1. Observe a checkout counter in a supermarket that uses a scanner. Find some material that describes how the scanned code is translated into the price that the customers pay.

a. Identify the following components of the system:

inputs, processes, and outputs.

b. What kind of a system is the scanner (TPS, DSS, ESS, ES, etc.)? Why did you classify it as you did?

c. Having the information electronically in the system may provide opportunities for additional managerial uses of that information. Identify such uses.

d. Checkout systems are now being replaced by selfservice checkout kiosks and scanners. Compare the two.