Canadian Tire is one of Canada's largest companies, with 57,000 employees and 1,200 stores and gas bars
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Canadian Tire is one of Canada's largest companies, with 57,000 employees and 1,200 stores and gas bars (gas stations) across Canada selling sports, leisure, home products, apparel; and financial services as well as automotive and petroleum products. The retail outlets are independently owned and operated. Canadian Tire was using daily mailings and thick product catalogs to inform its dealers about new products, merchandise setups, best practices, product ordering, and problem resolution and it is looking for a better way to provide employees with human resources and administrative documents. Describe the problems created by this way of doing business and how knowledge management systems might help.
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Management Information Systems Managing the Digital Firm
ISBN: 978-0133050691
13th edition
Authors: Ken Laudon, Jane P. Laudon