This memo is to announce the development of a new corporate-wide
software system. We are currently building a data warehouse that
will contain all corporate management data. The program is referred
to as the "Management Information Access Software System" (MIASS).
Next Monday at 9:00 there will be a meeting in which I will show MIASS.
We will continue to hold demonstrations throughout the month so that
all employees will have an opportunity to get a good look at MIASS.
As for the status of the implementation of the program, I have not
addressed the networking aspects so currently only one person can
be in MIASS at a time. This should change as MIASS expands.
Several people are using the program already and have come to
depend on it. Just this morning, I walked into a subordinate's office
and was not surprised to find that he had his nose buried in MIASS.
I've noticed that some of the less technical personnel are somewhat
afraid of MIASS. Just last week, when asked to enter some
information into the program, I had a secretary say to me "I'm a
little nervous, I've never put anything in MIASS before." I
volunteered to help her through her first time and when we were
through she admitted that it was relatively painless and she was
actually looking forward to doing it again. She went so far as to
say that after using SAP and Oracle, she was ready to kiss MIASS.
I know there are concerns over the virus that was found in MIASS
upon initial installation, but I am pleased to say the virus has been
eliminated and we were able to save MIASS. In the future, however,
protection will be required prior to entering MIASS.
We planned this database to encompass all information associated
with the business. So as you begin using the program, feel free to put
anything you want into MIASS. As MIASS grows larger, we envision
a time when it will be commonplace to walk by an office and see a
manager hand a paper to an employee and say "Here, stick this in
MIASS."
This program has already demonstrated great benefit to the company
during recent IS0-9000 and IRS audits. After requesting certain
historical data, the agency representatives were amazed at how
quickly we provided the information. When asked how the numbers
could be retrieved so rapidly, our Manager proudly stated,
"Simple, >>> I just pulled them out of MIASS." |
