IT 396 Management Information Systems
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Management Information Systems (IT 396)
Added on 2020-05-04
IT 396 Management Information Systems
Management Information Systems (IT 396)
Added on 2020-05-04
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Running Head: IT 396-44 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMSMIS Final Project – The Kroger CompanyName of the Student:Student ID:Name of the University:Author’s note:
1IT 396-44 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMSTable of ContentsSection 1 - Description of the Company..........................................................................................2Section 2 – Project Description.......................................................................................................3Section 3 – Description of the areas to be Investigated and Evaluated...........................................5I.Information System (DBMS system)...................................................................................5II.Technical Information..........................................................................................................5III.Business Information........................................................................................................7IV.The DBMS Structure and the Business Model.................................................................8V.The DBMS System and Competition.................................................................................10Section 4 – Summary of the findings............................................................................................10Section 5 – Recommendations/Suggestions..................................................................................11References......................................................................................................................................12
2IT 396-44 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMSSection 1 - Description of the CompanyThe Kroger Company was founded in the year 1883 by Barney Kroger with the use of$372 at 66 Pearl Street in the Cincinnati downtown region (thekrogerco.com, 2017). Barney wasa son of the merchant and invested his whole life savings for opening the grocery with a simplemotto of selling particular things and not selling anything that he himself would not want to buy.The Kroger Company has been following the same motto even after 130 years of foundation.The Kroger Company evolved well from a simple grocery store to one of the giants ofsupermarket business. The Kroger Company has been following a similar witticism evenfollowing over century old traditions of establishment. The Kroger Company developed wellfrom a basic market to one of the goliaths of grocery store business. It has secured a wideassortment of configurations and items for fulfilling the consistently changing requirements oftheir clients. It has covered a wide variety of formats and commodities for satisfying the everchanging needs of their customers. The Kroger Company has over 2800 stores in the 35 statesand it raked an annual sale of over $115 billion. With only 2 dozens of banners and amazingannual turnover, the Kroger Company is one of the largest global retailers in the world. TheKroger Company has been utilizing two divisions of offices specifically Bakeries and Meat andSeafood shops. The Kroger Company has been using two divisions of departments namelyBakeries and Meat and Seafood shops. The Kroger Company has been pushing quality overquantity as the key requirement for gaining more profit (Hartquist, 2011). Mr. Kroger evenrealized that by using his own bakery, he would be able to provide his customers with bread atreduced price. In the year 1901, the Kroger Company had its own bakery along with the retail store andit became the first company to do so. He even introduced some of the products he sold at the
3IT 396-44 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMSstore. For example, the tangy sauerkraut that became hugely popular among his GermanCustomers was actually made by his mother from the large amount of cabbages he bought fromthe farmers. The Kroger Company has been pushing quality over amount as the key necessity forincreasing more benefit. Mr. Kroger even understood that by utilizing his own particular pastrykitchen, he would have the capacity to furnish his clients with bread at diminished cost(thekrogerco.com 2017). The Kroger Company had its own particular pastry kitchen alongsidethe retail location and it turned into the principal organization to do as such. He even presented aportion of the items he sold at the store. For instance, the tart sauerkraut that turned out to betremendously famous among his German Customers was really made by his mom from the hugemeasure of cabbages he purchased from the agriculturists.Section 2 – Project DescriptionThe study had covered the analysis of the Kroger Company and its information systemused for the maintenance of the information and data related to their operations. The study hadcovered the explicit survey of the online valid resources for gathering information regarding theKroger Company (Agile Product Lifecycle Management | Oracle, 2015). The Kroger Company’smain website had provided the insights and briefs of the company and their activities. TheKroger Company had transformed from a single retail store to one of the largest supermarketchains of the world. It had deployed many improved facilities and technologies for achieving thesame. The Kroger Company had changed from a solitary retail location to one of the biggestgeneral store chains of the world. It had sent many enhanced offices and innovations foraccomplishing the same. The sending of the viable and enhanced useful procedures had beenuseful in framing the advancement of the Kroger Company. The ramifications of theadvancement models would be inferred for securing the improvement of the operations of the
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