MIS 370 Retail Information Systems

General

• Building an anti-racist learning community and providing high-quality education with continued emphasis on underserved groups, including communities of color and other marginalized communities.
• Promoting life-long learning and enabling students from diverse backgrounds to achieve their educational goals.
• Understand the retail industry as a major player in the economy and the critical role retail information systems play for firms in this industry.
• Understand how information technology is used to support the distinct sourcing and replenishment practices of retail stores and store chains.
• Apply retail information technology to support retailers acquiring appropriate amounts and assortments of merchandise within a particular retail concept and format.
• Understand the quantitative skills and techniques commonly used by store managers/buyers/assistants to make strategic management decisions ¿ and how these are manifest in retail information systems.
• Understand the differences in characteristics between different categories of inventory master data (e.g. fashion vs. staple merchandise) and how these result in variations in merchandise planning data and financial data.
• Understand how to use retail information systems to apply merchandising principles in complex retails settings and to clarify merchandise requirements for different types of distribution channels, including stores, mail order, e-tailing and others both in domestic and global marketplaces.
• Understand the role of applying negotiating and executive presentation skills to the retail IT projects.