BU415 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Musl, Barcode, Transaction Processing
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Chapter 3: zara: fast fashion from savvy systems. Contract manufacturing outsourcing production to third-party firms. Firms that use contract manufacturers don"t own the plants or directly employ the workers who produce the requested goods. Personal digital assistants (pdas) handheld computing devices meant largely for mobile use outside an office setting; pdas have now been integrated into other mobile device classes, such as smartphones and tablets. Point-of-sale (pos) systems transaction processing systems that capture customer purchases. Cash registers and store checkout systems are examples of point-of-sale systems. These systems are critical for capturing sales data and are usually linked to inventory systems to subtract out any sold items. Vertical integration when a single firm owns several layers in its value chain. Value chain the set of activities through which a product or service is created and delivered to customers. Logistics coordinating and enabling the flow of goods, people, information, and other resources among locations.
