Please respond to the two following thoroughly in 2-3 paragraphs addressing all the points:

1. Select a successful publicly traded company that you are interested in and use the Internet to research its use of inventory management systems and technology. Examine the inventory management system of the selected publically traded company. Determine the key ways that inventory management systems and technology have given the selected company a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

2. Evaluate the efficiency of two (2) common inventory control systems. Determine the ways in which they provide a firm with a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Justify your response.