Submitted by Adriana Alves Rodrigues (aalves@espm.br) on 2018-10-09T12:07:43Z No. of bitstreams: 1 MPCC - MARYANNE AKEMI SAKAI.pdf: 1800094 bytes, checksum: 4cb5c8618e0dbdbec0c30d59dc1f6b16 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Alves Rodrigues (aalves@espm.br) on 2018-10-09T12:08:17Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 MPCC - MARYANNE AKEMI SAKAI.pdf: 1800094 bytes, checksum: 4cb5c8618e0dbdbec0c30d59dc1f6b16 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Debora Cristina Bonfim Aquarone (deborabonfim@espm.br) on 2018-10-09T12:11:44Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 MPCC - MARYANNE AKEMI SAKAI.pdf: 1800094 bytes, checksum: 4cb5c8618e0dbdbec0c30d59dc1f6b16 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-10-09T12:11:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 MPCC - MARYANNE AKEMI SAKAI.pdf: 1800094 bytes, checksum: 4cb5c8618e0dbdbec0c30d59dc1f6b16 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-19 / Companies have a wide range of information from their customers, such as their registration and last purchase data. For a service provider in a market like Pet Shops, know your customer and know what the variables are. which most impact on your purchases is of paramount importance. The study gain additional gains when improving the purchasing model through variables consumer attitudes. The RFM analysis (frequency, frequency and monetary value) contributed clients to be grouped according to frequency, frequency and value transaction. The methodology was complemented with semi-structured interviews, 140 respondents, and multivariate linear regression models. The object of the study was the Pet Shop located in São Paulo. Five regression models were used to verify the incremental gains with the incorporation of attitudinal variables. The model that obtained R2 (68.13%) was the one that considered as a response variable the mean value of transaction of the year 2017 and as explanatory variables the quintiles of recency, frequency, of value, in addition to incomplete higher education, pet be considered as a child or as a member family, amount of other pets and cluster of clients that need to be remembered. As As a result of the research, it is noted that the perception of the family vis-a-vis the pet prevailing in the decision to purchase services and products, making variables such as distance from the residence to the Pet Shop or household income become secondary when determining the attitudinal variables that most influence the purchase decision. Understand each client and how it relates to the pet allows you to increase your transaction value because the client seeks above all the welfare of your pet. / As empresas possuem uma grande variedade de informação de seus clientes, como seu cadastro e dados de últimas compras. Para uma empresa prestadora de serviços presente em um mercado pulverizado como o de Pet Shops, conhecer o seu cliente e saber quais são as variáveis que mais impactam em suas compras é de suma importância. O estudo verifica se é possível auferir ganhos adicionais quando se aprimora o modelo de compras por meio de variáveis atitudinais do consumidor. A análise RFM (recência, frequência e valor monetário) contribuiu para que os clientes fossem agrupados conforme os padrões de recência, frequência e valor de transação. A metodologia foi complementada com entrevistas semiestruturadas, survey com 140 respondentes, e modelos de regressão linear multivariada. O objeto do estudo foi a loja de Pet Shop localizada em São Paulo. Foram conduzidos 5 modelos de regressão para se verificar os ganhos incrementais com a incorporação de variáveis atitudinais. O modelo que obteve o R2 mais alto (68,13%) foi aquele que contemplava como variável resposta o valor médio de transação do ano de 2017 e como variáveis explicativas os quintis da recência, da frequência, do valor, além de ensino superior incompleto, pet ser considerado como filho ou como membro da família, quantidade de outros pets e cluster de clientes que precisam ser lembrados. Como resultado da pesquisa, nota-se que a percepção da família frente ao pet exerce papel preponderante na decisão de compra de serviços e produtos, fazendo com que variáveis como distância da residência ao Pet Shop ou renda domiciliar tornem-se secundárias ao se determinar as variáveis atitudinais que mais influenciam na decisão de compra. Entender cada cliente e como ele se relaciona com o pet permite aumentar o seu valor de transação, pois o cliente busca acima de tudo o bem-estar de seu pet.

