An Information Handling Method for Corporate Planning Decision Support

This paper, by analyzing actual corporate planning procedures, proposes a method to classify management information used for decision making into several groups according to their characteristics. In order to select appropriate data as well as keep the data updated and readjusted to fit the continuously changing corporate planning environment, we emphasize the needs of information management by utilizing the classification proposed in this paper. An outline of the design concept of the data management system through the analysis of such characteristics on the actual data for planning in the oil refining industry is illustrated.

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