Chapter 6: Valuing Organization Information

The Value of Timely Information
- Real-time information: immediate, up-to-date information
- Real-time system: provides real-time information in response to query requests

The Value of Quality Information
- Business decisions are only as good as the quality of the information used to make the decisions.
- You never want to find yourself using technology to help you make a bad decision faster.

Characteristics of high-quality information:
  • Accuracy
  • Completeness
  • Consistency
  • Uniqueness
  • Timeliness

4 primary sources of low quality information:
  1. Online customers intentionally enter inaccurate information to protect their privacy
  2. Information from different systems have different entry standards and formats
  3. Call center operators enter abbreviated or erroneous information by accident or to save time
  4. Third party and external information contains inconsistencies, inaccuracies, and errors.

Potential business effects resulting from low quality information: 
  1. Inability to accurately track customers
  2. Difficulty identifying valuable customers
  3. Inability to identify selling opportunities
  4. Marketing to nonexistent customers
  5. Difficulty tracking revenue due to inaccurate invoices
  6. Inability to build strong customer relationships

The Benefits of Good Information:
  • High quality information can significantly improve the chances of making a good decision.
  • Good decisions can directly impact an organization's bottom line.


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