A printing company created and installed a Management Information System in 1990 to meet the business objectives of a commercial environment that at the time was defined by:

-a single profit center with a unified framework -100% internal resourcing of supplementary services -central direction from senior managers -the use of only full-time permanent personnel -customers with vast inventory who were willing to accept long delivery times -The majority of the work was for established large publishing houses with extensive print runs. The following results have emerged from a radical transformation in the corporate environment:

-the creation of a divisionalized framework with four profit centers that share resources. -Team leaders' empowerment and delegated decision-making -a significant amount of work is outsourced

-a large percentage of employees are part-time or on temporary contracts -customers increasingly frequently use JIT systems, which necessitate fast inventory replenishment -the average customer requires specialized low volume but sophisticated high value printing Required:

Recommend making considerable adjustments to management information systems to suit the demands of this new circumstance. Explain why you made the recommendations you did.