Case Study - Your Neighborhood Grocers

1. Background
5. Issues
2. Key People
6. Your Role
3. IT Landscape
7. Your Task
4. Main Applications

Company Background

Your Neighborhood Grocers (YNG) is a grocery chain that operates in 10 distinct markets. The company grew through acquisition, keeping the acquired brand in each of the markets. YNG belongs to the supermarket industry, which is considered to be highly competitive.

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Senior management is typically comprised of supermarket personnel who have grown within the company through various levels of management. Many supermarket companies have retained legacy systems because their strategic focus has been marketing, thus delegating IT infrastructure to a lower priority.

The applications are complex—processes include standard accounting functions, retail-specific applications and those applications customised to the supermarket industry.