the manuacturin! sector" <:uild to Suit< represents a new $ariation on <2i!ht on 1ime< production" In the <:uild to Suit< approach, orders ta4en o$er the telephone or the Internet cue the production line; when an order comes in, an electronic orm containin! the data !oes to the line and the machine is assembled and prepared or shippin!" Apple is currently e*plorin! this approach and it is already bein! used by Dell and 0ower  omputin! (1e*as :usiness 2e$iew, 99/)" eWorld eWorld is a commercial world%wide networ4 launched by Apple orporation to compete with Interchan!e, ompuSer$e, 0rodi!y, and  America 3nline" ?ey eatures o eWorld include its ease o use and !raphical interace" 1he ma@or limitation is that its use is restricted to Mac operatin! systems" A second drawbac4 accordin! is that eWorld uses older technolo!y re$ised rom America 3nline (1ranslation Directory, ..9)"