傳統上透過行銷研究，如設計問卷透過市場調查、問卷調查等等活動來取得消費者資訊，但在資訊化的時代，利用POS系統所收集到且存在於資料庫中的銷售資料，忠實紀錄所有消費者的消費行為，其中亦隱含著消費者對品牌忠誠度、產品偏好性、價格敏感度等等消費行為。藉由著這些基礎，可進一步探索顧客輪廓(Customer Profile)、顧客忠誠度(Customer Loyalty)及顧客保留率(Customer Retention)，同時預測未來各種行銷活動的可能結果；進而擴大其應用範圍，進行新客源、新產品的開發工作。本研究以資料庫行銷、資料探勘等等理論基礎、統計學技術等等方法，以居家用品業為例，進行資料庫行銷(Database Marketing)的實證工作。實證資料來源為「生活工場」連鎖居家用品店現有之基本資料。並以此資料為基礎，探究顧客購買的消費特性，並以其類別、系列分析其產品關聯性審視其產品組合類別。另外一方面，利用資料庫中的銷售資料及VIP基本資料，以RFM(Recency, Frequency, Monetary)顧客分群方法，分離出不同的顧客族群，並在每一個族群中作交差比對(Cross-Checking)，探究各族群的顧客輪廓及其消費特徵。利用門市基本資料、銷售明細資料等，分析出地域消費特徵。最後，再以金卡、貴賓卡、生活卡三大族群的消費特性及與RFM族群之交差比對，並計算出不同卡別的顧客終身價值(Customer Lifetime Value, CLV)，以期提供「生活工場」與國內連鎖零售體系之產業，未來在對顧客關係經營之參考。 / In tradition, marketing research acquires the information of consumers through questionnaire design, marketing survey, etc. However, in the information age, the POS system is capable to collect the sales information and record them in the data base. It precisely records the consumer behaviors which include the brand loyalty, product preference and price sensitivity. Based on the information, it could more deeply discover the customer profile, customer loyalty and customer retention. It can also forecast the possibility of marketing event for the future and expand to other applications such as new customer creation and new product development. This research, based on the theory of database marketing, data mining methodology and statistic technology, substantiates database marketing in a case study of a home center. Actual data are provided by Working House, a home center chain store. Those data bases establish a foundation of exploring the consumer purchasing characteristic, analyzing series of product classifications and examining the product association and combination. On the other hand, based on the sales information and VIP database, RFM (Recency, Frequency, and Monetary) is utilized to cluster customer segments and research the customer profiling and shopping characteristic by cross checking each shopping group. Data from store locations and sales information are thus employed to explore the geographic characteristic of shoppers. In conclusion, based on the usage data of Gold Card, VIP Card, and Working House Card and cross checks with RFM clustering groups, the Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) of each card will be calculated and accumulated to provide Working House and other retailers the reference for managing customer relationship in the future.

摘 要 本研究深入探討基督教傳播機構與網際網路的跨媒體結合對於整合行銷傳播觀念的實施所產生之影響；並透過實務上的詳實觀察，以期對整合行銷傳播之中樞「消費者資料庫」在基督教傳播機構上的應用情形，做一系統性之整理與分析，以作為宗教傳播機構與相關研究的參考。由於國內尚未有從整合行銷傳播的角度對跨媒體個案進行探討之相關研究，因此本研究透過個案研究的方式，選擇了與網際網路進行跨媒體結合的「佳音電台」和「宇宙光」為個案研究對象。 新傳播科技的快速發展，使得傳播媒體間的界線愈趨模糊，跨媒體的現象日趨普遍，特別是網際網路發展以來，各行各業紛紛上網，傳播界也沒有在這一熱潮中缺席，跨媒體結合的情況相當普遍。此外，整合行銷傳播是九０年代的新行銷觀念，其相當重要的一個核心特點為顧客導向行銷，這意味著行銷的核心是直接面對消費者。未來單向溝通的方式已無法有效地影響消費者，取而代之的是雙向的溝通型態，而建立雙向關係溝通系統最成功的方式，是經由建立顧客資料庫以及資料庫行銷活動。 在網際網路以及整合行銷傳播來臨的新時代□，傳播機構如何運用網際網路的特性建立一完整的資料庫，以達成整合行銷傳播的效果是一個值得探討的議題。 在上述主要關注焦點下，本研究之研究問題有以下幾個層面： 一、 台灣基督教傳播機構與網際網路進行跨媒體結合的現況？ 