USE THE Case Study below to answer the following questions

The automobile plant of DaimlerChrysler in Germany, has $13,000$ employees and produces more than $800$ cars

per day. Each day, $70$ rail cars and $500$ trucks transport parts, components and materials to the factory, which

occupies an area of about $1$ million square meters. This plant uses a just$-$in$-$time delivery system: all the parts

and components must be delivered to the plant$$s various assembly stations just at the moment when they are

needed. Nearly $20$ year ago, Daimler management realized that the intraplant transport capacity was not utilized

efficiently because there was no way to manage plant deliveries effectively. Once arriving at the plant, drivers

moved their trucks to their leading points not knowing if they would arrive there in the right order or if the

loading would be free. The trucks were not always able to deliver the required material during the agreed

timeframe. Material on the trucks might arrive too soon, or urgently needed material might not be available

because the truck was waiting in line. Daimler needed a better way to make decisions about organizing its in$-$

plant deliveries. The company decided to use the Transportation Efficiency Support System $($TESYS$)$ to solve

this problem. TESYS is a decision$-$support and optimization software system which synchronizes deliveries

with the capacities of loading points within the area of a plant and with the current needs of production. When

a delivery arrives at the Daimler$$s plan, requests for unloading are submitted to the plant control board using

either an automated order reception model or the telephone. The system optimizes the assignment, showing the

shortest and quickest routes. New delivery instructions are transmitted to the appropriate driver using two way

radio.

Required:

$($a$)$ Explain the role played by the Daimler$$s TESYS in decision making and transaction processing? $(2$ marks$)$

$($b$)$ Distinguish between Management Information System $($MIS$)$ and Decision Support System $($DSS$)$ such as

the one used by DaimlerChrysler. $(6$ marks$)$

$($c$)$ Information systems $($IS$)$ have always been regarded as enablers for organizational transformation in ways that

information systems help in jobs automation, information processing and provide useful input for decision

making. Discuss this statement in reference to decision making process in an organization such as Daimler$$s

$(5$marks$)$

$($d$)$ What is active participation of senior management in design of information systems important for Daimler?

$(5$marks$)$

$($e$)$ Elaborate why the Daimler can secure their information system from internal and external attacks$/$threats

$(3$marks$)$

f$)$ What kind of strategies would Daimler$$s put in place to gain a competitive advantage over its competitor

$(4$maks$)$