Information Technology Directory

For this topic other titles are Data Processing, Information Processing, Information Services, Management Information Systems, Management Information Services and Information Technology. The business processes and operations support function is the most basic.

It involves collecting, recording, storing, and basic processing of data. Information systems support business processes and operations by: recording and storing sales data, purchase data, investment data, payroll data and other accounting records, processing these accounting records into income statements, balance sheets, ledgers, management reports, and other forms of financial information, recording and storing inventory data, work in process data, equipment repair and maintenance data, supply chain data, and other production/operations records.