Showing posts with label 08. Role of IS. Show all posts
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

IV. ROLE OF THE INFORMATION SYSTEM IN EACH OF THESE COMPANIES


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SM HYPERMARKET

Support Business Processes

  • Getting reimbursed on claims by the state faster for utilizing the system - in some cases less than 24 hours! More efficient process eliminates the mail and paperwork.
  • Eliminating rejections of claims for small price errors on single items.
  • Moving customers through the check-out lanes faster.
  • Processing transactions faster. Mixed baskets are OK. No need to separate items and ring up two transactions.
  • Integrating WIC payment services into all lanes. Able to reduce the number of lanes in the store.


Support Decision Making

  • Utilizing better reporting capabilities that gives:

-Current claim status

-Records of what has been reimbursed

-Improved fraud checking


Support Competitive Advantage

  • Reduce or eliminate your terminal maintenance costs,

  • Produce additional revenue streams to your store.



PUREGOLD PRICE CLUB


Support Business Processes

  • TPLinux has the capability to run on other vendors’ hardware as well as Wincor Nixdorf’s own systems.

  • “We wanted to cut the cost of buying anti-virus licenses and save on the cost of the license of (Microsoft) Windows per POS.”

Support Decision Making

  • The system’s capability to monitor inventory movement makes it easy for the management to make necessary decision pertaining to ordering, and inventory management.

Support Competitive Advantage

  • Puregold also intends to use the open source-based software to boost its customer-related initiatives such as promos and discounts.

  • Cut overall licensing costs in terms of security while standardizing on an open-source platform, covering both current and future store openings.



SHOPWISE SUPERMARKET



Support Business Processes

  • The system provides insight into sales transaction, providing quick and accurate tally of sales.

  • It is capable of handling high traffic levels of transactions.

  • Faster and more efficient processing while providing customers with the service they demand.

  • Cheaper cost and easy to use barcoding solutions.


Support Decision Making

  • Point of sale software tracks inventory to give you instant insight into what’s moving, what’s not and what needs to be reordered.

Support Competitive Advantage

  • The system features lower cost of operation and efficiency that improves sales and higher customer satisfaction.