Importance of IT in Tesco

IT

Abstract
IT plays an important role in the success of a company and that is why, the current study
shed a light on the Importance of IT and for that it describe the role within organization. The
chosen firm is Tesco. Also, there are different network technologies are used by the company
i.e. LAN, WAN and Pan and different ethical and social issues face by a firm such that
packaging material affect the environment. Also, with the help of internet and intranet, company
is able to meet the attract range of customers as well.

Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION
IT refers to the usage of some stored data, computers, web, stages, physical devices,
processes & infrastructure for creating, processing, securing, storing and exchanging all kinds of
the electronic data. It is used with respect to operations of business as opposed to entertainment
or the personal technologies. The Commercialized utilization of the IT comprehend with
computing device as well as telephony. The present report is based on Tesco, the largest retail
sector organization of UK operating as the grocery retailer and the supermarket chain.
Furthermore, the study presents the meaning and function of the IT in the retail business along
with the networking techniques and its types. Moreover, the study highlights the ethical & the
social issues in using the technology and the significance of internet and intranet in the business.
2. Literature Review
It means as the comprehensive summary of the past research on the particular research
issue. It surveys the scholarly articles, other sources and books which are relevant to specific
research area. In this section, proper review is been made by describing, enumerating and
summarizing the study in adequate manner.
2.2 IT and its role in context of retail sector organization
Kumar (2018) stated that IT is an application of the computing machine for recording,
transmitting, recover & altering the data with respect to business enterprise. With increase in
globalization of the merchandising in terms of their factor of scale & their respective supply
point, an IT plays a crucial role in retail sector with regard to administration of the complex retail
business trading operations. Knowledge of Market and control of the information & data is seen
as key for achieving a competing edge in retail segment. Marketplace are constantly growing and
becoming as more analysable. Simple steps of retailing begin with deploying more of the
advanced retail information systems for coping up with all transactions involved. Retailers
require to transform their IT capacity for several reasons like for increasing knowledge of the
company for react to evolving market places through an enhanced flexibility and the speed. IT in
retail companies plays a vital role in collecting and assessing the customer data at the time of
enhancing differentiation. In order to work efficaciously, retailers require unitary system that
works across the stores for ensuing the use of stock effectively and improving the processes of
business.