PM EST st7pi13h, ch04.03 Walmart's VMI System Walmart employs a special kind of enterprise system ealled an inter-organizational information system it calls ven its store inventories. Under this program, suppliers are responsible for managing the inventory of their prodacts in Walmart's warebouses. Suppliers are granted acos to a Walmart database that contains item-level sales and inventory data for their prodacts only, which help the vendors develop product demand projections using a collaborative planning dor-managed inventory (VMT) to improve produet flow and lower forecasting, replenishment process. Each link in the supply chain is interconnected using information technology that includes a central database, store-level-point-of-sale systems, and a satellite network for fast and reliable communications. Review Questions 1. Do you think that the VMII software is off-the-shelf or proprietary software? Why? 2. Should Walmart allow the suppliers to take a major role in defining and customiring the features and capabilities of this system or should they insist on a "one size its 3. Submit the assignment to Dropbox. Critical Thinking Questions i. What special issues and considerations are likely to arise in the operation and support of an inter organizatsional system? e Given the business criticality of this system, would it make sense for Walmart to consider moving this system into a publie cloud environnsent? What would be the advantages and disadvantage of such a more? lype here to oe VO