Computerization of the Food & Beverage Industry

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This paper considers the use of the computer in the food and beverage industry today. According to this paper, the industry itself is not a single entity but includes a variety of different types of business from food service establishments to wholesale and retail outlets selling products. Computers and software applications have a variety of uses within these different types of food and beverage businesses, from the keeping of records as would be true in any business, to new methods of keeping track of stock and making business decisions.

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"Computers have been adapted for use in virtually every type of business, and this includes the food and beverage industry. Companies adopt information technology (IT) either because they see this as conferring a competitive advantage or because they believe that not doing so puts them at a disadvantage in the industry. The food and beverage industry itself is not a single entity but includes a variety of different types of business, from food service establishments to wholesale and retail outlets selling products. Computers have a variety of uses within these different types of business, from the keeping of records as would be true in any business to new methods of keeping track of stock and making business decisions."

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