This article aims to highlight the importance of the integration of a business intelligence module (collection, organization and difusion of external information) in the information system for decision makers. The objective is to enrich the Enterprise Information Systems, (EIS) helping the search for problems anticipation or even the identification of new opportunities in a scenery of increasing internal and mainly external pressures. The main purpose of this integration is to suply a wide environment of data and information: internal and external, formal and informal, market perception information, information involving analysis and simulation, in short, an environment integrating all relevant information to the success of the organization and giving conditions for users'proactivity.
Enterprise Information Systems (EIS); Formal and informal; Competitive or business intelligence
