This is a true supply-and-demand business where the demand and supply levels change daily as fish are caught and sold. The product is perishable; it must be sold quickly. Your headquarters computer center consists of a large IBM mainframe computer with more storage and processing power than you need for current operations. Each small branch office in your organization has a microcomputer that is no more than three years old; my company policy is to upgrade at least every three years. As …show more content…
Are that there are around 52 major ports on the Atlantic seaboard and 29 on the Pacific seaboard where are boats come to unload the fish. Special Salmon has a small branch office at each of these ports to collect data on how many fish they bring in, what type they are, poundage, customer, the time the fish were sold, and much more data is stored in the branch’s computer. From there they talk to headquarters and tell them all the information they need from the data they have. And that is the benefits that they have between headquarters and Special Salmon fishing