二、 基督教傳播機構其整合行銷傳播之中樞—「消費者資料庫」的建立情形為何？ 三、 基督教傳播機構與網際網路的結合對於整合行銷傳播實施之影響？ 研究結論如下： 結論壹：基督教傳播機構「佳音電台」、「宇宙光」在與網路進行跨媒體結合的現象中，現階段是屬於傳媒共棲形式中的第二種「內容寄存」的形式，也就是各傳媒的生存空間出現重疊的現象，產生一種傳媒的內容「寄存」於另一種傳媒之中。 結論一：佳音電台是在1998年10月上網，宇宙光是在1994年上網，兩者的網站都架設在美國，且籌備時間都相當的短。 結論二：佳音電台和宇宙光在籌備過程中，同樣的困難是人力及經費上的不足，其次，由美國到台灣這一段的傳送上有一些限制，這些是共同遭遇的問題。 結論三：佳音電台和宇宙光的定位基本上皆沒有因採用網路而改變，目前佳音電台整體的定位是扮演都會人「心靈守護者」的角色；而宇宙光的主要定位是「全人關懷」。 結論四：在網路內容的安排上，佳音電台和宇宙光目前仍以原有的內容為主。 結論五：採用網路之後，基本的目標閱聽眾設定沒有改變，但是加入網路族群後範圍變廣了，亦即年齡層降低、且含括台灣地區以外的華人。 結論六：佳音電台和宇宙光都認為所謂的競爭優勢目前很難去評。至於網路所帶來的影響，佳音電台認為可以突破社區電台的侷限性，且網路上的資訊可以共享。宇宙光則認為網路提供了一個便利的管道，突破時間的限制。 結論貳：根據Yarbrough（1996）分析資料庫行銷規劃的三個層次：Customer/Prospect mailing list、Relational Database、Profiling/Tracking tools，宇宙光與佳音電台舊資料庫是屬於第一種Customer/Prospect mailing list。但宇宙光和佳音電台希望更新完畢的資料庫，能夠發展出針對特定消費者作一對一互動溝通的行銷策略（Profiling/Tracking Tools），真正了解消費者心中的需求，提供閱聽眾更多、更細緻的服務。 結論一：佳音電台和宇宙光所設置的資料庫均分為兩種，一種是一般的資料庫，另一種是針對網友資料作蒐集的資料庫。 結論二：佳音電台和宇宙光資料庫來源的取得，在一般管道上，透過「聽眾俱樂部」、社區的志工團體、讀者回函卡以及聽友來信來獲取相關資訊；在網際網路部分，則是透過ICQ、E-mail ，以及網路促銷活動等方式。 結論三：對佳音電台來說，建立資料庫的經費不足是其困難，此外，蒐集回來的資料其正確性、真實性也是問題之一。宇宙光最大的問題在於和不同部門的溝通，此外，軟體技術也需要突破。 結論四：佳音電台和宇宙光都透過搜尋引擎的登記，利用既有的媒體刊登網址和廣告，也透過超連結的方式增加網站被注意的機會；此外，佳音電台透過上網記者會、透過其他的媒體刊登廣告。宇宙光則是透過贈品、網路小卡以及名人策略吸引人上網。 結論參：佳音電台和宇宙光在Duncan（1993）歸納出的整合行銷傳播內容特性四層次（1.形象統一、2.訊息一致、3.良好的傾聽者、4.世界公民）中，是屬於第一、第二層次，也就是「形象統一」、「訊息一致」；在第三層次「良好的傾聽者」部分，目前佳音電台和宇宙光運用資料庫鼓勵閱聽眾和機構保持聯繫，以期獲得極大化回饋，這個部分做得比較少。至於第四層次「世界公民」，佳音電台和宇宙光在整體的定位上就是朝著這個方向去做，目前是否達成了很難去評估，但是會朝著這個目標和方向去努力。 此外，佳音電台和宇宙光都認為運用整合行銷傳播觀念進行整合或策略聯盟是非常重要的，然而如何在整合中維持機構的理念和公益性是一大問題。 宇宙光認為在進行策略聯盟，尤其與商業經營機構、組織進行策略聯盟時會有一些掙扎，實際進行時無法不受影響，總會有一些妥協，每一次很想要做，但是最後一剎那總是沒有邁出去。如何在適應、改變當中，保有自己最初的、完整的理念是一大困難。 由於佳音電台進行策略聯盟的對象是以基督教的機構、團體為主，例如：希望之聲、信望愛、Good TV、華神…等，其基本的理念和目標是一致的，所以在進行整合時比較沒有太大的困難。 結論一：對於整合行銷傳播的認知，佳音電台和宇宙光不同部門與職務的人持不同的看法，大體上來說佳音電台的公關部門和宇宙光的業務部門對這個概念是比較清楚的，其他部門或管理階層的人對於整合行銷傳播的概念還是有些模糊。 結論二：無論是佳音電台或是宇宙光的管理階層對於整合行銷傳播的實施皆採取相當支持的態度。 結論三：佳音電台和宇宙光目前運用資料庫之資訊與閱聽眾進行的互動比較少，但期待建立消費者資料庫之後，可以針對不同的對象做比較深入、細緻的服務。 結論四：佳音電台透過現場即時廣播的方式，可以和散佈世界各地的聽友在同一個時間內進行互動，此外，透過ICQ可以與網友進行即時、一對一的互動；宇宙光目前運用網路進行一對一的互動做得比較少。 結論五：佳音電台和宇宙光都認為網際網路是一個便捷的管道能讓聽眾很快的回饋，世界各地的網友都可以透過網路和其取得聯繫。 結論六：佳音電台和宇宙光都認為資料庫中閱聽眾的資訊是行銷策略形成的重要決定因素。 結論七：佳音電台和宇宙光未來都會善用各種資源和管道與閱聽眾建立持續地、互動地關係，其次，除了內部的整合外，也都希望能拓展對外的整合，透過整合傳播的概念來做策略聯盟。另外，在網路內容上，將繼續豐富網路的內容、增加其多樣性，並且特別針對網路的需要做一些設計，跳脫目前的一些內容。

隨著行銷方式由大眾行銷演進至區隔行銷，現今已進入1-1行銷的時代。由於媒體廣告的過多，其實際的廣告效果已漸受質疑。行銷的手法不再是拍一支好的廣告片就可以擄獲所有消費者的購買，加上社會結構、型態的改變，科技的突飛猛進，消費者可選擇的產品種類愈來愈多，因此行銷競爭壓力更甚以往，而如何「有效」吸引消費者的購買便成為今日企業的重要課題。「資料庫行銷」的導入，可以透過有系統的分析，更精確地鎖定目標客群，進而從節省行銷成本與提升銷售業績雙方面，替公司帶來良好的利潤貢獻，也解決了企業銷售上的困境。 本研究屬於探索性研究，全文共分為六個章節。從資料庫行銷的相關議題方面探究，經過文獻探討、融入實務經驗、產生研究架構，並做為個案研究的訪談依據，以了解現行金融業在資料蒐集、資料庫軟硬體上的選用考量與管理、資料分析方法的運用程度、行銷計劃的執行及售後顧客管理上的態度與手法。整體架構在透過四家銀行：陽信商業銀行、中國信託商銀、玉山銀行及匯豐銀行的實證後，發現架構的適用性極高，充分兼顧了學理與實用性。另一面，環顧過去許多文獻中有關資料庫行銷的整體規劃模式，在構面上均多少有所不足。因此本研究乃融合文獻中之許多說法及實務運作所發展出，以補坊間書籍之缺。而在行銷作法上乃將傳統行銷學理的精神轉化為實際可執行的行動，分別從「潛在顧客開發」與「現有顧客滲透」兩方面依序開列步驟，更利從業人員落實資料庫行銷的執行。 經由第四章的研究分析可發現，目前國內在資料庫行銷的導入上尚未臻成熟，以金融業為例，中國信託商銀挾龐大信用卡顧客資料，加上公司本身的積極投入與耕耘，目前在這方面的發展腳步居領先優勢。因此資料庫行銷帶來的績效使金融同業莫不領會到導入此作法的必要性。以目前行銷手法觀之，外國銀行原先的資料庫行銷優勢將漸被本國銀行趕上，而本國銀行在售後顧客管理上又不如外國銀行佳。 理論架構的發展雖極具實用性，惟發展之過程仍不免有抽樣及深度等客觀因素上的限制。在後續研究上，建議未來的研究學人可自架構中個別議題上深入研究、或分析不同銀行對相同金融商品採資料庫行銷後的成果差異、或選個別單一公司做導入前後的研究，真正驗證資料庫行銷模式引進後的實際差異。

