HERE THEY COME

Management information services, now an accepted railroad function, have frequently become autonomous and moved from their original role as an adjunct of the accounting operation. The rate of change in computer hardware development has produced data system capabilities that far outstrip requirements; in the future mini and microsystems will increase so that larger systems are freed to become host processors. Their ability to provide information to support decision-making is now accepted. The ability of MIS staffs to fulfill their roles is discussed, along with the ways their users can better utilize new computer-system capabilities.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Cahners Publishing Company, Incorporated

  Watson Publications, 5 South Wabash Avenue
  Chicago, IL  United States  60603
• Authors:
  • Mitchell, F S
• Publication Date: 1981-2

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 29-32
• Serial:
  • Modern Railroads/Rail Transit
  • Volume: 36
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Cahners Publishing Company, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0736-2064

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Information processing; Management; Management information systems; Microprocessors; Minicomputers
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00331460
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 9 1981 12:00AM