Integrated Management Information System Research Articles

Methodology for Ensuring the Viability for a Complex Object Based on Managing its Structural Dynamics

The article examines a conceptual model that forms the basis of the authors’ proposed approach to solving the problem of creating integrated information-management systems (IMS) for making managerial decisions, embedded within the structure of vertically integrated Business Entity (BE) to maintain their viability. Viability is understood as the ability of an BE to maintain key technological and business indicators within safe ranges throughout its life cycle (LC), while being subject to the influence of destructive internal and external factors. The problem of synthesizing a generalized structure of an IMS is proposed to solve using a system-cybernetic approach, which considers this problem as the managing its structural dynamics. Managing structural dynamics enables maintaining a regulated level of viability of the vertically integrated BE at all the key stages of its life cycle. The proposed structure of model-algorithmic support (MAS) implements the methods for complexity management. This methodology proposes the approach that justifies the evolutionary redistribution of roles between managerial teams of the vertically integrated BE and functionally equivalent information-management systems. The results of implementing the structure of an IMS, as an example are provided, which arises through the transformation of its original multi-structural state into a qualitatively different state. Multi-structural states are characterized by the use of various control methods, such as "Automatic Multi-Factor", "Automatic Optimal" "Manual on site" etc. In the synthesis of the IMS structure, the methods for system modeling technologies based on simulation-statistical and fuzzy-possibilistic approaches were used.

Цифровые технологии – новый вектор развития публичных финансов

The article examines the development and change of procedures and methods for managing state finances under the influence of the digital transformation of the economy. It is substantiated that the most important tool for improving the quality of public financial management in today’s realities is information technology, which allows one to automate the budget process, ensure the interaction of government agencies both among them-selves and with business and the population in real time, simulate economic models and make forecasts, which is a serious step forward towards financial stability and sustainability of the state. Examples are given confirming that the digital ecosystem makes it possible to unite all participants in the budget process into a sin-gle digital space at the stages of its planning, approval, execution, current and subsequent control. The main emphasis in the article is on the consideration of the advantages and opportunities provided by the State Inte-grated Information Management System by public finance “Electronic Budget”, as well as digitalization of tax payments administration.

Stakeholders' Perspective on Building Integrated Social Protection System in Nepal

Following the inception of federalist structure, the three tiers of government is providing more than 80 social protection programmes in Nepal. The main purpose of this study is to assess the extent of coordination and integration of various programmes and provisions related to social protection, and to put forward better ways of coordination among them. This study adopted mixed method and partially applied the coordination toolkit developed by United Nations Development Group (UNDG) and ISPA. The study draws on analysis of available research, and in-depth interviews with concerned stakeholders using semi-structured questionnaires. Findings show that the involvement of multiple mechanisms and agencies for managing social protection schemes have created fragmentation, duplication, inefficiency, and ineffectiveness despite the fact that there is programme level vertical coordination within a single programme in some social protection schemes. There are a severe lack of horizontal coordination at the policy and operational level among programmes and mechanisms related to social protection. Implementation of international obligations, designing national policies and legal frameworks, establishing institutions, provisioning sustained funding mechanisms, generating political willpower, and using Integrated Management Information Systems (IMIS) are some strategies that can contribute to integration of the programmes. Moreover, it is very important to establish a single mechanism for coordinating the fragmented social protection activities for its sustainable implementation.

MEDICINES PLANNING AND PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT AN ACADEMIC HOSPITAL IN YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA: A QUALITATIVE STUDY

Inventory management remains a critical issue for hospital pharmacies. Thus, there is a need for pharmaceuticals to meet economic resources. Moreover, the decision to make drug requests available should be considered, and the complexity of the problem lies in the random nature of and the various constraints that must be considered in any decision. This study aimed to analyze drug management during the planning and procurement stages of medicine in a teaching hospital in Yogyakarta. The qualitative method was used to his type of research is descriptive-analytical with a case study design of one of the public, academic hospitals in the Yogyakarta area. Data collection was conducted through interviews using a content analysis approach. The analysis technique was carried out by reducing data, analyzing data, identifying themes, and extracting data interpretation with the help of NVIVO 12 software. Overall, interviews were conducted with six participants to obtain information on drug management during the planning and procurement stages in the hospital, following the standards of home pharmacy services. The stages also included budget allocation by volume of services, increasing the competence of human resources, which supports the improvement of drug management performance, implementation of e-prescribing to facilitate monitoring evaluation, and availability of complete standard operating procedures. However, the accuracy of drug planning still needs to be improved so that an integrated management information system can support optimal drug management in a teaching hospital pharmacy installation. Keywords: Drug management, drug planning, drug procurement, public academic hospital

