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ASSIGNMENT
DRIVE WINTER 2014
PROGRAM MBADS (SEM 3/SEM 5)
MBAFLEX/ MBA (SEM 3)
PGDROMN (SEM 1)
SUBJECT CODE & NAME ML0013-Retail IT Management
BK ID B 1764
CREDIT & MARKS 4 Credits, 60 marks
Note: Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be
approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.
Q. 1. Elaborate the advantages and disadvantages of online retailing.
Answer:The businessof aretaileristobuyitemsinlarge quantitiestotake advantage of lower costs
and then sell the items in smaller quantities with a profit mark-up. Retailers act as middlemen
between the manufacturer or the wholesaler, and the customer who buys the good. There are
advantages to being a large-scale retailer such as supermarket, superstore or hypermarket, but
there are also some disadvantages.
Advantages
Economiesof scale:Economiesof scale occur when the output of the business increases at a faster
pace than costs. Businesses enjoy benefits due to their size.
Q. 2. Briefly explain different types of information systems.
Answer:AnInformationSystem (IS) is a system composed of people and computers that processes
or interpretsinformation.The termisalsosometimesusedinmore restrictedsensestorefer to only
the software used to run a computerized database or to refer to only a computer system.
There are various types of information systems, for example: transaction processing systems,
decision support systems, knowledge management systems, learning management systems,
database management systems, and office information

2. Q. 3. Explain Strategic Information system (SIS) in detail.
Answer:Strategic systems are information systems that are developed in response to corporate
businessinitiative.Theyare intended to give competitive advantage to the organization. They may
deliveraproductor service thatisat a lowercost,that isdifferentiated, that focuses on a particular
market segment, or is innovative.
Strategicinformationmanagementisasalientfeature inthe worldof informationtechnology(IT). In
a nutshell,strategicinformationmanagementhelpsbusinesses and organizations categorize, store,
process and transfer the information they create and receive. It also offers tools for helping
companies apply metrics and analytical tools to their information repositories, allowing them to
recognize opportunities for growth and pinpoint ways to
Q. 4. “Information systems are prone to various threats”. What are the possible threats to
information security? Explain in detail.
Answer:There are many information security threats that we need to be constantly aware of and
protect against in order to ensure our sensitive information remains secure. This article details 12
different information security threats that are commonly found, together with some preventative
measures that can be taken.
Unauthorized Access – Enter at your own risk
Q. 5. Describe the standards of The Association for Retail Technology Standards.
Answer:The Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS) is an internationally reaching
standards organization dedicated to reducing the costs of technology through standards. ARTS is a
worldwide community of retail business, information technology professionals and analysts
organizedtohelpretail enterprises andsolutionprovidersidentify, adopt and integrate current and
emerging information technology and innovation into their organizations, strategies and
operations.Since 1993, ARTS has been delivering application standards exclusively to the retail
industry. ARTS has four standards: The Standard
Q. 6. Write short notes on:
a)Barcode Technology:Barcode technologyworksof off aprinciple calledsymbology. Symbology at
its basic form is what defines the barcode; it determines the mapping and interpretation of the
encoded information or data. This encoding allows the scanning device to know when a digit or
character starts andwhen it stops, similar to a binary representation. We recognize barcodes as an
array of parallel lines alternating between white and black lines. Barcode technology provides a
simple and inexpensive method of recording data or information in a number of applications.

3. b) Radio Frequency Identification Technology(RFID): Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is the
wirelessuse of electromagneticfieldstotransferdata,forthe purposes of automatically identifying
and trackingtags attachedto objects.The tags containelectronically stored information. Some tags
are powered by electromagnetic induction from magnetic fields produced near the reader. Some
types collect energy from the interrogating radio
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