Walmart Data and Information
References (1.) http://warlmart.blogspot.com/
The most interesting thing about Wal-Mart is how simplistic their idea is, which has created supply chain management. The interesting aspects of the whole idea are how it all comes together. There has been so much obstacle and innovation developed to create the success of supply chain management. The company which controls the database, the company that provides a certain type of software, the LAN connections, interface and the devices and components such as the network hubs which all collaborate to allow employees to access make sense of the information. Wal-Mart has been the pioneer of Supply Chain Management and it would not exist without the network planning and configuration of the Data-Warehouse, Data-Mart and Data-Mining.
The relational database series of logically related two-dimensional tables or files to store information in the form of a database. The files that Wal-Mart will create for an online ordering would be order would be Order Number, Order Date, Customer Number, Delivery Address, and Amount Ordered. Employee files would also have unique data, Employee Number, Data of Hire, Employee Name, (first and last). Regular customers that place orders via Wal-Mart’s website also have customer’s files with their customer’s numbers, customer name and contact service person. While there may be many fields to a file each field has a unique Primary Key. The database used at Wal-Mart are CRM system and Retail Link.CRM helps with the tracking of customers, while Retail Link is a decision support system for suppliers and retailer. The brand of database software that is used in NCR’s Teradata
The most interesting thing about Wal-Mart is how simplistic their idea is, which has created supply chain management. The interesting aspects of the whole idea are how it all comes together. There has been so much obstacle and innovation developed to create the success of supply chain management. The company which controls the database, the company that provides a certain type of software, the LAN connections, interface and the devices and components such as the network hubs which all collaborate to allow employees to access make sense of the information. Wal-Mart has been the pioneer of Supply Chain Management and it would not exist without the network planning and configuration of the Data-Warehouse, Data-Mart and Data-Mining.
The relational database series of logically related two-dimensional tables or files to store information in the form of a database. The files that Wal-Mart will create for an online ordering would be order would be Order Number, Order Date, Customer Number, Delivery Address, and Amount Ordered. Employee files would also have unique data, Employee Number, Data of Hire, Employee Name, (first and last). Regular customers that place orders via Wal-Mart’s website also have customer’s files with their customer’s numbers, customer name and contact service person. While there may be many fields to a file each field has a unique Primary Key. The database used at Wal-Mart are CRM system and Retail Link.CRM helps with the tracking of customers, while Retail Link is a decision support system for suppliers and retailer. The brand of database software that is used in NCR’s Teradata
References: (1.) http://warlmart.blogspot.com/ The most interesting thing about Wal-Mart is how simplistic their idea is, which has created supply chain management. The interesting aspects of the whole idea are how it all comes together. There has been so much obstacle and innovation developed to create the success of supply chain management. The company which controls the database, the company that provides a certain type of software, the LAN connections, interface and the devices and components such as the network hubs which all collaborate to allow employees to access make sense of the information. Wal-Mart has been the pioneer of Supply Chain Management and it would not exist without the network planning and configuration of the Data-Warehouse, Data-Mart and Data-Mining. The relational database series of logically related two-dimensional tables or files to store information in the form of a database. The files that Wal-Mart will create for an online ordering would be order would be Order Number, Order Date, Customer Number, Delivery Address, and Amount Ordered. Employee files would also have unique data, Employee Number, Data of Hire, Employee Name, (first and last). Regular customers that place orders via Wal-Mart’s website also have customer’s files with their customer’s numbers, customer name and contact service person. While there may be many fields to a file each field has a unique Primary Key. The database used at Wal-Mart are CRM system and Retail Link.CRM helps with the tracking of customers, while Retail Link is a decision support system for suppliers and retailer. The brand of database software that is used in NCR’s Teradata Software.