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1. Store
Customer
Warehouse
HQ
Supplier
Store
Customer
Warehouse
HQ
Supplier
Mark the main flows of goods and money in the diagram (above) and employ a key or table of descriptive elements to explain your answer.

4
4

0
0
1, 3
1, 3

8, 11
8, 11

6, 12
6, 12

2
2

7
7

10
10
5
5

1. Customer enters store to buy sporting equipment 2. Store sells equipment to customer 3. Customer gives store money 4. Store sends money to HQ 5. Store informs warehouse of sporting equipment that is needed 6. Warehouse sends equipment to store 7. Warehouse informs HQ of what is being sold so HQ knows what inventory is being used up and is needed 8. HQ orders new equipment from suppliers 9. Supplier sends invoice to HQ for equipment 10. Suppliers send equipment to warehouses 11. HQ pays suppliers 12. Warehouse distributes equipment to stores and customers that made orders 2. A. List the specific items of information that are usually gathered at the POS (Point of Sale terminal or cash register) and recorded when a customer checks out (excluding obtaining the identity of the customer which is covered in Q3)? Staff Information | * Staff name * Staff position * Staff ID | Buying Product (s) | * Date and time * Transaction # * # of items sold | Cash Register Information | * Register # * Register model | Product Information | * Product barcode * Price of item * Color/style of item | Payment Information | * Payment method * Credit/debit card # * Total amount paid * Promotion code * Discount code | Store Information | * Store name * Store address |

B. What are three important uses of this information at the store by the store manager and by management at the headquarters– a total of six uses? | Information Elements Used by Managers | Information uses by Managers | 1 | Product barcodeTransaction #Payment method

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