Role of Information Technology in Sainsbury's

Introduction to
Information
Technology

ABSTRACT
In this era of technological up gradation Information Technology is an important and
phenomenal component that must be understood and used in the effective manner especially in
the modern business like retail sector in order to get bless business such technological
installation benefit. Moreover, it has found that ICT and IT are more researched topic in the field
of the business especially for the large supermarket chain store like Sainsbury which is one of the
fully IT installed Supermarket chain in UK,. Hence, following report outline and throw light on
to understood the impact of these IT on the business of Sainsbury and its working culture and
structure, In addition this report summarised the whole changing business scenario with the
introduction to installation of Information along with Technology in a business.

Table of Contents
ABSTRACT.....................................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................1
define IT and its impoertance in retail business..........................................................................1
Ethics and Social Issues of using technology in general.............................................................2
The importance of Intranet and Internet in business in general..................................................3
Networking Technology, different types in general...................................................................4
ANALYSIS & DISCUSSION.........................................................................................................5
Role of Information Technology in Sainsbury's.........................................................................5
What are the available information system technology which Sainsbury are using...................5
Types of Networking and computer topology Technologies that used in Sainsbury's...............6
Challenges faced by the Sainsbury while investing on Information Technology.......................7
The impact of IT in a business with advantages and challenges.................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................8
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Businesses change from time to time and it is important to be aware of these changes in
order to take advantage of competition. In the modern world, a commercial company is
constantly taking technology and wanting to succeed in it. Business world. Any technologically
advanced company has information technology options. Uses of devices and computers to
retrieve or modify data or credentials. IT is a broad and comprehensive concept that can be
properly understood (Han, 2017). The primary objective of this report to outline understanding
of it and its significance in the modern world in concern to the Sainsbury which is second largest
UK based supermarket chain store (Kumar and Pandey, 2021). Objective analysis of business
ethical issues and social structures takes place. The intranets and the internet play a very good
role in business operations and communication, which can be analyzed from the view point of
the business system. Business-suitable network knowledge and real facts systems are aimed at
optional business .Therefore, the report did an in-depth analysis of the impact of IT on retail
business.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Define IT and its importance in retail business
As per the ideology of Nagovitsina and Drozdova (2021), it is estimated that the
organisation will be able to do various tasks as planned. Information technology is a technology
system designed to streamline and simplify the communication and information production
process. Business plays a great and important role in all areas of the innovation and design
process for communication. Business can make decisions through research and marketing.
Effective decisions in their successful actions are firmly established. The role of IT in the success
of an organization can be assessed as follows:
Information flow among shareholders: It has noted that Commercial business such as
retail should maintain a continuous flow of information regarding to the business function.
Moreover a modern business require innovative technology in their business such as using email
in place of fax and these communication technology are playing great role in the flow of this
information among the various stakeholder.
Inventory Management: If the recorded running system in the business and the sources
of the business is not preserved by the consumer, then the demand for goods and services in
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