Doctoral thesis Specifics of Consumer Behavior on Cultural Heritage Market is a market research based analysis of visitors of museums and galleries. The main goal of the work is to describe and segment the audiences, find out stimuli influencing visitor behavior, visitor motivation and lifestyle in order to suggest new marketing strategies attracting either new visitors or to turn occasional visitors into clients. The first part uses the theoretical microeconomic approach for analyzing the demand for cultural heritage; the price policy and price strategies of museums and galleries, and results in socially justified price of merit goods. The second part compares the Czech "consumer" of cultural heritage with an average consumer behavior in the same markets within the European Union and the U.S.A. The main part of the thesis consists of the research project based on quantitative descriptive research among museum and gallery visitors. The sample size is 543 respondents. Respondents were interviewed from September 2008 to March 2009 (personal intercept interview) in 25 organizations (from large and important institutions to small and regional organizations). The research project uses the nonprobability (convenience) sample of those who came to a museum, gallery or exhibition. The thesis results in the recommendation of marketing strategies for museums and galleries.

銷售情報一直是行銷研究的一個重心，透過銷售情報之收集，可以掌握與了解消費者對各種不同商品、價格、通路及促銷活動的反應，以協助製造商、批發商及零售商擬定出有效的生產、配銷、商品選擇及販賣等重要決策。而日常消費品產業基本上是以產品的銷售為核心的相關產業之集合體，因此經由多個不同通路上銷售情報之收集與分析，便可使產業中的各廠商掌握更精準可靠的情報，進而使各廠商在經營上同沾其利。由於國內的日常消費品產業仍以中小企業居多，以其有限的資金與人才，往往無法積極掌握商品銷售情報，進行管理資訊系統之維護與更新，也無法即時採用資訊與通訊之新科技，使得其經營效率偏低，並逐漸喪失其競爭力。因此，在不危及業者競爭核心的前提下，如能集合多數業者共享資訊，參考日本流通資訊服務中心（RDS）的作法，推廣情報共享觀念與共存共榮的經營理念，來建立共同銷售情報系統，並以此系統產生一些有用的整體性市場資訊的報告，提供給參與的業者做為其經營管理之參考，勢必對國內日常消費品產業的整體競爭力及經營效率的提昇，有極大的助益。有鑑於此，本研究以了解影響加入共同銷售情報系統的因素為探討的重心，並對共同銷售情報系統的運用情形及運用的成效進行探討與分析，希望藉由此研究，能夠找出加入共同銷售情報系統的誘因與其運作的可能機制，及對其成效進行評估，以做為工研院電通所在推廣共同銷售情報系統時的參考，並提高業者加入共同銷售情報系統的誘因，期能推廣情報共享及促進良性競爭的商業環境。 針對超市、超商及量販店業者進行問卷調查統計資料分析的結果，可歸納出影響業者加入共同銷售情報系統之意願具顯著正相關的因素包括：對同業合作的需求程度、和同業合作共享銷售資訊的意願、即時取得正確交易資訊、業者支持與提供正確資料、提供重要的報表種類數量、多數同業的加入以及相關成本的節省；而影響業者加入共同銷售情報系統之意願具顯著負相關的因素為可投入資訊系統的資金。而由訪談業者之意見可歸納出業者對於共同銷售情報系統的運用及其所重視的效益如下：1、對於共同合作機制之建立的看法方面，受訪業者普遍認為，共同銷售情報系統應由公法人來主導或推動較佳。2、對於策略性資訊系統的建構方面，受訪者普遍已建構類似的系統，主要是以公司內部資料的分析為主，不過可利用共同銷售情報系統產生的整體性資料來做標竿的比較。3、由於上、下游廠商間的互信基礎仍嫌不足，因此快速反應這樣的作法仍有待推廣，以提高供應鏈上多層次的附加價值。4、對於資訊科技的運用方面，受訪業者普遍有利用電子郵件、傳真及銷售時點情報系統來收集或傳遞資訊，同時也建構行銷資料庫來做商品的分析。而由於電子資料交換系統的建置成本太高，且政府有關單位的推廣不足，因此導致業者較少採用此一系統。由於受訪業者目前與共同銷售情報系統正式連接的時間還不夠長，且加入系統的業者也不夠多，因此，對於共同銷售情報系統所產生的效益仍不易用具體的數字來評估，是以本論文的效益評估以受訪業者分別對於財務面、行銷與顧客服務面、企業內部流程面及員工成長面所較重視的項目來衡量的。在財務面：受訪業者普遍較重視流通成本的削減、銷售量的增加、存貨的減少、存貨周轉率的提昇、獲利率的提升及產品市場佔有率的提升等方面；在行銷與顧客服務面：受訪業者普遍較重視服務水準及品質的提昇、缺貨率的下降、保有原有的顧客及提供合理化的價格；在企業內部流程面：受訪業者普遍較重視訂購循環的縮短、引入新的商品、開發出自有商品、能分析消費者的使用型態、能提供最佳產品組合、銷售商情的掌握與運用、能提昇銷售預測精確度、對上游廠商談判力的提昇及同業間合作或競爭關係的改變；在員工成長面：受訪業者普遍較重視員工能學習到最新的電腦作業系統以及分析資料的能力。 