Ebook: Retail Information Systems Based on SAP Products

Concentration tendencies, globalization, increasing cost pressure and well-informed customers all make up the hard competition faced by today's businesses. The "right" products, a successful market image, a strong positioning between suppliers and customers, efficient logistics and optimum organization structures contribute to a company's survival. Achieving this goal requires flexible information and communication systems that are fully adaptable to the specific situation. Modern retail information systems are not bound by organization borders but support both business partner cooperation and electronic commerce. This book presents the architecture of retail information systems, as well as the functions of SAP Retail, and in so doing links modern retail management with the implementation strategies based on innovative software systems.

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Concentration tendencies, globalization, increasing cost pressure and well-informed customers all make up the hard competition faced by today's businesses. The "right" products, a successful market image, a strong positioning between suppliers and customers, efficient logistics and optimum organization structures contribute to a company's survival. Achieving this goal requires flexible information and communication systems that are fully adaptable to the specific situation. Modern retail information systems are not bound by organization borders but support both business partner cooperation and electronic commerce. This book presents the architecture of retail information systems, as well as the functions of SAP Retail, and in so doing links modern retail management with the implementation strategies based on innovative software systems.

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Concentration tendencies, globalization, increasing cost pressure and well-informed customers all make up the hard competition faced by today's businesses. The "right" products, a successful market image, a strong positioning between suppliers and customers, efficient logistics and optimum organization structures contribute to a company's survival. Achieving this goal requires flexible information and communication systems that are fully adaptable to the specific situation. Modern retail information systems are not bound by organization borders but support both business partner cooperation and electronic commerce. This book presents the architecture of retail information systems, as well as the functions of SAP Retail, and in so doing links modern retail management with the implementation strategies based on innovative software systems.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Market and Competitive Conditions in Trading with Consumer Goods....Pages 1-4
Architecture of Integrated Information Systems in Retailing Companies....Pages 5-20
Closed Merchandise Management Systems and Their Realization with SAP Retail....Pages 21-98
Distributed Retail Information Systems (DRS)....Pages 99-120
Systems for the Support of the Company Management....Pages 121-150
Electronic Commerce in the Retail Sector....Pages 151-182
Planning and Control of Goods Flows Between Industry and the Retail Sector....Pages 183-220
Back Matter....Pages 221-248

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Concentration tendencies, globalization, increasing cost pressure and well-informed customers all make up the hard competition faced by today's businesses. The "right" products, a successful market image, a strong positioning between suppliers and customers, efficient logistics and optimum organization structures contribute to a company's survival. Achieving this goal requires flexible information and communication systems that are fully adaptable to the specific situation. Modern retail information systems are not bound by organization borders but support both business partner cooperation and electronic commerce. This book presents the architecture of retail information systems, as well as the functions of SAP Retail, and in so doing links modern retail management with the implementation strategies based on innovative software systems.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Market and Competitive Conditions in Trading with Consumer Goods....Pages 1-4
Architecture of Integrated Information Systems in Retailing Companies....Pages 5-20
Closed Merchandise Management Systems and Their Realization with SAP Retail....Pages 21-98
Distributed Retail Information Systems (DRS)....Pages 99-120
Systems for the Support of the Company Management....Pages 121-150
Electronic Commerce in the Retail Sector....Pages 151-182
Planning and Control of Goods Flows Between Industry and the Retail Sector....Pages 183-220
Back Matter....Pages 221-248
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