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ICT (Information communication technology) has advanced enormously in retail. Some 30 years ago a till was just a stand alone calculator that produced a list of prices that a till operator took from labels on stock. Now with the use of internet, large back-end databases and bar coding. Retail tills are more of a computer terminal than till. Many systems are used to calculate sales in volumes of stock, reorders the stock via a back-end database, can order stock from suppliers and warehouses, arrange cash, credit and debit sales, organise direct to home services and sell insurances, and a range of financial packages. Added to this is the increase in home shopping especially with food stores. Staff emploed to "pick" a customers order use a system called PDC - Portable data Capture, which is connected via wifi to the stores stock and order system -
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How does Zoo use ICT?
zoos use ict with their webcams, shops and costimer sevises. (did you know that there are 7 webcams hidden at marwell zoo. :)
How do offices use ict?
Shops need to use ICT because some times to increase and decrease costs this will lower prices and increase profit
How has ICT changed the way people shop?
=Ict has changed our lives in many ways back a long time ago when computers didnt exist things were alot different if you worked at a shop you would have to use a calculator now you use a computer and that does all the work for you.Now a days you use ict in many jobs e.g. shops, telemarketing, police, firemen and nurses and doctors use ict. mostly in schoolsEven televisions are run by ict.=
What are the limitations of ICT?
Limitations of the use of ICT in the TTHsector
How do you use ICT?
ICT can simply be used with the aid of computer and on line services
What ICT does Man City Football club use?
Manchester United - ICT
Manifesto of ICT prefect?
I will setup an ICT club were students can use it as aplatform to disseminate ICT knowl-edge and practices their skills.I will ensure that the ICT lab is well
How and why the use of ICT varies in and out of school?
ict is the information computer technology ... it helps us ....
What is use of ICT with regard to housekeeping operations in a university libarary?
what is use of ict with regard to housekeeping operation a university library
How does a theme park use ICT to promote itself?
ICT is used in theme parks by tills in gift shops and in the computers that control and program the different rides.
The use of ict in office?
calculating
What is the application of ICT in factory?
Please do not use abbreviations. We do not know what you mean by "ict" and thus can not answer your question.
