The Nature and Behavior of Financial Versus Manufacturing Management Information Systems

Manufacturing management information systems are in arelatively less mature state than financial information systems.This difference in maturity is due in part, to historicalreasons, and to the complex and dynamic nature of manufacturingsystem attributes. This research compares the various systemattributes belonging to manufacturing and financial informationsystems. Application of inappropriate system design techniques(based on these system attribute differences) has contributed tothe relatively high failure rate of manufacturing managementinformation systems. The research analyzes the need for thedevelopment of design tools geared specifically towardmanufacturing management information systems