Western Mining AG Management Information System Planning Studies

The enterprises make use of modern information systems technology, by the development and use of information resources to continuously improve the production, operation, management and decision-making in efficiency, and finally to improve business efficiency and competitiveness, which is called Enterprise Management Information. In the context of global economic integration, the enterprises are facing increasingly fierce competitions, information technology and information systems have become a powerful weapon to gain a competitive advantage.Western Mining Corporation is a Group Company.It is made of a number of mining companies and smelting companies which are large mining groups under restructuring reform. They are geographically dispersed, of diversity in management, and in low management skill. The company's use of Management Information System is also very uneven, the information system has been applied which is almost like the "information islands." In response to this reality, this Paper starts the development of the status quo from the western mining companies, analysis the application of information systems in Western Mining company's headquarters, as well as mining and smelting company, and also specific problem in it.On this basis, the paper comprehensive use the theory about management information system and business process reengineers, analysis industry characteristics around the company from the external environment. First of all, it discusses the importance of information systems planning and design, it also analysis the favorable conditions and constraints in improving the level of management information system in Western Mining Corporation, it raised the objectives of the management information system and some manage information technology in the western mining companies, tasks and principles,functional structure planning scheme. According to the characteristics of the Western Mining Corporation, designing the company's construction which including the planned financial management system, supply chain management systems, production management systems and human resources management system's business processes and system functions in detail. In the information system construction, it designs proposal on selecting software, hardware deployment, organizational planning, employees training, management system, operating maintenance based on Western Mining Corporation.