Title :
Digital Stock Control Mechanism in Electronic Retail Companies in UK
Author :
Ariwa, Ezendu ; Lukani, Kishan
Author_Institution :
London Metropolitan Univ., London
Abstract :
This project researches into Digital Stock Control methods in retail companies within the UK and investigates whether a stock control system can be improved within an organisation. This involves research on stock control systems and also looks into the new advanced system that Argos will introduce in the future to come. This project has an insight into the employees of Argos whether they understand the current system and the new system. This investigation was carried out to find out if the employees of Argos understood the stock control system. Who out of the full-time and part-time employees had the most knowledge, what the employees think of the system, and finally what do the employee think of the new stock control system. The data was gathered by using a quantitative method, which was an introduction of questionnaires. The project examines the characteristics between the two sets of employees, full-time and part-time, the knowledge within the employees of Argos had a major similarity. It looks at both sets of employees with very symmetrical opinion regards to the new system and the knowledge they have. Its also considers the current stock control system the knowledge. It researches the full-time employees and what knowledge they have regards to the knowledge to the part-time employees.
Keywords :
retail data processing; stock control; digital stock control mechanism; electronic retail companies; Companies; Conducting materials; Control systems; Digital control; Production systems;
Conference_Titel :
Autonomic and Autonomous Systems, 2007. ICAS07. Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-2859-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-2859-7
DOI :
10.1109/CONIELECOMP.2007.72