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You have been engaged as a MIS consultant for the following organisation.
Walmart is the largest retail company in the United States . Currently Walmart
operates over 4,700 retail facilities globally (Walmart Inc., 2020) with revenues of more
than 510 Billlion U.S. Dollars (according to the Fortune 500 index). Recently, Amazon
implemented a new innovative strategy called 'Amazon Go' convenient stores, where
customers can simply pick up items and walk out of the store without checking on a
cashier. In the same vein, Walmart is currently looking for counter-strategies in order
to increase their e-commerce shares.

For the specified focal organisation (Walmart), you should contact your own
research in order to provide a report to the board of directors, which will
answer the following:

Question 1
Describe how the different business units of Walmart are interconnected. In your
analysis, you should provide an organisation chart and data flow diagrams to
represent the dependence of each of the business its to each other and the direction of
data flows within the organisation and provide the reasons behind this structure.
(900 words)
(30 marks)
(L01,2)

Question 2
Describe the different forms of data and the role of data warehousing in Walmart. In
your analysis, you should evaluate the current Information Systems and provide
recommendations to the board of directors about big data solutions. In order to fully
answer the question, a detailed description of the proposed solution is needed
providing the advantages and disadvantages of the system in response to Amazon's
strategy.
(1200 words)
(40 marks)
(L03)

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