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A Report on the Study of MEGAMART CHANGAMPUZHA, COCHIN Submitted to the MIS ASSIGNMENT In partial fulfillment of the requirements for

the award of the degree of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Under the guidance of Miss. Devi Pisharady By Mr. VIKAS BABU C Roll. No: FM-879

SCMS SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT ALUVA, COCHIN, KERALA - 683106

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
First and foremost I bow my head in profound gratitude before God almighty that has empowered me in this venture. A complete work is that which is incomplete under an able guidance. A thank is too small word to express my gratitude towards Mr. Sreejith Stephen, Store Manager, Megamart Kalamassery., whose guidance and timely advice helped me to taste the sweetness of success for completing this work.

I wish to take this opportunity to express my deep gratitude to thank Miss. Devi Pisharady, MBA, faculty of SSTM Kochi and my guide, for all the valuable guidance, suggestions and the encouragement she had provided me.

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INTRODUCTION TO COMPANY INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE DETAILS OF MIS SOFTWARE CONCLUSION BIBILOGRAPHY

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INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPANY


MegaMart is a retail-value clothing store based in 60 cities of India and having around 160 divisions. It is one of the biggest clothing stores in the country and has also received attention from the media because of its growing popularity. It was founded in 1996 by the Arvind Ltd. foundation and has grown to a very great extent. Arvind runs India's largest Value Retail Chain - MegaMart. The MegaMart format offers a unique and differentiated proposition to the consumers. It offers mega brands at amazingly low prices and provides a retail experience of a high-end department store. The Megamart stores range in size from 2000 sq ft to 65000 sq ft. The larger stores are called Big Megamart and there are 6 such stores across Bangalore, Chennai, Pune and Mumbai. The smaller formats spreads across the country are 205 in number. Megamart is expanding rapidly and is expected to be a Rs. 1000 crores chain within the next two years. Arvind has carved out an aggressive strategy to verticalize its current operations by setting up world scale garmenting facilities and offering a one-stop shop service, by offering garment packages to its international and domestic customers. With Lee, Wrangler, Arrow and Tommy Hilfiger and its own domestic brands of Flying Machine, Newport, Excalibur and Ruf & Tuf, Arvind set its vision of becoming the largest apparel brands company in India. The brands sold exclusively in Megamart include: RUGGERS - SKINN - ELITUS - DONUTS - KARIGARI - MEA CASA AUBURN HILL -BAY ISLAND - COLT - LEISHA- EDGE The underlying theme running across the broad spectrum of all business activities at Arvind is that of enhancing lifestyles of people, across all diversities and demographics. To serve that end, the corporate vision for Arvind states:
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We will enable people to experience a better quality of life by providing enriching and inspiring lifestyle solutions. PHILOSOPHY OF MEGAMART WE BELIEVE In people and their unlimited potential; in content and in focus on problem solving; in teams for effective performance, in the power of the intellect. WE ENDEAVOUR To select, train and coach people to obtain higher responsibilities; to nurture talent, and to build leaders for the corporations of tomorrow; to reward, celebrate and activate all intellectual business contributions. WE DREAM Of excellence in all endeavours; of mutual benefit and prosperity; of making the world a better place to live in. Arvind has a strong focus on Research and Development for process improvement, cost reduction and new product development. This is evident in the fact that Arvind continuously modifies its production process to enhance flexibility on the use of various types and quality of cotton. To further meet customer needs, Arvind has also introduced a new dyeing and processing method for denims. State-of-the-art technology and equipment have made Arvind one of the leading producers of denim in the world, paving the way for the Company to emerge as a global textile conglomerate. This cutting edge position comes to Arvind courtesy technologies such as Open-end Spinning, Foam Finishing,

Mercerizing, Slasher-dyeing, Rope-dyeing, Air-Jet, Projectile and Wet Finishing. Its only natural that Arvind quality fabrics are in high demand in the markets of Europe, US, West Asia, the Far East and Asia Pacific.

INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE
Megamart use a software named VOYAGER which is used by its all retail chains all over India. It is developed by a company named Voyager InfoTech Services situated in Bangalore. Voyager InfoTech Services was founded in Bangalore, India with handful professionals from various sectors. The Management consists of professionals from leading Universities in India. Since its initiation, it has been focused on quality and the success of our clients. We have worked with a number of clients in India. Voyager InfoTech Services is a fast growing multiple service provider organization with a good presence in HR Recruitment/ staffing, IT/ Web services, Events & Corporate Training and Campus training. Since its initiation, it has been focused on the quality and the success of the clients. Voyager has worked with number of clients, with a huge network of professionals they provide some of the world class services to almost all the sectors of business. Voyager Retail by Dimensional Business Solutions: Voyager is a retail management solution (Point of Sale, Inventory Control, CRM, Purchasing, etc.) for sporting goods and electronics retailers, such as tack shops, bike shops, ski shops, outfitters, kayak shops, computer stores, etc. Features:

Point of sale (POS) Inventory Management Departmental Reporting / GL Export


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Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Direct Marketing Tools (Direct mail, Email, Phone Lists) Rental Module Work Order (Service Department) Supported Technologies: Operating Systems: MS Windows Server 2003, Windows XP/2000/NT Databases: Microsoft Access Programming Languages: Visual Basic (VB) Supported Languages: English Product Type(s): Software Additional Product Information: Dimensional has the source code to Voyager, so we can customize it for your business if required.

DETAILS OF MIS SOFTWARE


I did my study on MegaMart the retail outlets of Arvind mills. I made the following observations about the organizations software system used there. VOYAGER is a retail software used by the retail chain MegaMart owned by Arvind mills. This software is used for billing, Inventory control, Cost control, Stock in Hand, Accounts verification. This has indeed been a major asset for the organization as it helps in making their daily works more easy and accurate. They use this software as a transaction processing system and as a management information system. This system helps in billing of the products mainly apparels. It provides a bill number for each bill and it takes in the ID of the product and takes all the information about the product from the central system. It has features of adding in discount offers without the help of the person billing it if the rates are given earlier into the database. It has separate centres for taking in cash and card and it specifies the details of the card and amount in the data server. This software is also used for stocking as the data about the stocks is fed directly to the database and as sales happen it automatically updates the details of the product and stock left over. This application helps the inventory department as they need not manually check for the stock balance. VOYAGER also helps in expense control as the database is in the head office they get a feed on the moving products/brands and those that are piled up in the stores which gives them a clear idea of what products they need to restock and what they dont need and also helps in identifying the market which in turn leads to efficient cost management and reduces unwanted expense of the organization. This software also helps in verifying the accounts section of the retail shop as the daily shop sales and information of the sales are fed into the software database and at day end all the information is to be in the database so that the
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head office could update the account details and make a copy of the information in the database. The data in the software is stored in a database in the head office of the company which is in vytilla and the information in this database is accessed through a login ID and password. The login ID remains same for all the employees but the password is different for all of them. Each employee has a different password and it can be accessed only by him/her. There is no sort of online communication among the various outlets. The head office makes direct contact with the various outlets and provides feedback through online. The system has a backup facility in the main office for the data updated and if in case any error occurs with the software then as a result of power failure or any other cause the data are to be provided manually to the software as in for new data. The daily sales and other details need to be updated into the software before closure and if in case its not possible then the data need to be entered before the next day opening. There are no legal obligations as the organization dosent use this software for managing human resources or for other accounting purposes. It uses this software for billing and other inventory control and cost management. All employees can access this software with a common login ID but has different password for each person. The software has special security system like a central database and if any one tries to access or tamper with the data in the database they can be identified with the password as it is separate for each person. Since this software was implemented with the retail chain in their beginning it didnt had a negative impact on the workers job or it didnt create any job loss to employees instead it helped the employees and management in making their daily works more easy and efficient.

CONCLUSION
The study conducted by me in the organization has led me to the following conclusions about the software system used there,

VOYAGER is advanced software as it provides both transactions processing system and management information system.

The software provides many functions as it helps in billing, inventory, cost control, stocking etc. The data is updated automatically into the server.

There is enough security provided in the system for preventing any unauthorized access or any malpractice happening with the data.

The software has got only backup for the stored data and new data is to be entered manually to the system which is a disadvantage.

There have been problems of getting jammed and there have been problems with slow internet connection.

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BIBILOGRAPHY
Arvind Limited MegaMart (India) - Wikipedia Voyager Retail Software Voyager Infotech Services Mr.Sreejith Stephen (Store manager) www.arvindmills.com en.wikipedia.org www.softscout.com www.voyagerinfotech.com mmka_cochinb@arvindbrands.com

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