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guthmund · 11-15-2004, 01:20 PM

I'm just amazed that they had it and had kept it under the radar for so long. I always knew that they must have something, but the scale and complexity well...

I was watching a show on CNBC about Wal*Mart the other night and there was a good 15-20 minutes on their computer juggernaut. The lady in charge of the main installation made mention that when a purchase is made the inventory at the individual store is corrected within 15 minutes. It will find it's way up to the main installation within an hour.

That's amazing. Immediate inventory corrections in every Wal*Mart considering the kind of business they're doing. Maybe it's not, but I think it is.

She also said the information consists basically of what's on the receipt plus some tracking information. I don't see what they could do with it, but to have access/ownership to that kind of database must be a great boon.

11-15-2004, 01:20 PM	#17 (permalink)
guthmund big damn hero	I'm just amazed that they had it and had kept it under the radar for so long. I always knew that they must have something, but the scale and complexity well... I was watching a show on CNBC about WalMart the other night and there was a good 15-20 minutes on their computer juggernaut. The lady in charge of the main installation made mention that when a purchase is made the inventory at the individual store is corrected within 15 minutes. It will find it's way up to the main installation within an hour. That's amazing. Immediate inventory corrections in every WalMart considering the kind of business they're doing. Maybe it's not, but I think it is. She also said the information consists basically of what's on the receipt plus some tracking information. I don't see what they could do with it, but to have access/ownership to that kind of database must be a great boon. __________________ No signature. None. Seriously.