1. A PREDICTIVE REPORTING SYSTEM FOR MANAGEMENT.
- Author
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HAWKINS, ARTHUR
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INDUSTRIAL management ,ECONOMIC seasonal variations ,COMMUNICATION in management ,INFORMATION sharing ,FLOW charts ,INFORMATION-seeking behavior ,ORGANIZATIONAL communication ,PREDICTION models ,STRATEGIC planning - Abstract
The article explains the concept of an information "bus bar" by describing the purpose of and processes at the Regional Information Centre of Midlands Region's Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) in England. The annual overhaul plan for taking generating plants offline for maintenance takes complex planning due to the seasonal demands for the utility and efforts to control production costs. Generating plants send data to the Information Centre, which integrates the information and treats it as a neutral commodity to be shared across management, and sends a report to the CEGB, which sends instructions back to the generating plants. A flow chart of the reporting system includes the operational process at the Information Centre.
- Published
- 1968
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