Inventors:
James Joseph Morgan - Plano TX
Terry Lee Johnson - Plano TX
Leah Ellen Keefer - Plano TX
Patricia Ann Smith - Plano TX
William Howell Bradford - Plano TX
Kathryn Louise Wells - Plano TX
Eric Todd Mason - Plano TX
Assignee:
Electronic Data Systems Corporation - Plano TX
International Classification:
G46F 1760
Abstract:
An automated activity-based management system and method (10) for making thereof are provided. A business organization has costs associated with its employees, facilities, equipment, and overhead to produce products or provide services. Such a business organization typically generates traditional general ledger accounting information (152) and human resources information (150). This traditional accounting information (150, 152, 154) is used along with information directed to activities, equipment usage and facilities utilization to generate costs associated with activities performed by the organization. A computer workstation (40) with a graphical user interface (42) is used to accept entries of activity information (74). The activity information and traditional accounting information are fed to a relational database (12). The information is processed and costs associated with the employee, facilities, equipment, and overhead components (20, 22, 24, 26) of activities are computed.