1.0 COMPANY BACKGROUND

MYDIN is one of the supermarket which is very popular in Malaysia. MYDIN was established by Mr. Mydin Mohamed. Before start this business, he is a general merchant hawker in Penang. In 1956, he removes to Kelantan and introduced his first shop in here. Nowadays, MYDIN has so many branches that are expanded all around country.
MYDIN business activity is in retailing and wholesaling. The products range from food line, household, soft-lines and hard-lines items. Hard-line products include hardware, electrical, stationery, porcelain and toys. Whilst soft-line comprises of textiles and fabrics products. Food line includes confectionery, drinks and beverages, delicatessen and dairy products. In their early years of operations, MYDIN’s focus has always been in the non-food sector until they bought over the first supermarket in Selayang in 1997.
Each of the branches has their own business category, based on the capacity of goods traded. The category comprises hypermarket, emporium, minimarket, convenience shop, franchise store and bazaar. Currently, MYDIN operates more than 90 outlets nationwide inclusive of 20 hypermarkets, 16 emporiums, 3 bazaars, 49 minimarkets (MyMydin), 10 convenience shops (MyMart) and 6 franchise outlets (Mydin Mart). Each of the hypermarkets is located in MYDIN Mall.
Above all, MYDIN operates its business based on ‘Halal’ concepts and stresses on honesty, sincerity and good discipline in all aspects of its business.

2.0 CONCEPTS AND STRUCTURE OF MIS

2.1 MIS IN BUSINESS

2.1.1 Transaction Processing Systems
Transaction Processing Systems (TPS) are responsible for serving the operational level of this organization.
Examples of some TPS systems would include: * Recording payments received for goods and services. * Placing orders for products or services. * Withdrawing money at a cash machine.
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