Management Information System: Departments and Data Warehousing in Walmart

This report discusses the various departments of Walmart, including Walmart USA, Walmart Supercenters, Discount Stores, Neighbourhood Markets, Technology, and Infrastructure. It also covers the role of data warehousing in Walmart's operations and the advantages and disadvantages of information systems in the company. The report recommends that Walmart focus on strategically using information systems to optimize its operations and achieve long-term growth.

Management
Information System
Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3

TASK...............................................................................................................................................3
Different business departments of the Walmart is interconnected..............................................3
Several types of data and the role or dutirs of data warehousing in the Walmart.......................5
Key concerns about ethical, legal and professional implications................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
The topic of management informatics system comprises of various set of skills with
technological understanding that assists to be effective and efficient for the organisation. The
part of keeping information will tell the variegated term of functions of activities that includes a
technical method by analysing transactions of the employees and customers. This also includes
social relationships. It is utilised by the firm while at the time of the decision making process ,
evaluating coordination together with focusing on the firm's human resource department in
respect of the success and growth of the company. Apart from this, it includes investing practices
with the support of internal management department in order to efficacious execution of the
technology in the organisation. The following report is based on the company Walmart, that is a
internationally recognised firm and it was founded in 1962. The firm specialises in offering large
range of product segment and services also to its consumers from all over the world. They are
operating their business in several stores such as hype market, super market, super store as well
as convenience shop and every store is in the form of retail. The following report will cover
about the various divisional structure and operations of the business which the company adopts
in its activities. The data method of the warehousing techniques as well as the various policies or
laws linked to the information and legislations is mentioned.
TASK
Different business departments of the Walmart is interconnected.
The global based firm Walmart is an organisation which supplies products and services to the
entire world through its several super store, hyper market, super store, super mart and
convenience store (Jelassi, and Martínez-López, 2020). The firm was started in the year of 1962
and it was started by Sam Walton in the USA. Now the current situation of the business is that it
is working with more than 10500 stores world wide with earning almost or more than $13 billion
annual net revenue. By including its store and head offices company is having more than
2,500,000 employees. The several business departments of Walmart are mentioned below:
The Walmart of the USA is the largest outlet of the organisation which is solely
responsible for generating more than around $330,000 sales revenue of more than 65% which is
in whole. The Walmart USA have almost three main retail operations which is actually is fully

usual in the country as well as their super stores, discount stores and neighbourhood market. The
stores gives various discounts and also supplies non retail products which having concentration
on the super centres with various items of the grocery (Haas, 2019). Under the management of
the John Furner, company is operating with more than 4500 stores in the USA alone.
 Walmast supercenters – These stores of the Walmart are the hypermart that provides all
the products related to retail sector such as garden products, dairy products, pet products,
pharmacy, clothing, baked food, frozen food and various others. The first super enter was
started in the year 1988 at the different locations of the Washington. The management of
the firm Walmart is functioning its practices in around more than 3600 marts in the
United States itself. Company is selling almost 120,000 various range of products. On the
other hand company sells more than 30 million products.
 Discount Store – Discount stores or discount marts of Walmart gives very particular
merchandise, optical stores, tire, lube garden centres and several others. The first discount
store has been increase from over lapping the super centres, The first ever discount shop
of Walamart was started in the year of 1990 at the Bentonville and in the year 1996 the
management was its peak of discount shops which has increased to around 2000 but by
the time before 2021 it is now only 370 stores (Jeong, and Ramírez-Gómez, 2018)
 Neighbourhood Market – This department of the Walmart is a set of the various small
stores of the grocery which was initiated its operations after the time of more than 9 years
as compare to the time of super centre. The main motive of this store is to look on the
three product range which is fuel stores, pharma and groceries. The grocery department
of the Walmart earns almost 60% of the company's income. The main motive of this mart
is to fill the difference between its own discounted stores as well as with super marts. As
there are many stores nearly around 700 shops of Walmart neighbourhood mart in which
every mart functions with around 100 full time as well as part time worker.
 Technology – Company walmart is a world recognised chain of supermarket which
functions its business operations with utilising the higher level of the technology
particularly at the time of its supply and procurement chain methods. So that can have a
proper utilisation and operations of its technological resources. The firm also functions its
business globally with utilisation of technology in it as well. IN this element, it will be
responsible for providing one of the most appropriate departments in context to

