When a customer has a child, for example, USAA collects data on the type of delivery, weight and other seemingly trivial data. ... (Plesums and Bartels 1990) (Elam and Sviokla 1990) Before the new system was installed, storage space for active files required 39,000 square feet and inactive files required 80,000 boxes in a warehouse. ... (Lasher and others 1991) In fact, there seem to be significant cost displacement opportunities from EDM applications, the likes of which have not been seen since the early days of data processing. ...

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Since the task of the sales department is to increase sales, and create a link between the company and the client, then there must be good communication so as to allow the company to minimize the inventory in the warehouse, increase sales staff performance, increase revenue and to utilize the strategic plan. ... The production function should work alongside the sales team by gathering data on customer tastes, preferences and their perception on the products as well as produce products that will appeal to their likes. ...

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Within the domestic market, the distribution channels include retail industries including department stores, discount stores and warehouse clubs. ... Capacity While the department employee's perform the manual labor of taking the orders and entering them into the system, it is the machines that perform the backdoor functions of sorting and storing the data. ... The systems need to be updated with more space available for processing the data and inputting the information. ... Also, with increasing volume, more space can be allocated to the growing amount of data without congestion. Versa...

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