Research on Standardized Management of Basic Data Elements in Integrated Management Information System

In the rapid development of social economy and science and technology, Chinese public transportation and large-scale shopping malls, stations, airports in the construction promotion, start to use escalator in a large number, as a transportation vehicle of the new era construction development, although it has solved the problems of the human flow of the traditional urban construction and development, but also a lot of safety accidents have emerged. According to the practice investigation and research, there are many types of escalator safety accidents at home and abroad, which are reflected in the safety protection device, synchronous safety, brake safety and other aspects, which directly endanger people's life, property and health. Therefore, on the basis of understanding the theoretical research status of escalator technology, and according to the overall design of automatic safety performance detection of escalator, we propose an escalator braking performance test method, and then mainly study the safety and reliability of escalator equipment, in order to provide an effective basis for the construction and development of a new era.

Prerequisite for Imputing Non-detects among Airborne Samples in OSHA's IMIS Databank: Prediction of Sample's Volume.

The US Integrated Management Information System (IMIS) contains workplace measurements collected by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspectors. Its use for research is limited by the lack of record of a value for the limit of detection (LOD) associated with non-detected measurements, which should be used to set censoring point in statistical analysis. We aimed to remedy this by developing a predictive model of the volume of air sampled (V) for the non-detected results of airborne measurements, to then estimate the LOD using the instrument detection limit (IDL), as IDL/V. We obtained the Chemical Exposure Health Data from OSHA's central laboratory in Salt Lake City that partially overlaps IMIS and contains information on V. We used classification and regression trees (CART) to develop a predictive model of V for all measurements where the two datasets overlapped. The analysis was restricted to 69 chemical agents with at least 100 non-detected measurements, and calculated sampling air flow rates consistent with workplace measurement practices; undefined types of inspections were excluded, leaving 412,201/413,515 records. CART models were fitted on randomly selected 70% of the data using 10-fold cross-validation and validated on the remaining data. A separate CART model was fitted to styrene data. Sampled air volume had a right-skewed distribution with a mean of 357 l, a median (M) of 318, and ranged from 0.040 to 1868 l. There were 173,131 measurements described as non-detects (42% of the data). For the non-detects, the V tended to be greater (M = 378 l) than measurements characterized as either 'short-term' (M = 218 l) or 'long-term' (M = 297 l). The CART models were complex and not easy to interpret, but substance, industry, and year were among the top three most important classifiers. They predicted V well overall (Pearson correlation (r) = 0.73, P < 0.0001; Lin's concordance correlation (rc) = 0.69) and among records captured as non-detects in IMIS (r = 0.66, P < 0.0001l; rc = 0.60). For styrene, CART built on measurements for all agents predicted V among 569 non-detects poorly (r = 0.15; rc = 0.04), but styrene-specific CART predicted it well (r = 0.87, P < 0.0001; rc = 0.86). Among the limitations of our work is the fact that samples may have been collected on different workers and processes within each inspection, each with its own V. Furthermore, we lack measurement-level predictors because classifiers were captured at the inspection level. We did not study all substances that may be of interest and did not use the information that substances measured on the same sampling media should have the same V. We must note that CART models tend to over-fit data and their predictions depend on the selected data, as illustrated by contrasting predictions created using all data vs. limited to styrene. We developed predictive models of sampled air volume that should enable the calculation of LOD for non-detects in IMIS. Our predictions may guide future work on handling non-detects in IMIS, although it is advisable to develop separate predictive models for each substance, industry, and year of interest, while also considering other factors, such as whether the measurement evaluated long-term or short-term exposure.

Regulatory performance of the East African Community joint assessment procedure: The way forward for regulatory systems strengthening

BackgroundSeven national medicines regulatory authorities in the East African Community (EAC) have embraced regulatory reliance, harmonization and work sharing through the EAC Medicines Regulatory Harmonization programme. Measuring the performance of regulatory systems provides key baseline information to build on regulatory system-strengthening strategies. Therefore, the aim of the study was to evaluate the regulatory performance of the EAC joint scientific assessment of applications approved between 2018 and 2021. MethodsUtilising a data metrics tool, information was collected reflecting timelines for various milestones including submission to screening, scientific assessment and communication of regional recommendations for biologicals and pharmaceuticals that received a positive regional recommendation for product registration from 2018 to 2021. ResultsSeveral challenges as well as possible solutions were identified, including median overall approval times exceeding the EAC 465-day target and median times to issue marketing authorisation following EAC joint assessment recommendation that far exceeded the 116-day target. Recommendations included establishment of an integrated information management system and automation of the capture of regulatory timelines through the EAC metric tool. ConclusionsDespite initiative progress, work is required to improve the EAC joint regulatory procedure to achieve regulatory systems-strengthening and ensure patients’ timely access to safe, efficacious and quality medicines.

THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE’S STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONALITY FOR THE BIOMACHSYSTEM MANAGING ON LIVESTOCK FARM

The current state of industrial livestock by its gradual transition to digital automated and robotic technologies, involving automated enterprise management systems introduction by artificial intelligence technologies using is characterized. In this regard, the objects of agricultural production should be considered as ergatic automated or robotic biomachsystems "Man-Machine-Animal" with biological objects - plants and/or animals, functioning in the presence of a number of uncertainties and time constraints associated with the cycles of animals servicing and products receiving. The livestock farm’s functionality can be represented as the sum of: subsystem "Man" functionality, including "human operator" functionality and "human specialist-expert", subsystems "Local biomachsystems LBMS" functionality - milking, feeding, microclimate, etc., the subsystem "Animal" functionality, as farms’ integrated information management system (IIUSf). The artificial intelligence application’s possible levels are: level 1 - functions’ controlling and regulating, level 2 - production processes’ building predictive models of sustainable development within the biomachsystem itself, level 3 - environment’s interaction. The AI in animal husbandry using will improve the biomachsystems serving animals local process work quality, so as their physiological state and production’s control and management process improving, traceability ensuring and incoming and outgoing material and production’s flows using, so as byproducts and their recycling, environmental monitoring and economy management of enterprise as a whole predicting.

Retraction Note: Research on e-commerce integrated management information system of cross-border enterprises based on collaborative information middleware

Retraction Note: Research on e-commerce integrated management information system of cross-border enterprises based on collaborative information middleware

Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of the East African Community Joint Assessment Procedure by Member Countries: The Way Forward.

Background: For almost a decade, the East African Community has implemented the Medicines Regulatory Harmonization (EAC-MRH) programme among its member states to harmonise technical requirements and standards for medical products regulation, jointly conduct scientific review of medical product dossiers to assess safety, efficacy and quality, inspect pharmaceutical manufacturing sites and streamline decision-making processes. This initiative enables the cost-effective use of limited resources and efficient and effective delivery of regulatory services to be determined, thus instilling transparency and accountability in all stakeholders, optimising the pharmaceutical market and economic development and improving access to safe, high-quality, effective medicines in the region. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and efficiency of the current operating model of the EAC-MRH initiative, including challenges faced and to identify opportunities for improvement. Methods: The Process Effectiveness and Efficiency Rating (PEER) questionnaire, which was used to identify the benefits, challenges, and suggestions for improving performance of EAC-MRH initiative, was completed by assessors representing seven EAC authorities in the joint assessment procedure. Semi-structured interviews were also carried out to validate the responses. Results: This initiative has been of considerable value as it moves toward achieving its main objectives of shorter timelines for approval of medicines, information sharing among regulators and capacity building for assessments, resulting in quicker access and increased availability of medicines for patients in the region. However, the key challenges identified that have hindered effectiveness and efficiency were the lack of a centralised submission and tracking system; inadequate human resources, manufacturers’ failure to submit the exact same dossier to all countries of interest; lack of an integrated information management system; lack of information on national medical regulatory authority or EAC websites; and challenges in monitoring and tracking assessment reports. Conclusion: The use of a robust information technology system for the central tracking of EAC products is essential to address the identified challenges and improve regulatory effectiveness and efficiency. One central point for payment is needed to expedite the process and to ensure transparency and the availability of information on decision making on national and regional websites. Other key strategies for enhancement include improving the capacity of assessors, work and information sharing and a coordination mechanism for the regional joint assessment, with the eventual establishment of a regional medicine agency.

INTEGRATED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM AND FRAUD INVESTIGATION IN NIGERIAN PUBLIC SECTOR

Integrated financial management information systems (IFMIS) are systems that assist budgetary, financial, and accounting processes in the public sector and encourage improved public financial management (PFM) by providing a centralized registry of revenues and expenditures and in the process of fraud investigation it provides accurate information to work with however, according to previous literature, ineffective public financial management has resulted in the implementation of various reforms.The study examined the effect of integrated management information system on fraud investigation in Nigerian public sector. One hundred and thirty-seven (137) copies of questionnaires were distributed to government personnel in the designated agencies as part of the study's survey design and one hundred and thirty-three (133) were returned. The data was analysed using descriptive and inferential (Multiple regression) methods. The result of the finding integrated financial management information has significant effect on fraud investigation in Nigerian public sector. Adj. R2= 0.58, F- statistics 30.880, P- value >0.000. The study concluded that integrated financial management information system has significant effect on fraud investigation. The study recommended that the government should guarantee that fiscal transparency is encouraged across the system in order to ensure active public and government engagement. The efficient implementation of an IFMIS will result in timely, relevant, and reliable financial data, encouraging fiscal discipline, assisting resource allocation, and increasing operational efficiency and fiscal transparency.