merchandise providing, retail segment with it. Company is focusing on providing high
quality products which basically depends on the social as well as the digital methods
(Khan, and Yu, 2019). Therefore, they may avoid its need from their operations and this
evolution with the aim of betterment of various marketing and promotional activities.
Brand Walmart, is one of the most effectual store operator which is needed in this
division. In this element, it is flattering an efficacious method in to the top in this field of
industry. It is linked to the success and progress of managerial aspects. Technological
development involves some feature in context to merchandising which can affect the
influence of the management of the company.
 Infrastructure – The brand Walmart have better infrastructural management of the
company with appropriate allocation of the resources as well as they having skilled and
experienced workers in their every store. The firm's infrastructure is linked with all their
operational departments like sales or finance division of the company (Koch, Vonthron,
and König, 2017). Company is obeying bigger way of services related to the
infrastructure in each of its divisions that only focuses on the needs and wants of the
consumers which relates to the progression on the management. It also involves the
divisions that are directly related with both investment and private and it can also decline
the risk of minimum term of supply and demand into its department of the economic.
From the above divisional structure, there are various departments that pursue the retail industry
that engage their operations such as finance, sales, human resource production and many other
departments. With which the firm can share they are important information or data to give
appropriate contribution (Lerner, 2018). The firm is using appropriate software in order to keep
their important data or information safe and secure. Management is using cloud storage
technique which is successful to grab the information with lots of security and preventing the any
type of hindrance of the personal data of their consumers. Because of the goodwill of the firm
Walmart they are consumer trust them and only need to purchase their products with more
expectations.
Several types of data and the role or dutirs of data warehousing in the Walmart.
Walmart plc is a international firm that gives general merchandise and retail groceries by
discounted stores, super mart as well as hyper market. They are giving several goods as their
departmental structure. The management of the brand Walmart is giving the success by operating

and leading the proper structure that helps the firm of interrelated among the entire department.
Brand is obeying various operations for the aim of proper operations of the firm like
improvement in technologies, technological software. These kinds of technology let the
responsibilities and tasks very easy. It also plays a vital role in the operations of the organisation
as the company is concentrating on the innovating the technologies as it helps in the performance
enhancement. Moreover, company is utilising technologies in keeping and maintaining the date
of the warehousing. It includes the examining and studying about the knowledge linked to the
further coming latest technologies (Greenleaf, and Cottier, 2020). With the help of technology
company Walmart, do their business operations in a very effective and cost efficient way and
they also utilises various information system that are described below:
 Executive Support System – It means to the information system that is utilised by the
higher level authority for the aim of developing the decision making which regarding to
its strategies. It is very helpful for the company as it takes the information regarding daily
routine practices of the firm by every feature of the functions. In context to the Walmart,
management utilises this system of information for the aim of getting the knowledge
about the sales and financial data which tells about the inventory. In accordance to
getting the information this method is very helpful. It also includes Executives support
system that concentrates on the scale of the organisation.
 Knowledge management system – This system helps in the evolution of the data along
with the authentic data. This system has an essential role in knowing the workforce. It
also helps in gaining various business opportunities by giving more types of goods by
including several categories of the products.
 Decision Support System – This system is very essential in the decision making at the
organisation in the various times of difficult issues. The examining of enhancement of the
equipments and tools of IT has been completed in this system only with the aim of
getting very proper and accurate data. In relation to Walmart, management is utilising
this system in which company is supporting their workers to perform their tasks
effectively and efficiently at the complex time and also helps in getting the proper
solutions to the issues with the combination of these elements.
Big data is the knowledge available in very big quantity in the set of unstructured, semi
structured and structured kind that is available on the life long time period. For the aim of

gaining the proper and authentic data, the firm Walmart is letting the operation of gaining the
data with the help of metric system of internal performance. This also assists the firm in
evolution the talent and skills of the workforce for the aim of approaching the abilities of
adequate feature into the organisation (Coyne, Coyne, and Walker, 2018).
From the above various systems, they all have an essential characteristic in the process of
decision making and assist the organisation in making effectual decisions. In case of Walmart, it
is actually very supporting system as it asset the firm in eliminating the weakness of the
company by making various effective decisions. These systems also help in developing the
capabilities that can enhance the skills of the managers to evolutes the skills that can be very
essential and crucial department. Progress of technology in the firm gives an outcome in the
accomplishment of the operations in the effective way. By utilisation of the various latest
technical software gives the better satisfaction to the consumers. Moreover, Walmart earns
revenues by the consumer loyalty that they can get by ignoring latest and unwanted experience
of the consumers (Cleary, and McLarney, 2019).
Evaluation of the current IS at Walmart:
CAMELS way of approaching is view as the essential way that is the portion of the CAMELS of
Walmarts (Posthuma, 2021). This method involves several of elements like capital, earning etc.
It is also known as the one of the best method in accordance to keeping the knowledge in proper
way. ATP model is an essential role in utilising the data of the big size. By the utilisation of this
system, management of Walmart can do it systematically with the data instead of keeping it.
Public cloud built has been enhanced from the past some years that helps to the advantage in
influencing the infrastructure.
Recommendation – By the utilisation of proper information way, the company Walmart can
know the activities of the business together with the manner satisfying the requirements of the
consumers and they can also function the working in an effectual way. Moreover, it also helps to
the getting the new chances that are there in the market place. Company has an option of utilising
different model like KMS, DSS, ESS as they are directly linked to the goals of the business and
keep the business at the higher level. Additionally, it is also recommended to the firm to
concentrate on the strategically features like various data process with the help of the IT and the
direction that they get from the help of different international level firms. These activities help in
reaching at the international level (Bentzen, H.B. and Høstmælingen, N., 2019).