第一章 緒論…………………………………………………………..1 第一節 研究背景……………………………………………………………………1 第二節 研究動機……………………………………………………………………2 第三節 研究目的……………………………………………………………………4 第四節 研究範圍……………………………………………………………………4 第五節 研究流程……………………………………………………………………5 第六節 章節架構……………………………………………………………………6 第二章 文獻探討……………………………………………………..7 第一節 共同銷售情報系統…………………………………………………………7 第二節 資訊科技的運用………………………………………………………….32 第三章 研究方法…………………………………………………….61 第一節 研究架構………………………………………………………………..61 第二節 研究假設………………………………………………………………..64 第三節 研究變數操作性定義與衡量…………………………………………..69 第四節 問卷發展………………………………………………………………..77 第四章 資料分析…………………………………………………….80 第一節 回收樣本之基本資料分析……………………………………………….80 第二節 產業特性對加入共同銷售情報系統的意願之相關性分析…………….88 第三節 公司特性對加入共同銷售情報系統的意願之相關性分析…………….89 第四節 管理者特質對加入共同銷售情報系統的意願之相關性分析………….90 第五節 業者對於系統的認知程度對加入系統的意願之相關性分析………….91 第六節 本章總結………………………………………………………………….92 第五章 個案描述與分析…………………………………………….95 第一節 受訪業者基本資料分析…………………………………………………95 第二節 甲超商…………………………………………………………………..97 第三節 乙超市…………………………………………………………………..103 第四節 丙超市…………………………………………………………………..108 第五節 丁物流行銷公司………………………………………………………..113 第六節 工研院電通所…………………………………………………………..120 第七節 本章總結………………………………………………………………..128 第六章 結論與建議…………………………………………………135 第一節 研究結論………………………………………………………………..135 第二節 研究限制………………………………………………………………..139 第三節 後續研究建議…………………………………………………………..140 參考文獻…………………………………………………………….141 附錄一……………………………………………………………….150 附錄二……………………………………………………………….155 附錄三……………………………………………………………….159 / The scope of retailing industry covers foods , clothes , housing , transportation , education , and entertainment , etc.. Since it is closely related to our daily life , the demand of retailing industry will by no means grow when the income of people increases , the life style changes and the standard of living rises. In order to enhance the response to market , the retailers have to take some actions . Internally , evaluation system needs to be established based on observed data , and the operating process has to be standardized and formalized to ensure the service quality. In the marketing segment , retailers should consider both software and hardware to establish the image of the company and reinforce the competency of the company in order to gain more market share in the violent and complicated retailing market. And the most important of all is to monitor the information of sales. Once the information of the sales is monitored , managers can effectively control the levels of inventory , place order in more economic scale and meet the variety of demand. Therefore , it is indispensable to manage the company with computerized process and utilize the sales information system. Since the sales information is one of the focus of the marketing research , managers can fully understand and learn the reaction from consumers in the different products , prices , places and promotions strategies through the collection of sales information. And based on the sales information , producers , wholesalers and retailers can effectively make decisions about production , distribution , merchandise selection and selling. Since there are more and more chain stores of supermarkets , hypermarkets , and