Commerce Information System

Two concerns arise which CSIN administration has not addressed so far. First, the emphasis has been to provide access only through well-established existing sources. No apparent effort has been made to consider the need for drawing together the multiplicity of information submitted to the EPA Office of Pesticides and Toxic Substances in an easily accessible form for agency use. With the exception of information contained in the Chemicals In Commerce Information System (CICIS), developed primarily to accommodate TSCA Inventory and other related information, regulatory personnel often are not aware what is already available and request repetitive submissions from industry. Furthermore, conclusions are drawn only from publicly available data-bases. Data already available within the agency are not readily accessible for its own personnel. Apparently, this situation is a result of non-responsiveness, so far, to TSCA Section 10 s mandate. 

The Chemicals in Commerce Information System (CICIS) is being designed to support regulatory decision making within the EPA Office of Toxic Substances. CICIS will contain data on substance identification, uses, production volume, disposal methods, health and safety studies, and exposure data. The TSCA inventory is part of CICIS. 

The Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, passed in 1975, is the primary law governing transportation of chemicals and hazardous materials. The act includes a comprehensive assessment of the regulations, information systems, container safety, and training for emergency response and enforcement. The regulations apply to any person who transports, or causes to be transported or shipped, a hazardous material or who manufactures, fabricates, marks, maintains, reconditions, repairs, or tests a package or container which is represented, marked, certified, or sold by such person for use in the transportation in commerce of certain hazardous materials. ... 

Corporate human resources should ensure conformity in standards across the businesses - for example, in employee evaluation processes, incentive plans, benefit plans, and training pohcies. As in other functions, aU operational tasks should be outsourced or operated as shared services at SBU level - for example, payroll, human resources information systems, a database on internal job opportunities, or the administration of benefit plans. The center should be active in developing top talent across the businesses, and it should run the goldfish pool for internal top talent and the company s program for recmiting experienced persoimel. This responsibility also includes the early identification of skills needed by the entire organization, for example, e-commerce skills to kick-start new businesses. The center must also act as a repository of expertise on internal and external best practices in talent management... 

Thus, it is no surprise that logistics management has been transformed in the last 10 years from a largely manual process to a more automated one. Major advances in computer and communications technology and the introduction of the Internet and e-commerce have effected this trend. These developments provide new opportunities and increase expectations for a fast and flawless logistics process. The Internet also provides new models in how information systems ate deployed. For instance, companies may not need to own the sophisticated DSS— they are able to lease them based on their needs. This mode of deployment is now referred to as application service provider (ASP) and is considered one of the most important trends in information systems, especially for mid-sized companies who cannot afford expensive systems. 

Information systems (IS) (Continued) data dictionaries, I02-I03 data flow diagrams, 99-101 entity relationship diagrams, 102, 103 feasibility analysis, 98-99 Gantt charts, 103-104 joint application deployment, 105 PERT diagrams, 104 rapid application deployment, 104, 105 Structured English, use of, 100-102 transorganizational, 69-70 as element of electronic commerce, 69-70 and types of knowledge, 67 value of, 67... 

Hugh Cullen Chair Professor of Information Systems, Economics and Computer Science Director, Center for Research in Electronic Commerce University of Texas Graduate School of Business Austin, Texas USA... 

Sell process e-Commerce apphcation was directly linked to company s business information system and automatically performed by SAP R/3, the ERP system. 

Tools Teaming, functional excellence Benchmarks best practice activity-based costing Metrics, database mining, electronic commerce Intranet extranet Internet virtual information systems... 

Zhu, K., Kraemer, K. L. (2002). E-commerce metrics for net-enhanced organizations Assessing the value of e-commerce to firm performance in the manufacturing sector. Information Systems Research, 75(3), 275-295. 

Zhu, K. (2004). The complementarity of information technology infrastructure and e-commerce capability A resource-based assessment of their business value. Journal of Management Information Systems, 27(1), 167-202. 

Eisenberg, N. A., C. J. Lynch, and R. J. Breeding. 1975. Vulnerability model. A simulation system for assessing damage resulting bom marine spills. U.S. Department of Commerce Report No. ADIA015/245. Washington National Technical Information Service. 

FIGURE 6.1 Relationship between H2S03 and HS03 at various pH values. (Taken from Krofta, M. and Wang, L.K., Design of Innovative Flotation-Filtration Wastewater Treatment Systems for a Nickel-Chromium Plating Plant, U.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA, Technical Report PB-88-200522/AS, January 1984.)... 

Vandegrift, A.E., Shannon, L.J. Particulate Pollutant System Study. voL II, Handbook of Emission Properties, NHS, National Technical Information Service, Commerce Department PB 203522, Springfield, Va., 197 1. 

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