Technology strategy to assist bit data – The data is linked to the concluded method by Hi-tech
feature beside that the strategies maybe improving in optimising the firm’s structure by its
workforce. Strategy of big data can be valuable by the technological alteration inside the
management. This method can work as an instructor To the attainment of functional success.
Technology supports in evaluating various opportunities that are linked to the scale off methods
and ideas (Veil, 2018). Ensuring that the strategies can be on the foundation of the long term
growth. In order to the technological improvement that could give an outcome as the success
and growth along with greater profitability in the organization.
The following advantages and disadvantages of Information System are described below:
Perks of Information System Drawback of Information System
 The idea of the Information systems
has allowed operating the functions of
the organisation to provide their
consumers the products 24*7 and even
deliver their products on time. This
can assist firm in minimising the
problems of the consumers.
A appropriate information system
should promote that the firm can assist
other methods of the operations with
the aim of getting ore productivity
which can lead to more profitability.
 Companies are needed to be highly
focused at the time of working of the
information system like there is a
chance of major existence of some
unwanted hackers which can steal the
data and interrupts the functioning and
operations of the firm.
 The installation of system of the
information which are highly costly
and the company needs to face the
higher expenses due to this which is
not good for the business margins.
Key concerns about ethical, legal and professional implications.
GDPR is a combination of the specific guidelines that has been made by the European Union for
the aim of giving the safety to the crucial information linked to the firm. GDPR also stand for
General Data Protection Regulation (Arumsari, and Aamer, 2021). Moreover, it also assist the
brand in keeping their data safe from any of unwanted users and improve the privacy of the firm.
 Ethical – The workers of Walmart have to focus on every software that is utilised by
them in their company as it is linked to the trailing the operations of the business and

resolving all the challenges of the firm in a very efficacious and efficient way. It is
mandatory for the firm to tell about the problems that they are getting in the company in
order to prevent the firm from major problem. If the software is acquired by the proper
and authentic manner then it can prevent in creating any issue, It might also make the
preventive on the total performance and productivity of the firm together with the
reducing the risk because of the security. It is essential for the business to obey the ethics
of the company as it has been known that the firm is obeying their work ethics which can
give an outcome in all the needs of the consumers and government and helps in
increasing the revenues.
 Legal – It includes the act of rules and regulation of 2016/679 that are there in the laws of
European Union. As it assist in knowing the suitable way of data that has been used for
providing the operations outside of EU and EEA. Brand Walmart have their terms and
conditions which can be taken in place without any earlier permission of the consumers.
As the knowledge is spread, so the need of permission of the consumer is may be bit
efficacious. As this activity will evolutes challenges and issues that can also affect the
management of the company. By obeying the rules and norms, it is efficacious and casual
to perform the operations efficiently. As the norms are crucial and needed to be obey as
the secret way of data of the Walmart that is need to be secure and safe.
 Professional – The main action that is required by the firm to perform in a profession
way. The firm Walmart maintains their professionalism and never tries to spread or
shares the data with anyone else and it is also not desired belief. By keeping the
information private is an essential for the workers as the consumers are trusting them and
sharing their important personal data with them. Management of Walmart keeps
truthfulness in the operations and keeping the relations with the consumers that can help
to getting the surety and constructing the optimistic and better image of their brand in the
market segment. By obeying all the rules and norms with the professional being that
refers to the honesty, secrecy, privacy and clearness of the data security. So it is trusted
by the workers to follow the rules and keep their honesty during the operations as they
are functioning with them (Akıcı 2018)

CONCLUSION
From the above mentioned report it has been concluded that, management information system
relates to the managerial factors and norms that are followed by business of management to
attain their orientated targets and objectives. The following report discusses the scenario of
Walmart and its organisational chart that describes the flow of data. On the other hand, it
involves big data solutions with diverse forms of information system and roles. And at last it
covers the section of GDPR data protection legislation that consist the manner of ethical, legal
and professional implications in terms of information system security in an effective and
efficient manner.
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