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Business industry
2-3-1 Business system
With the development of information systems, businesses using them have
spread rapidly, and Internet and information systems are now in use in diverse business fields.
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Typical systems in business fields
The following are some typical business systems.
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POS
Abbreviation for “Point Of Sales.”
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Private Brand
A “private brand” or “PB,” is an exclusive product developed and sold independently by a retailer. Also referred to
as a “store brand.”
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EOS
“EOS” is a system for online ordering
between corporations. Orders originating from retail stores as well as procurement and invoicing are managed centrally by computer, with orders being
made online from the retailer’s computer terminal to the headquarters or
wholesalers.
Abbreviation for “Electronic Ordering
System.”
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(1)POS system
A “POS system” is a system that collects sales information (what was sold
to whom, when, where, and how much?) when products are sold.
POS systems make use of barcodes as the basis for merchandise management and are used in “distribution information systems” in places such
as convenience stores, supermarkets, department stores, shopping centers,
and restaurants.
One advantage of POS systems is that market research and sales forecasts
can be carried out based on the sales data that they collect. The collected
information is used in strategies for product development and store expansion and is also useful for adjusting order quantities and inventory quantities depending on the season, region, or time period. Recently, the use of
POS systems has expanded to product development of private brands in
the retail industry, and POS systems are ranked as important information
systems that are essential in retail business strategies.
(2)IC Card
An “IC card” is a plastic card embedded with an “IC (Integrated Circuit) chip.” Since IC cards can encrypt information, they are attracting attention for being difficult to counterfeit. Also, they can record a large
amount of information from several dozen to several hundred times that of
conventional magnetic cards.