Wal-Mart Database

Wal-Mart Database Wal-Mart is a major retailer and relies on extensive databases to help with the management control of the everyday business operations. Wal-Mart utilise a number of databases due to the vast amount of data which needs to be managed. One of the main areas of information management is the inventory management system. WalMart gained at a competitive with its up-to-date inventory management system, being the first retailer to computerised inventory management and develop an integrated system which EDI 1which placed orders directly with the suppliers when stocks reached a certain level. This is a strategy which has been emulated by many retailers, and inventory management is an important aspect of ongoing operations. In order to manage this Wal-Mart utilise an Oracle database, the databases one which meets the needs of Wal-Mart's blast operations and the development of new technology with the latest version of Oracle(r) Warehouse Management software being compatible with the radio frequency identification (RFID), which is being used by Wal-Mart to increase efficiency in its inventory management. The way that the database is used is key to the operating efficiency within the company. The company uses an Oracle database with a networked infrastructure supplied by Cisco (Cisco, 2006). The Oracle database, which is fully scalable and can cope with the large size operations dealt with by Wal-Mart and literally hundreds of suppliers and thousands of products is a relational database which can be queried in a number of ways in order to provide information for different purposes. The system is into