Function-oriented approach to mining enterprise automation

Nowadays a production enterprise is inconceivable without the automation of all its processes – technological, production, and managerial. The efficiency of an enterprise largely depends on high-quality data processing within a single information space. The introduction of an integrated automated management system for an industrial enterprise, consistent with the business model, will eliminate many of the problems arising during creation, integration and development of automated systems, will create an effective enterprise management system and will reduce future costs of production modernization. Current trends of digital transformation increase the demand for an integrated business management system model, that would include a model of an integrated information management system as an integral part of it. The study aims to develop a reference functional model of mining enterprises, including a comprehensive vision of business, production and technological processes and their IT support. The model proposed is based on the analysis of existing international industry approaches to automation, as well as the experience and best practices of automation of mining enterprises. The methodological foundations of the research include enterprise architecture approach (including the concept of service-oriented architecture) and authors' function-oriented approach for engineering the IT architecture. The article describes a reference functional model of a mining enterprise, on the basis of which the structure of the mining enterprise IT-architecture functional structure is determined. The function-oriented approach for engineering IT-architecture as a reflection of the business functional structure is a good example of the symmetry phenomena in enterprise management. Further research will be devoted to the issues of designing an information exchange model and a data architecture model for the mining value chain and its individual parts in interconnection, as well as reflecting end-to-end processes of mining enterprises in the IT architecture based on the developed model for determining the boundaries of functional blocks of information systems

A Review of Land Information Management Systems

The need to improve on a system must begin with glare lapse(s) in the existing system yearning for redress. The desire for a much better way of going about the business evokes intensive search for possible available alternatives. The process ultimately leads the relevant stakeholders to discovery or fashioning of a pragmatic model that will not only serve the purpose more effectively and efficiently but will also have the approval of the majority of the stakeholders and stand the test of time. This study provided an overview of contributions made so far on land information management systems, with the sole purpose of ascertaining the progress recorded and inherent challenges to the existing system. Nigerians suffer unnecessary delays in obtaining land title and land title information. The scenario has caused failure and abandonment of many developmental projects. A more robust and integrated land information management system that will provide timely land information for the stakeholders in Nigeria is imperative.

Government Integrated Financial Management Information System and Fraud Prevention in Nigeria

The government's integrated financial management information system is essential to improve fraud prevention in Nigeria. One of the most challenging obstacles confronting government sector has always been fraud prevention. According to studies, the integrated financial management information system has aided government budget planning, execution, and monitoring, as well as tracking, recording, and reporting revenues and expenditures in government offices and parastatals in other developing economies, in order to close any gaps and reduce the risk of fraud. The study examined the effect of government integrated management information system on fraud prevention in Nigerian. Survey design was adopted. One hundred and Thirty-Seven (137) copies of questionnaires were administered to government employees in the selected agencies and one hundred and thirty-three (133) were returned. Descriptive and inferential (Multiple regression) were used to analyse the data. The result of the finding shows that integrated financial management information has significant effect on fraud prevention in Nigerian public sector. Adj. R²= 0.64, F- statistics 35.862, P- value <0.000. The study concluded that integrated financial management information system has significant effect on fraud management. The study recommended that the federal government should maintain the integrated financial management system so that when power changes, they will continue to use the system that is already in place to avoid stagnating economic growth and development.

APPLYING BLENDED LEARNING COURSES FOR EDUCATION IN THE CONTEMPORARY UNIVERSITY. INFORMATION SYSTEM ‘E-UNIVERSITY’ OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VELIKO TARNOVO, BULGARIA

In the past few years, blended learning has become more and more rapidly spread in the field of education worldwide. The idea of blended learning seems attractive because it allows for the preservation of the traditional forms of education resulting from accumulated pedagogical experience for centuries and we could altogether use the various educational functions of new technologies. The methodology developed by the author introduces a key subsystem from the integrated management information system of Veliko Tarnovo University, namely the ‘E-University’ subsystem. On the base of own experience and the analyzed research, there is an opportunity to use different media, individualize the learning process, opportunity to use different styles of learning, organizing joint learning activities. The successful application of this approach together with the organization of education and the quality of the virtual environment require the presence of the human factor which is able to combine different types of learning environments in order to provoke students to perform various types of activities and develop their potential abilities and talents in the future.

