Computer System in the Context of Retail Business

Anthony Wu 11CS2

     Today, retailing businesses have to had up to date technology in order to
be successful. Accurate, efficient communication sending and receiving can
affect the business. So it is very important that to have the latest technology
such as computers and networks. Retailing on a local and global scale can also
affect how successful is the business. Locally, efficient networking that
retailing businesses had allow customers purchase goods more faster such as the
new bar-code scanners in supermarkets helps customers reduce time waiting in
order to purchase goods. Globally, such as trading, eg: a computer retailing
store may like to purchase some stock from over seas, they can make contracts by
using the Internet.
     Computer systems in retail trading on a local and global scale played an
important role in today's society. Computer systems such as : the supermarket
POS system, provides efficient and accurate calculations when customers
purchasing goods. Absolut Software, provides a host of state-of-the-art
capabilities vital for increasing sales and productivity. Absolut Software will
easily reduce the number of operators and supporting hardware by 15 percent.
Absolut Software provides a training mode for novices and a high-speed mode for
the experienced.

Features: * Complete mailing list management * Promotion tracking * Catalog and
telemarketing * Importing sub-system * On-line order entry * Inventory control
(multi-site, serialized, lot number, decimal quantities, and style-color-size) *
Credit card billing * Computer-driven in-store POS with "Suspend and Hold;"