Better stockcontrol helped Wal-Mart to reduce its expenses by $2 billion in 1997.
库存管理的改善使沃尔玛公司在1997年减少了20亿美元的开支。
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There is a certain overlap between the stockcontrol system and the accounting system which, if the connection were made, would save a lot of re-keying and associated errors.
But most importantly it needs to move beyond traditional business applications (such as finance and stockcontrol) which still generate most of its revenue.