Architecture and inventory of core and emerging IT systems and platforms powering modern retail, mapped for technical literacy, evaluation, and solutioning.
Learners will identify retail-relevant technology platforms, their interactions, emerging trends, architecture scenarios, and IT assessment/selection best practices.
POS/hardware, software, security, NFC/contactless, digital wallet enablement.
POS, ERP, CRM, OMS, WMS, APIs, typical architecture diagrams.
Shopify, Magento, Salesforce Commerce, BigCommerce; headless commerce.
Microservices, multicloud, edge IoT, latency-driven design, global platforms.
Consumer apps, associate apps, RFID, beacon, and IoT deployments.
Customer analytics, personalized offers, AI chatbots, and ML-enabled forecasting.
API management, data sync, real-time/ETL design, system third-party co-existence.
RFP process, scoring frameworks, implementation/upgrade strategies.
Composable commerce, serverless, AR/VR, digital twin, genAI in pilot and production.