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we are group of four student studying at UAEU we would like to welcome you to our blog which made specially for our project of Mercedes Benz company information system in this blog we are going to post a lot of information which talk about the IS used on the Mercedes Benz company at UAE , also we are going to give you information about the crucial role that the information system play at the company and how it help the manger in making  a lot of Decision related to the company and how it helps reducing the cost and the error for the company , also we are going to describe the  processing of data into information and then to knowledge . 

Introduction to Mercedes company

Mercedes Benz is a well known brand name company that originated in German and it’s specialized in producing automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks and is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG. Mercedes as a brand is equivalent with quality and elegance, and also it consider as one of the oldest automotive brand still existence until today. 

In this project we are going to explore the information system used in the Mercedes Benz Company at the Eastern Motors branch At Emirates Motor Company, also we are going to know the Type of the different information systems used at Mercedes like the TPS, MIS, DSS, EIS and understand the crucial role that the information system play at the company by helping the manger making Decision and how it helps reducing the cost and the error for the company , furthermore we are going to describe how the data is processing into information and then to knowledge . 

Finally we are going to compare the Advantages of using the different information systems and the Disadvantages of using the different information systems and we going to discuses some of the issues that we think it are important.

History of Mercedes Benz

Mercedes Benz has been recognized as the most popular company in producing cars with different designs. It’s found by Mr. Karl Benz who established the company in 1871 then Mr.Gottlieb Daimler, Mr. Wilhelm May Bach where involved on establishing the division of Mercedes Benz. It has been making achievement since its begging. During the year 1886 the company succeeded in producing or making “first true internal combustion engine powered three wheeler automobile vehicles”.( wikipedia , 2011) .As well in 1894 it became known as the first company in producing “single cylinder four stroke engine powered four wheeler vehicle” (Mercedes-Benz, 2011).Finally in the 1899 Mr. Emil jellinek succeed in entering the “Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG) vehicles” (Mercedes-Benz, 2011) or cars through putting his daughter name Mercedes on the test vehicles produced that time since then it became the brand name of all DMG vehicles produced. 

Mercedes Benz is known with producing different kinds of vehicles. Firstly, when the company was putting their intention on producing land vehicles. They were produced along with it various kinds of boats like civil, military boat and aircraft engines. In the year 1920, Mercedes Benz started making different deigns of limousine vehicle. Along with it, it began in making sport cars with different models. During the year of 1950s American market Mercedes Benz begin in producing vehicles. Besides that, the first Iconic 300SL sports car model was offered in New York automobile show in 1954 which was specially produced for American market. At that time, Mercedes Benz involved in making rear engine cars which was unfortunately a failure attempt. After that, it succeeds in producing cars that were similar to the previous one but less expensive and have a higher quality. During and after the year 1994, Mercedes Benz considered a successful company in producing compact city cars and in-expensive A-class range cars.

Products/Services offered

Mercedes Benz has different products and services that associated with features that make it special, different and distinct from others. 

Products: 

“Sedans & Coupes: 

· C-Class Sedan: 

201 Horsepower, 21/31 MPG (city/hwy), 1.8L Turbo-4 Engine” (Mercedes-Benz Showroom, 2011) 

“The Mercedes-Benz C-Class is a compact executive car produced by the Mercedes-Benz division of Daimler AG. First introduced in 1993 as a replacement for the 190range (W201, also nicknamed “Baby-Benz”), the C-Class was the smallest model in the marque's lineup until the 1997 arrival of the A-Class” (Mercedes-Benz, 2011). 

SUVs: 

· GLK-Class SUV: 

“268 Horsepower, 3500 lbs‡ Towing Capacity (max), 3.5L V6 Engine” (Mercedes-Benz Showroom, 2011), “Mercedes-Benz GLK-Class a compact luxury crossover released as a 2009 model elsewhere. The GLK-Class was launched in 2008 and is built in Bremen (Germany), the first Mercedes SUV to be built there. Its design is heavily influenced by the C-Class” (Mercedes-Benz, 2011). 

Services: 

Dealer financing: 

· Vehicle Inventory Financing 

“Known in the automotive industry as "floor planning," this allows dealers to finance their inventory of new or used vehicles until the vehicles can be sold to customers. 

Consumer programs: 

· Retail financing: 

For customers who prefer traditional vehicle ownership, they provide a variety of financing plans that allow them to purchase new or used vehicles at competitive rates. Retail financing can be arranged easily and quickly through the selling Mercedes-Benz dealership” (Mercedes-Benz, 2011).