thesis of online shopping versus traditional shopping
OPERATION & PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
QUESTION 1
You are required to choose an organization of your choice as a research object and find out the followings in their organization:-
I choose WALMART as my organization.
i. Inventory system
Wal-Mart invested deeply in IT and communication systems to effectively track sales and producerecords in stores across the country. With the rapid growth, it was essential to have a good communication system.Hence, Wal-Mart set up its own satellite communication system in 1983.
Wal-Mart was able to reduce unproductive inventory by allowing stores to manage their own stocks, reducing pack sizes across many product categories, and timely price discounts.Instead of cutting the inventory across the board, Wal-Mart made full use of its IT skills to make more inventories available in the case of items that customers wanted most, while reducing the overall inventory levels.Employees at the stores had the (Magic Wand) a hand-held computer which was linked to in-store stations through a radio frequency network.These helped them to keep track of the inventory in stores, deliveries, and backup produce in stock at the distribution centers.The order management and store replacement of goods were entirely executed with the help of computers through the Point-of-Sales (POS) system.Through this system, it was possible to monitor and track the sales and produce stock levels on the store shelves.
ii. Technology used
Energy Management System (EMS) In the U.S., we employ a national Energy Management System (EMS) to monitor and control the heating, air conditioning, cooling and lighting systems for all stores and Sam 's Club locations from our Home Office in Bentonville, Arkansas. The EMS enables us to always monitor and control energy usage, analyze refrigeration temperatures, observe HVAC and lighting performance, and adjust system levels from a central location 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
a) Daylight Harvesting
Many
QUESTION 1
You are required to choose an organization of your choice as a research object and find out the followings in their organization:-
I choose WALMART as my organization.
i. Inventory system
Wal-Mart invested deeply in IT and communication systems to effectively track sales and producerecords in stores across the country. With the rapid growth, it was essential to have a good communication system.Hence, Wal-Mart set up its own satellite communication system in 1983.
Wal-Mart was able to reduce unproductive inventory by allowing stores to manage their own stocks, reducing pack sizes across many product categories, and timely price discounts.Instead of cutting the inventory across the board, Wal-Mart made full use of its IT skills to make more inventories available in the case of items that customers wanted most, while reducing the overall inventory levels.Employees at the stores had the (Magic Wand) a hand-held computer which was linked to in-store stations through a radio frequency network.These helped them to keep track of the inventory in stores, deliveries, and backup produce in stock at the distribution centers.The order management and store replacement of goods were entirely executed with the help of computers through the Point-of-Sales (POS) system.Through this system, it was possible to monitor and track the sales and produce stock levels on the store shelves.
ii. Technology used
Energy Management System (EMS) In the U.S., we employ a national Energy Management System (EMS) to monitor and control the heating, air conditioning, cooling and lighting systems for all stores and Sam 's Club locations from our Home Office in Bentonville, Arkansas. The EMS enables us to always monitor and control energy usage, analyze refrigeration temperatures, observe HVAC and lighting performance, and adjust system levels from a central location 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
a) Daylight Harvesting
Many
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