This
paper explains that all organizations, including Starbucks Corporation, must keep track of many types of data, such as payroll, inventory, or even a seating chart for an
office, to be as an efficient organization as possible. The author points out that Starbucks, which is a Seattle neighbor of Microsoft, uses Microsoft operating systems and Office packages for its
day-to-day
operations; Microsoft Excel is a major organizational tool for store and district mangers for the plethora of information needed to coordinate operations. The paper relates that, for the massive operations, the company has instituted heavy firepower from Hewlett Packard and Oracle for their mainframe and database needs.