Knowledge Management System Essay

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Document Management System: An Explicit Knowledge Management System

Shyamalesh Khan*, Usha Rani*, BVN Prasad**, AK Srivastava**, S Selvi*, DK Gautam**
*R&D Centre for Iron & Steel (RDCIS), Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Ranchi, India
**Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP), Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Bhilai, India
Tel: +91-651-2411074, Fax: +91-651-2411074
Email Id: skhan@sail-rdcis.com

Abstract - Knowledge management has become an important aspect of any enterprise today. In today’s competitive environment capturing and sharing of knowledge are important for correct and timely decisions. Knowledge can be classified as mission critical, confidential or open knowledge. It may exist in variety of sources, formats and devices …show more content…

Processing online transactions these days increasingly requires support for transactions spanning over a large network or even the internet. Online transaction processing (OLTP) is a collection of systems that facilitate and manage transaction-oriented applications, mainly for data entry, update and search mechanisms. The term is somewhat ambiguous; some understand a "transaction" in the context of computer or database transactions and others define it in terms of business or commercial transactions. OLTP is also used to refer to processing in which the software responds almost immediately to user queries/requests. The OLTP systems bring high speed, efficiency, economy and accuracy to operations, Management Information Systems (MIS) and Decision Support Systems (DSS).
In an OLTP system within one premise of an organization all the data are kept in one or more databases on as many server computers, which are generally located far from the users. The user transacts with the computer database through his PC node on the Local Area Network (LAN). The software has to provide highly user-friendly interfaces to the user for his work. These interfaces are in the shape of ‘forms’, ‘menus’ or simple commands developed for the

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