ChapterII: Classification Of Fields Of Online Trading And Its Sciences:Wal Mart Company Use Information Systems Between Institutions :

Wal Mart Company Use Information Systems Between Institutions:

Wal-Mart is the largest company in the world in the volume of sales.The volume of sales in 2001 Reached 220 billion $.But this is the sheer volume does not guarantee success in the market.Competition Forced some of the very companies selling to large retailers such as bankruptcy Mentgmri Ward Wal-Mart is aware that they need to be developed and to the use of technology. To become Companies is strong, it needs to consolidate and integrate its internal processes.The companies did, the Marketing departments, production and financial management can work effectively and efficiently with each other.This means reducing The cost of the company's management, which lead to the lifting of the value of profits. The standardization of internal processes leading to Better service to customers. Therefore, the Wal-Mart to use computers, networks and software In order to standardize internal operations. But this is not sufficient in itself.Wal-Mart needs to unite their efforts With suppliers and with customers is also more than the rest of the companies.Standard devices and networks began to change the trade as we know it since hundreds of years. For example, the Wal-Mart reports monthly profit and loss to the top suppliers for each commodity has been provided by this Provider.

One of the most important reasons for the consolidation of operations is the difficulty in forecasting market demand. And forecasting market demand Is the basis for the management of stockpiles and arranging distribution.In the past, and in most of the time, the seller Retail forecast by itself, and forecast its own supplier and the difference between the effectiveness of Altenbwin lead to missed: stocks Redundant or non-existent goods or opportunities lost, or losing a competition. Therefore, the major retailers have agreed Under the leadership of Wal-Mart to set up a process of "cooperation in the prediction and fill the shortfall To help retailers and their providers to agree on a predictable Uniform over the near to market demand, and then stop the process in order to transform the process from the world of dreams to The real world and real. Is committed to retailers and suppliers of this prediction system. This commitment to reduce the The volatility of the inventory process. The cases where the goods would be non-existent. Finally, the vendors Retailers can provide a marketing plan because they will not need to wait the reaction of suppliers (which are usually Are negative in the past).

Begin the process of data warehouse size by up to 30 terabytes. This warehouse has been designed Cooperation project to predict and fill in the shortfall. Carry out the system of "the retailer" to extract the data for Goods and Warner Lambert from the warehouse. Extracted data is stored in cooperation with the prediction and filling Shortfall. The agents of Wal-Mart to use this data and other data for the initial forecast of market demand. A copy of this initial prediction is sent to your cooperation in filling the lack of predictability of Warner Lambert. Company Receives planners and Warner Lambert, and believe this version and add their opinion on the initial prediction And offer suggestions. The revised version will be sent to Wal-Mart, which modify or approve the copy Modified and sent again to Warner Lambert. And so on until agreement is reached on the final version To predict the amount of market demand for each commodity. The use of these is the final version of the guide producers and Warner Lambert