ICT in Tesco's
This essay is going to be about Tesco's and the IT that they use
within the organisation to help them function.
Tesco's is the largest food retailer in the world. Like lots of other
big supermarkets, Tesco's concentrates mainly on building their stores
in out of town locations with petrol stations, cafes and large car
parks.
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One of the technologies used is a barcode reader. Tesco's was among
the first few stores on the high street to start using barcode
readers. Since then barcode readers are now called laser scanners.
Almost every item that you purchase in a shop has a barcode on the
packaging. These look like a series of thick and thin black lines. The
barcode contains details about the product. It also contains a check
digit, so that the computer can validate that the data has been read
in correctly. The barcode details are scanned into the system by a
laser scanner on the till. The check digit is calculated and compared
to the scanned one. The till beeps if they match.
The first section, highlighted blue identifies the country. The yellow
section identifies the manufacturer, the orange section is the product
code and the red section is [IMAGE]the check digit.
The function of the barcode reader is to read the barcode on packaged
goods, but what it's actually doing in that process is reading the
numeric code at the bottom of the barcode without needing the number
to be typed in. The scanner reads the number as the barcode is passed
through, and as a result of that the price and description of the
products are then obtained from the computer, the sale is registered
and an itemised receipt is produced.
The barcode reader helps electronic communication greatly, because
instead of having to type in the number manually, with a chance of
human error, it's all done electronically and it's very rare for there
to be any mistakes.
Bespoke software is used to transfer the data from the barcode to the
Product innovation is not limited to Tesco’s food ranges, but its growing non-food ranges too have introduced choices of many new product lines: from sporting goods including equestrian equipment to new ranges of ‘homeware’ and recently PC software.
Tesco’s objective is to be the ‘champion for customers’, and they want to achieve this by being number one in customer satisfaction. They want to grow globally and by doing this they ‘create value for customers to earn their lifetime loyalty’. Tesco is
of this system is that it can print out letters for fines and also it
The sustainability of Tesco is evident through the way in which they add value by their “plan to target online shoppers via Clubcard, rather than just fishing in the pool of Internet users.” (Humby et al, 2003). Tesco’s Clubcard assists their online strategy as it collects data from each purchase; the data is then altered in store and online to reflect the product range felt important to the customers.
Tesco company uses email to provide information about their products and if there is anyone wants to shop they can use their email to get their products such as foods or drinks or even the household because Tesco is a big company and they have many products and provide a lot of services, so it is very simple to the customer once hey inter Tesco email to see their products and purchase them, hence the market grows. Internet and WAP (wireless application protocol) Tesco uses internet and WAP to contact their suppliers, customers and sometimes even their employees. This means they use the internet to communicate with their customers about existing or new products that interested them in ordering whereby this process is done via email. Also, Tesco uses the internet to messaging their employees if there is any personal problem or any doubt or non-personal matters.
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Dennis, C., Fenech, T. and Merrilees, B. (2004): “e-Retailing”, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, London.
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