convenience stores arised , these modern retailing mode becomes the mainstream in the retailing market. It changes not only the purchasing behavior of the consumers , but also the business strategies and operation models of the producers in the supply chain. The consumer packaged goods industry is basically the conglomerate of the related industries which focus on selling of products. Thus , collecting the sales information through different channels , the firms in consumer packaged goods industry can actually help other firms in their supply chain to get more exact and reliable information , and also improve performance in both. In Taiwan , the domestic consumer packaged goods industry is composed mostly of small and median enterprises (SMEs). Due to limited money and manpower of SMEs , they are limited from aggressively accessing the sales information and maintaining and upgrading of the MIS. They are also incapable of catching the trend of the information technology and communication. And this will make the firms lose their competency . Therefore , if most of the firms of the consumer packaged goods industry would share the sales information without weakening their core competence , the Japanese Retailer Data Service (RDS) could be adapted as a good reference to promote the idea of sharing sales information and establish the common sales information system. The common sales information system will provide useful reports of the overall market information , and to the firms who join in this system as reference points for running their business. This system will also improve the competency and operation efficiency of the whole consumer packaged goods industry. According to the passage thereinbefore , this research tries to find the factors which will affect the firms to join in or not the common sales information system , and further explore and analyze the implementation situation and performance of the common sales information system. Hopefully , this research will be able to find the attractive factors for the firms to join the common sales information system , possible operating mechanism to run the system , and evaluation criteria . The results could also be referenced for the Computer and Communication Research Laboratories (CCL) of ITRI when they promote the common sales information system to attract more firms to join the system in order to promote the idea of sales information sharing and a good business environment for competition. Based on the outcome of the statistical analysis, some factors are strongly related to the willingness of retailers to join the common sales information system. These factors are as follows : the degree of needs to cooperate with counterparts, the will of sharing the sales information with counterparts , real time information acquiring, the firms' supporting and the collected data providing , the important report providing , most counterparts' participating , saving on the related costs. All of the above factors are positively related to the willingness of