Open University 'What's in Store' television programme

Open University television programme broadcast on BBC2.

Relates to use of IT in stores. Interviews with Derek Graham (Distribution), Penny Carter (Buyer), Bryan Robbins (Audit Manager), Christopher Baker (Retail Systems - all Sainsbury's). Sainsbury's branch footage. Bar codes, scanning, EPOS. Disadvantages of IT - need of IT infrastructure (with reference to M&S). Computer room in Sainsbury's branch: monitoring performance of checkout operators. Branch ordering, depots, stock holding, 'picking' goods for despatch, sales patterns - all controlled by computer. Interview with Ted Glendinning, Data Control, Sainsbury's. Sainsbury's said to be traditionally a centrally-controlled company: IT enhances this. Direct marketing.

Duration: 24 minutes. Open University reference: DT200/07. This video has not been digitized so the contents of it have not been confirmed.