Role of Management Information System in Marketing : A case
study of ........Company Ltd*/ *Role of Management Information
System in Marketing in terms of Manufacturing/Service
Organization in Bangladesh
Name: A. F. M. SAKIB AMAN
ID: 1009082107
Why Information?
Companies with superior information enjoy a
competitive advantage.
The company can :
1)choose its markets better,
2)develop better offerings, and
3)execute better marketing planning
Paths and Channels
• Every firm must organize and distribute a
continuous flow of information to its marketing
managers.
• Companies study their managers' information
needs and design marketing information
systems (MIS) to meet these needs.
ELEMENTS OF MIS
consists of:
• people,
• equipment, and
• procedures to gather,
• sort,
• analyze,
• evaluate, and
• distribute needed, timely, and accurate
information to marketing decision makers.
MIS has three components
1. Internal records system
2. Marketing intelligence system
3. Marketing research system
Internal Records
• Marketing managers rely on internal reports on:
1. orders,
2. sales,
3. prices,
4. costs,
5. inventory levels,
6. receivables,
7. Payables
[Link] analyzing this information, they can spot
important opportunities and problems.
Internal Records
Sales Information System
Marketing managers need timely and accurate reports on
current sales.
• XYZ Ltd.
• knows the sales of each product by store and total each
evening.
• enables it to transmit nightly orders to suppliers for new
shipments of replacement stock.
• xyz shares its sales data with its larger suppliers such as
P&G and expects P&G to re-supply XYZ stores in a timely
manner.
• XYZ has entrusted P&G with the management of its
inventory. Outsourcing
customer database
customer database will contain every customer's:
1. Name,
2. Address,
3. Past transactions,
4. Demographics and
5. Psychographics (activities, interests, and
opinions) in some instances.
The Marketing Intelligence System
• is a set of procedures and sources
managers use to obtain everyday
information about developments in the
marketing environment.
Sources of Information
Marketing managers collect marketing intelligence
by:
1. reading books,
2. newspapers, and trade publications;
3. talking to customers, suppliers, and
distributors; and
4. meeting with other company managers.
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