the firms to join the common sales information system ; But , the budget on investing the information system is negatively related to the willingness of the firms to join the common sales information system. Based on the interviews with the participating firms , the applications and the possible benefits coming from the common sales information system can be summarized as follows : 1. On the viewpoint of establishing the cooperative mechanism , most of the respondents think that the common sales information system should be directed or promoted by the public legal sectors. 2. On the viewpoint of establishing the strategic information system , most of the respondents have built up this system but now mainly use it to analyze the internally produced data which they believed can be compared with the overall market information produced by the common sales information system. 3. Due to lack of mutual trust among the different tiers of supply chain , the concepts and applications of QR/ECR should be continually promoted to provide more added values for the supply chain. 4. From the applications of information technology , most of the respondents gather or transfer information by using e-mail , fax and point of sale（POS）system . They also develop marketing database to analyze the sales. Since the time that the firms joined the common sales information system is not long enough and there are only limited firms joined this system , performance produced by the common sales information system are difficult to be evaluated concretely. So the performance of the system at this stage is only based on the importance perceived by the respondents on the dimensions such as financial performance , marketing and customer service , business internal process , and the growth of staff. On the dimension of financial performance , most of the respondents emphasize more on the reduction of the logistics cost , the increase of the sales , the reduction in the inventory , the increase of the turnover rate , the increase of the profitability and the increase of the market share；on the dimension of marketing and customer service , most of the respondents emphasize more on the improvement of the level of service and quality , the reduction of the shortage rate , keeping the original customers and providing the reasonable price；on the dimension of business internal process , most of the respondents emphasize more on the reduction of the order cycle , introduction of the new products , development of the products with its own brand , the ability to analyze customers' patterns, providing the best mix of the products , monitoring and utilizing the sales information , improving the accuracy of sales forecast , increasing the bargaining power to the suppliers , and the change on the cooperation or competition relationship among the counterparts；on the dimension of staff's growth , most of the respondents emphasize more on that the staff can learn more the latest computer related operation and the ability to analyze the information.