WalMart Management Information System

WAL-
MART MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................... 3
MIS system in Wal-Mart.................................................................................................... 3
EDI system in Wal-Mart.................................................................................................... 4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................... 8
References..................................................................................................................... 8

Introduction
The main aim of this paper is to outlines the MIS system and EDI system of Walmart that is one
of the biggest and leading grocery companies across the world. Supply chain management is an
important part of the each and every company to expand and flourish the activities and actions in
the international market. Here is the discussion about the EDI version and further it discusses
that how EDI version AS2 plays a significant role in Wal-Mart. AS2 is the well known and latest
version that is used by the company in today’s era. The paper explains that how the firms
maintains unique financial image in the minds of the consumers. More detail of the paper has
been stated below,
Walmart Inc. is an American multinational retail Corporation that operates and manages a chain
of hyper markets, grocery stores and discount department stores. The company’s headquarter is
situated in Bentoville, Arkanas. Walmart was incorporated by Sam Walton in 1962. It has been
studied that the company has more than 11,718 stores and clubs in 28 countries. It has owned
operations in various countries such as Chile, Canada, Brazil and Argentina. Walmart is one of
the biggest companies in the world measured by revenue (Walmart, 2018). It has been noted that
Walmart continues to be a global leader in corporate philanthropy, employment opportunities
and sustainability. The company is a part of the unwavering commitment to generating various
types of opportunities and bringing value to the consumers and communities as well. It has been
analyzed that the company is the biggest onsite green power generators in the United States
(Walmart, 2018).
MIS system in Wal-Mart
A management information system is a computerized database of financial information
programmed and organized in such a way that it produces regular reports on operations and
activities for every level of management in the company. MIS system is used by the company to
satisfy the needs and requirements of the consumers in the international market. MIS system
helps in increasing and improving the revenue and profitability of the firm as it also enhances the
quality of decision making (Williams, 2016). MIS also facilitates the organizational performance
and helps in boosting teamwork. Besides this, it has shall be noted that MIS is the systematic use