Case Study Of Transaction Processing Systems At Tesco

Lowe’s is a home improvement warehouse that was founded in 1946 as a single store and since has grown to become the second largest in the world. As technology has evolved, Lowe’s has made many advances incorporating new systems and devices to stay competitive. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the information technology management systems used at Lowe’s. It will look at Porter’s Five Force Model, supply chain management; data base management system, five agent-based technologies, e-commerce and system development lifecycle. Furthermore, it will look at business continuity planning, emerging trends and security vulnerabilities relates to the organization to remain competitive.

At Tesco information technology is right at the heart of their business, as it’s essential for the business to run effectively and it also helps them improve their customers shopping experience by faster tills and stock checking systems. The use of IT is helping them to know what to sell, and also to help deliver the product to sell. Many different areas in Tesco put it to good use for example

The R & D facilities allowed them to continuously come up with new products in the market. In my opinion they are flooding the markets with many new products, in a way they are confusing an average golf player with too many different types of golf club.

During the game, I realized that wide gaps in orders of every role in the supply chain such as factory, distributor and retailer create inventory management challenges. For example, distributor records 0units between week1-week 4 compared to retailer within the same period. The retailer records 3units, 5units, 2units and 2units between weeks 1- week 4. The same applies to factory with 0units from weeks 2-4. Addressing inventory management problems requires developing an average unit level to avoid disappointing customers when demand

Getting into this enormous Warehousing infrastructure, four main elements can be explained to picture how things work in an Internet retailer; Inventory Segmentation, Order Profiling / Item Activity, Distribution Center Inbound and Order Fulfillment.

Recent advancements in technology offer the organizations of today and the future boundless opportunities for improvements in service delivery. Although experts agree that the alignment of technology and the overall business strategy is both necessary and imperative, no clear path to optimum alignment exists. Christopher Nuckles, a IT Director I interviewed demonstrated full awareness of this fact. he and the company’s CIO, Matt Carey, and the executive IT leaders and displayed optimism the “interconnected retail strategy” they have for the company will ensure that Home Depot remains the product authority for home improvement. As part of the technical team that developed, enhanced, or supported several of the technological systems at Home Depot, Nuckles believes that the key to a successful technological future is innovation. Nuckles recognizes that the biggest hurdle for the Home Depot technology is the emerging e-commerce and he adds that Home Depot is ready for the boom. He explains that plans are underway to optimize the Home Depot mobile application entirely and make it available on all platforms so that the company remains relevant as technology keeps advancing.

The super computer, Telson records all the sales. The order is automatically generated that evening. At midnight, the warehouse fills that order and it sits back on

Technology is having an impact on businesses such as Tesco due to the ever changing nature of its uses such as the self-service tills that have been installed over the last several years in stores and new and updating security systems. Tesco needs to keep up-to-date with how it is constantly evolving and also must be efficient in its use as to not allow issues to arise with it.

The information about the products and quantity required is passed on to the stock control subsystem. Thus, their order will be process and will be delivered on their doorstep. The payment will be made right after they had checked their items are correct and doesn’t make any mistake. At the other side, Tesco will also using order processing system while order inventory from the suppliers. Tesco has around 1000 suppliers such as the Anglo-Dutch food manufacturer, Pedigree, the pet food part of the Mars Corporation and Colgate etc. It is so impossible that the Tesco to use the traditional order processing system which is fully utilize the hand-written notes with manual filling systems and reminders. This will drag all the organization business processes and might facing major losses. Therefore, Tesco is using the modern order processing system to place the order from their supplier in order to ensure that they have enough inventories to supply to their customers and will be delivered those items to the customer on time and thus it will be build a good reputation in their

First, in aspects of personal selling this cost will be deducted out of the salesperson’s salary whereas all sales personal receive the same amount of salary. Next, the order processing is role of businesses to deliver consumer products accurately when and where the consumer wants the product is beneficial to retail grocery stores, supermarkets and Foodservice wholesalers. Making deliveries order processing top priority will provide the Cooper Company the fortitude to create competitive prices as well as, make deliveries in a cost-effective manner (Sabri, E. H., Gupta, A. P., & Beitler, M. A. 2007).

Given that the development of new systems can be fraught with problems and delays, there are many factors that drive organisations to develop new systems. The most important drives come directly from the companies needs and are often not related to technology, but however to technological solutions, these include:

The company was also the first UK retailer to register profits of more than £2 billion. This is hardly surprising given that for every £8 spent by UK consumers, £1 will be spent in Tesco. Part of the reason for the success of Tesco has been the ability of the managers at the company to determine exactly what their customers want and provide it quickly, efficiently, conveniently and at low cost. The company has been able to draw customers away from rivals whilst consolidating their grip on the loyalty of their existing customers. Tesco has been able to use the value of the brand to enter the financial services market successfully. Where rivals have struggled to make much impression against traditional financial services retailers, Tesco has used the brand effectively to offer a range of services such as savings accounts, travel and motor insurance, and loan facilities. There has also been an internet mortgage-finder service. A partnership agreement with the Royal Bank of Scotland ensured that customers received a quality service that they could trust. However, one of the most risk-bearing and adventurous initiatives adopted by Tesco was

tesco can take advantage of its successful international expansion. tesco is in a position to share their know-how and also is able to apply technologies and know-how which will create a competitive edge over its rivals and also step its learning curve.

Coca Cola Enterprises (CCE) embarked on a massive makeover of their information system in 2004 converting over to the SAP software. (http://www.beveragedaily.com/Formulation/CCE-SAP-join-forces-to-improve-supply-chain) This included a major overhaul of their legacy system and working with SAP to develop an app specifically for them. When this venture began in 1999 we must remember that the Spilt of Coca Cola Enterprises becoming an operation solely based in Europe had not occurred. Thus the implementation for SAP was not only in North America, but Europe also. Throughout the paper we will discuss how this conversion went and what exactly went and what effects

The case, ‘Santander Acquires Abbey: The Jack Project’, applies a general strategic management focus to an analysis of the ‘Jack Project’, the Spanish banking group’s IT centric project to acquire Abbey. The case focuses on Jose´ Marı´a Fuster, chief information officer (CIO) and his perspective in leveraging IT to integrate Abbey. The following issues are explored: (1) the value of IT; (2) the generation of synergies in M&A; and (3) the prioritisation of IT-related options comparing two different realities. At the end of the case, students will examine how Parteno´ n, Grupo Santander’s core IT system, leveraged this acquisition and made an impact on the bank’s long-term market position.