Is of Tesco

Lecturer: DR. David Asirvatham

Student: Hamid jalalifakhr

Brief history and Purpose………………………………………………………………..……2 Identify the main IS in that company……………………………………………………..….2 List the hardware and software used by these IS…………………………………….…....3   Software …..……………………………………………………………………..……..5 Hardware ………………………………………………………………………..……...6

What type of Information System is available in the company?......................................8 Identify the strengths and weaknesses of Tesco information systems ………………....9 What improvement can be done to the IS? ………………………………………………10 Flowchart for the key systems of Tesco ……………………………………………….…..11 Benefits of IS ………………………………………………………………………………….12

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Information System

Case study: Tesco

 Brief history and Purpose:

TESCO is a house hold name in UK. It is having biggest market share in retail industry of the country. The company was started in 1919 by Sir Jack Cohen. The name “TESCO” is formed from initials of company’s tea supplier T.E.Stockwell and Sir Jack Cohen. In 1932, TESCO was formally registered a private limited company and since then company is known as TESCO PLC. In the end of fourth decade, company had grown to more than 100 stores. Impressed by self-service culture of USA, Sir, Jack Cohen opened first self-service store in 1951. Then company started expansion by acquisition. By the end of sixth decade, company had overtaken five competitors with a total of about 600 stores. But by the starting of 70’s customer become more aware of quality but TESCO was not up to their expectation. Stores were poorly maintained and items were of poor quality. But in the late 80’s company concentrated on customer need and during late 90’s lead by Sir Terry Leahy, it becomes the largest retailer in the country and fourth largest in the world, it has lots of branch in the Malaysia too, so I want to consider the information system and tell how it can improve it well.

 Identify the main IS in that company

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