Business Automation

Author: Qu Pengzhi
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: This book takes a modern business management perspective to comprehensively introduce the theory and practical applications of business automation. It elaborates on the current status and development trends of business automation both domestically and internationally, as well as the fundamental theories and technical implementation methods and means related to business automation. The book covers topics such as barcode technology and its applications, Point of Sale (POS) intelligence management systems, Business Management Information Systems (BMIS), Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), and the Internet as well as e-commerce.
This book emphasizes the practical needs of medium and large comprehensive supermarkets, self-service supermarkets, and grassroots stores in terms of business management. It comprehensively introduces the systems and methods for achieving marketing and management automation and computerization in stores, including the working principles, structures, technical performance indicators, selection and procurement, operation and usage of hardware equipment, as well as the protocol specifications, requirements, analysis and design, and implementation of corresponding software systems. Additionally, it tracks and introduces new management concepts and various high technologies that have continuously emerged in the business field in recent years.
The content of this book is detailed, up-to-date, and rich in information, making it suitable as a teaching material for modern business management courses in universities and colleges, as well as training materials for various modern management programs in business enterprises. It can also serve as a reference book for engineering technicians engaged in the practical development of supermarket POS systems and BMIS systems.