Analysis and Design of the Integrated Management Information System of the Company (SIMANTAP)

Production and distribution activities are carried out by combining various factors of production, namely humans, nature, and capital. From this management, of course, humans cannot manage existing data in the company manually continuously because it could be that data that has been recapitalized can be lost resulting in the company’s strategy to achieve success is a little hampered. This study proposes a design of an integrated management information system company that can manage human and financial resources in one application. The proposed application is called SIMANTAP, where the purpose and function of this application are to create, view, and manage all company data starting from employee data, inventory items, seeing company expenses and income in one media to make it easier for employees, admins, and managers to see information company. This application was developed by the waterfall method, with a case study of a company in Surabaya. This application is expected to support the company’s business, especially related to human resources and financial management.

E-Readiness of Integrated Information Systems Using STOPE Framework in Udayana University

Many industries and institutions have switched to digital technology, an integrated information technology system, since we entered the era of the industrial revolution 4.0. In implementing new strategies, problems often occur because they do not assess technology readiness (e-readiness) to be built. Therefore, it is necessary to conduct a technology readiness assessment (e-readiness) either before or after the new system is implemented to assess how ready it is. The review can use the STOPE framework to be flexible so that this framework can be adjusted to the case study handled. IMISSU is an integrated management information system technology belonging to Udayana University. The results of the IMISSU e-readiness assessment found that the readiness of Udayana University in implementing IMISSU is at a very ready level (4 of 4). Assessment using the STOPE framework includes three levels, namely the domain, sub-domain, and sub-sub-domain levels. The study was conducted by distributing 100 questionnaires divided among various academicians in the university, adjusted to the STOPE framework domain.

Design & Development of Integrated Information Management System for Drilling Operations Abroad

Due to the limitation of cooperation contract period, logistics supply and regional conditions, the number of drilling rigs and drilling operation procedures need to be arranged scientifically and reasonably for drilling operations abroad. According to the characteristics of this foreign drilling operation, we design and develop an Integrated Information Management System (IIMS) including intelligent planning and integrated management system including well site data management, office work planning and cost control, operation management, statistical query and logistics support.

A Hazard Identification Approach of Integrating 4D BIM and Accident Case Analysis of Spatial–Temporal Exposure

Construction sites are considered as complicated work environments. Various concurrent activities may overlap apropos to time and workspace, predisposing them to spatial–temporal exposure and repetitive accidents. Detecting the characteristics of repetitive accidents before the construction stage contributes to prevent injuries and fatalities caused by spatial—temporal conditions at construction job sites. To resolve this problem, this study proposes a novel hazard identification approach through spatial–temporal exposure analysis called HISTEA, which integrated scenario analysis of accident cases into 4D building information modeling (BIM). The proposed approach consists of three modules: (1) spatial–temporal hazard investigation (SHI) to analyze the accident cases and develop the hazard database of the spatial–temporal overlap condition of pair-wise activities; (2) spatial–temporal condition identification (SCI) to determine the conflict among different activities, considering the workspace and time overlap from the 4D BIM model; and (3) safety information integration (SII) to deliver safety knowledge to the project team through a web-based application. To illustrate and validate this approach, a HISTEA prototype for foundation work has been developed to be used at the pre-construction stage. The developed prototype is based on the analysis of 496 accident reports extracted from the integrated management information system (IMIS) of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for the SHI module database. The proposed approach is expected to proactively aid project teams in detecting hazards that ultimately reduce repetitive accidents caused by overlapping activities.

Lecciones aprendidas de la implementación de un Sistema de Información Gerencial diseñado en la Universidad de Otavalo, Ecuador

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the essential features of a Management Information System (MIS), designed and implemented at the Universidad de Otavalo to support strategic planning, institutional evaluation, and decision making. A five-phase and fifteen-stage process was applied, along with their corresponding techniques and expected results. Based on the literature review and their experience with the implementation, the authors devised a novel MIS implementation approach, comprising the following phases: planning, information analysis, MIS design, implementation and evaluation. The MIS consisted of four main modules: teaching, research, linkages with society, and management, and was based on the client-server model. The literature review did not yield any publications that discussed truly integrated management information systems applied to university management covering the four main modules, thus confirming the originality of the work described in this paper. The MIS implementation results contributed to the improvement of the management of the university through the automation of most of the processes and activities related to institutional planning and evaluation, and considerably accelerated the processing and analysis of useful information for decision making.