Advantages and Disadvantages of EIS

Advantages of EIS

• Easy for upper-level executives to use, extensive computer experience is not required in operations
• Provides timely delivery of company summary information
• Information that is provided is better understood
• Filters data for management
• Improves to tracking information
• Offers efficiency to decision makers

Disadvantages of EIS

• System dependent
• Limited functionality, by design
• Information overload for some managers
• Benefits hard to quantify
• High implementation costs
• System may become slow, large, and hard to manage
• Need good internal processes for data management
• May lead to less reliable and less secure data