Greggs Appliances Case Study - 1119 Words

Case Study 1-6 Introduction This issue for case study 1-6 is brought to us by Steve Nelson and the company of the Gregg’s Appliances, Inc. The HH Gregg Company was founded on April 15, 1955 in Indianapolis by Henry Harold Gregg and his wife. The initial store was an 800 square feet appliance showroom and office. Since then the company has expanded and with that expansion the company needed more and more information technology in order to harness the power of the information they had acquired. But in 2006 the current CIO, Steve Nelson, was facing a deadline. The deadline was the HP, which was Gregg’s principal information technology vendor, has chosen to discontinue support for its line of HP 300 mainframe processors. Gregg’s relied†¦show more content†¦The bonuses to this choice would be lower costs compared to Delphi and Sentra, Gregg’s could maintain current business processes and there is limited training required. But the Texas Firm UNIX platform does not mo ve Gregg’s to an industry standard and it requires significant development staff time. The other UNIX choice was from Ex-ADI costing $4-$5 million. The process for this change would be to hire programmers and re-write into a UNIX platform internally. The biggest benefit to this selection was that it allows for phase-in implementation, which means no business will be stopped. It is also much cheaper than Delphi and Sentra options. The software will also be high adaptable and customizable and limited training will be required. But this will not move the company to an â€Å"industry standard† and nothing will seem new. There are several big risks when changing important software in a large company. It could lead to a sudden halt of the business during the deployment because of a failed database, a bad internet connection or the inability of staff to input or process orders. The system might not be able to handle the work load. Lastly, there could be an unexpected complete system shutdown. There are also other costs to consider. Along with the implementation and annual maintenance costs outlined in the summary, Nelson Must also consider other costs including: * Training costs * Testing costs * Costs of lostShow MoreRelatedManaging Information Technology (7th Edition)239873 Words   |  960 PagesCONTENTS: CASE STUDIES CASE STUDY 1 Midsouth Chamber of Commerce (A): The Role of the Operating Manager in Information Systems CASE STUDY I-1 IMT Custom Machine Company, Inc.: Selection of an Information Technology Platform CASE STUDY I-2 VoIP2.biz, Inc.: Deciding on the Next Steps for a VoIP Supplier CASE STUDY I-3 The VoIP Adoption at Butler University CASE STUDY I-4 Supporting Mobile Health Clinics: The Children’s Health Fund of New York City CASE STUDY I-5 Data