METU © 2014 IS 501 Information Management Systems ASSIGNMENT 1 Answers 1. a) Explain and discuss the strategic business objectives that the information systems of Dollar General address. Goodlettsville‚ Tenn.-based Dollar General Corporation is the US nation’s largest small-box discount retailer. Dollar General(DG) offers a carefully edited assortment of the most popular brands at low everyday prices in small‚ convenient locations. DG ranks among the largest retailers of top-quality brands
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What is Dollar General’s strategy to compete? Dollar General has done an outstanding job of consistently implementing a focused low cost strategy. The company’s strategic intent of being a customer-driven distributor of consumable basics and its effort has resulted in 6‚300 stores in 27 states‚ $6.1 billion in sales‚ and 54‚000 employees. Dollar General Stores target large families‚ low-income and fixed-income and blue-collar households‚ and women ages 55 to 64. (C-87) Dollar General has determined
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General Mills: A History Of Responsibility Officially taking the name in 1928‚ General Mills has become one of the largest food companies in the world. They own brands like Cheerios‚ Pillsbury‚ Yoplait‚ Green Giant‚ Betty Crocker‚ Old El Paso‚ Totino’s and Progresso. Since the creation of their corporation‚ General Mills have established themselves as a company that flourishes by being socially and economically responsible. Their mission is to lead by example‚ and by doing so hope to promote
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Question 5 – Operations Question Word Count - 983 Earth’s General Store (EGS) is an established organic food store that has been around for 20 years in the Edmonton Community. In 2014‚ a second store was open in the downtown core of Edmonton. This location was intentionally designed to meet the needs of the people living in what’s called the food desert area of the city. Kalmanovitch is very passionate about sustainable living with healthier and alternative options to living his belief of “consume
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Congress chartered the American Legion in 1919 under Title 36 of the United States Code. They were founded by veterans returning from Europe after World War 1. It is the nation’s largest wartime Veterans organization headquartered in Indianapolis‚ Indiana. At last polling there are over 3 million members in 14‚000+ posts throughout the globe. They are committed to the mentorship of our youth and provide sponsorship of programs within the communities they are located in. I am a member of this organization
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Weak Dollar vs. Strong Dollar With the economy constantly changing‚ we are starting to see drastic changes in our dollar. A countries currency determines their strength in the market and their inflation rate. With a higher inflation rate‚ they are able to buy more and do more for a cheaper price. To help us better understand the difference between the weak dollar and the strong dollar‚ we will go in depth with both weak and strong dollars and its advantages and disadvantages‚ the currency monitor
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Trip to the Store: Profile Essay I am at one of the biggest super markets in Modesto‚ WinCo Foods. This store is one of the cleanest‚ organized‚ and best customer services I see ever since it first opened up several years ago. I go to the store twice every week. Every time I go inside‚ I am greeted by one of the employees standing by the sliding glass door. He smiles and says “Welcome to Winco‚ how is your day?” he sounds as if he’s a real good friend of mine who I known for years. Anyway‚ I go
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One Million Dollars If I won one million dollars‚ I would buy a mansion with lots of rooms‚ and fun things like a pool table and a big room with of games and fun activities. I would also have a gym so that I can exercise and have a healthy life. One thing I would do is give food and clothes for the homeless so they will have something to eat and have clothes to wear to keep warm and keep cool in the summer. I would give some of the money to charity so that they can help people that need money to
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The Sand Dollar Splash!! Of course it’s me being picked up by every human and throwing me as far away out as possible. It gets me very angry and annoyed because the humans don’t treat me with enough respect as some other organisms living here. Humans don’t look at me as a living creature and I have the same systems and some of the same body parts as them but I’m just a lot smaller in size. They get angry at me for trying to get away using my spines to move along the sand. People who pick me
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