Introduction
All operations use some kind of process technology, and the operation will have chosen to use the technology because it hopes to get some kind of advantage from it.
Over the past decade retailers have turned traditional approaches to logistics and product distribution on their head, as there has been a move to embrace total supply chain management. While many companies have implemented new operational systems, leading retailer ASDA has taken the technology step further, implementing a data warehouse that provides the information to drive the operational systems.
What is process technology?
Process technologies are the machines, equipment and devices which help the operation transform materials and information and customers in order to add value and fulfil the operation¡¯s strategic objectives. Some technology is peripheral to the actual creation of goods and services but plays a key role in facilitating the process that create and delivers the goods and......
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