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Lilly Li Apparel is a manufacturer of fashion apparel that has
just opened its first large retail store for selling high-fashion clothes at
high-fashion prices. The company’s competitive strategy depends on a
comprehensive point-of-sale (POS) system supporting online, up to-the-minute
sales totals, day-to-day tracking of stock information, and quick checkout of customer
purchases. Because cashiers were already familiar with electronic cash
registers, management decided that only minimal training was required. Cashiers
enter four-digit stock tracking numbers (STNs) into one of the POS terminals
that retrieves price and description data, computes the tax and total amount
due, accepts the type of payment, and controls the cash drawer. A unique STN
identifies each of the 9,500 pieces of merchandise. The central microcomputer
server maintains stock information. In the first month of operation, new
cashiers were awkward using the new system. They eventually became proficient
users but were frustrated
with the slow printing of sales tickets and the unpredictable action of their cash drawers.
Each checkout stand has a telephone that cashiers use to call for approval of
credit-card transactions. Customers became impatient when credit approvals delayed the
checkout process or when the microcomputer was down, thus stopping all sales, including cash
sales.
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