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By 1988, ninety percent of Wal-Mart stores had barcode scanning capability, which aided in tracking of merchandise (13). While this new system reduced costs, employees who used to stamp items by hand were displaced, and there were several occasions in which the bar code scanners did not accurately scan the price of items (4)...
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By the late 1980s, with the development of "supercenters" that combined a supermarket with general merchandise, it was clear that Wal-Mart had the need for connectivity among their information systems in order to improve their effectiveness and efficiency (7). Starting in the early 1990s, Wal-Mart aggressively developed advanced information technology systems that have improved efficiency and increased profits...
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