Project Materials

THE ROLE OF PURCHASING INFORMATION SYSTEM IN RUNNING RAIL SYSTEM

Chapter one

Introduction

The purpose of this research is to investigate the function of purchasing information systems (PIS) in achieving organisational objectives. Information is an unreliable resource in all organisations, both for-profit and non-profit. We are currently in the information era, which has evolved from the manufacturing and industrial eras. An organization’s actions increase with timely, accurate, and useful information, which aids in making better decisions in every organisation.

Purchasing, information system consists of people, equipment, and procedures that work together to classify, analyse, evaluate, and transmit accurate and timely information to management decision makers.

The chapter is divided into subheadings based on the study’s background, statement, problem, and pose. Scope of the study, research hypothesis, research questions, significance of the study, study limitations, and definition of words Each subheading is explored sequentially below.

1.1 Background of the Study

The challenge of purchasing information systems. PLS as a crucial instrument for accomplishing organisational goals is difficult for managers of any organisation, particularly modern-day managers.

No organisation can realise its goods and objectives without a concerted effort using a well-organised purchase information system; hence, organisations are concerned with goal achievement after mobilising and allocating resources, including information.

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the role of PLS in management and establish whether it has facilitated decision making or management, as well as to determine the extent to which it has enabled an organization’s planning, control, and operational functions.

Planning necessitates the use of a purchasing information system. Managers must accurately retrieve information from various reliable sources in order to make better decisions.

A purchasing information system is the reception of facts and ideas, and it is critical to organisations in their planning and controlling functions. Accurate information is required to meet the organization’s objectives.

1.2 Statement of The Problem

The essence of every research project is to solve teething and novel problems that pose serious threats to the life, success, and survival of any organisation. We can also say that purchasing information systems is the life wire of an organisation, and it is widely used and acknowledged.

Management uses a very sensitive function. Many organisations have achieved their goals with the help of a purchasing information system, but there is still a shortage of management competence in appropriately maintaining their information system for improvement, even if they have one type of information system or another.

Let us state the fundamental challenges that bedevil the administration of organisations like NRWC so that we may focus on finding a solution by the end of the task. These inherent problems are:

1. The majority of organisations do not have an efficient purchasing information system, and if they have, their information system does not play a part in achieving goals and objectives.

2. Most managers are guided by intuition and judgement when it comes to what course of action to take in their planning and decision-making functions; many of them, in fact, do not use the information provided to them from within and outside the organisation, and if they do, to some extent, it comes from the business environment.

3. There is also the issue of determining the influence of purchasing an information system on the achievement of a target. Many managers have yet to capitalise on and use information to make decisions and achieve their goals.

As a result, the subject of whether purchasing information systems helps organisations achieve their objectives must be addressed in this research study.