Management Information System

High Choice Cash & Carry

Submitted to: Mam Tooba Shahid
Submitted by: Sajjad Ali

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To get more understanding of the management information system practically. I chose departmental store named as High Choice, Cash & Carry. To get the information of their management system, I visited their branch in G10 ar!a" Islamabad.

Introduction
High Choice, Cash & Carry opened its first cash & carry #holesale center in Islamabad in year $000 & e%panded to & #holesale centers in a long span of 10 years. In 'eptember $011 High Choice and (arsa Cash & Carry combined their #holesale business in Islamabad, to get the mutual benefit. The merger allo#ed High Choice and (arsa Cash & Carry to combine resources and gain the financial strength to lead and gro# in a challenging environment and to gain synergies targeted to generate value for customers and suppliers. High Choice has a simple and efficient business concept) cash & carry #holesale, #hich is defined through its customer base) all customers are allo#ed to purchase at High Choice Cash & Carry, all of them duly registered and provided #ith a customer card. It is not a super* or hypermar!et chain for private consumption, but a modern form of #holesale e%clusively tailored to the needs of the general public. +or better services to the customers and managing the inventory level efficiently they ac,uired the 'oft#are named as (lue soft ac,uired from -rfa technologies Islamabad

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7ame of the soft#are and ho# it #as ac,uired0

Blue Soft

It #as ac,uired from -rfa technologies as mentioned above. (lue soft #as ac,uired at the cost of 2s) 800009. .hile conducting intervie# from r. 7adeem designated as accountant told me that,

their sales #ere increasing and it #as difficult at that much inventory. 'o for the better management of the inventory, they placed a order for (lue soft, to !eep the standards high.

+unctions 3erformed by (lue 'oft

Stock Balance

(lue soft !eep the records of ho# much the inventory have been sold and left in the store. The accountant manually records the item #ise inventory in (lue soft, so that it !eeps the stoc! balance said r. 7adeem

(lue soft !eeps the records Item #ise, #hich is really a great thing for Cash & Carry. +or e%ample it tells that ho# much soap, detergents, toothpaste and li!e so have been sold and left in the store. Stock Shortage .henever the inventory is in shortage, blue soft automatically printouts the brief statement about that inventory #hich is in shortage, so that the order should be placed to avoid any misshapen. Daily purchases (lue soft !eeps the records of the daily purchases. .hen the store is closed, this soft#are printouts the statements of purchases. Salary Records In salary records this soft#are includes 1mployee I/ 1mployee 7ame 6ver time charges 'hift charges :eave days

 :eave amount (asic salary 3aid days Profit & loss statement (lue soft maintains the statement of the profit & loss, to be batter a#areness of the operations.

-ccess levels of (lue soft

The accountant, manager and the o#ner have access to this soft#are. The cashier have no authority to access the information. System requirements (lue soft can be run in #indo#s ;<, and =3. &1$ b ram is re,uired to run this soft#are smoothly, the accountant told me that, if

the ram e%ceeds above &1$, it #ill be not supported by soft#are. .hich I personally thin! that it is the bac!drop of this soft#are. (ecause this is the era of latest technology to get the #or! done.

(lue 'oft #as developed in0

It #as developed in +o% 3ro language #hich is very old computer language. +o%3ro #as a te%t*based procedurally oriented programming language and /( ', originally published by +o% 'oft#are and later on ac,uired by icrosoft, for '*

/6', .indo#s, , and >7I=. The final published release of +o%3ro #as $.?, after #hich the development has continued under @isual +o%3ro.

Conclusion
+or the business it is the era of competitiveness, so every business must and should !eep the information to be recorded for the improved decision ma!ing and better !no# ho# of the operations. If High choice uses the information from above mentioned functions of the blue soft they can increase their revenues. +or e%ample, the item #hich are sold more in the month should be at front of the customers. The products #hich have less sales should stoc!ed less in the #are house.