TRANSFORMATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES

Transformational Technologies



Transformational Technologies

Organisation minutia and How IT is used

Sainsbury's was founded in 1869 by John James and Mary Ann Sainsbury. They opened their first small dairy shop at 173 Drury roadway, London. It was so thriving that further branches were opened in other market roads in Stepney, Islington and Kentish Town. The firm has expanded gradually over a century and now covers most of the UK with 463 stores nationwide. lately, the assembly has amplified in the USA, where it acquired the New England-based Shaw's Supermarkets Ltd in 1987 and diversified into banking, with the establishment in 1997 of Sainsbury's ostracisek. The Sainsbury group today is one of the world's leading retailers, playing a part in the lives of 15 million customers a week and employing over 169,000 people by June 2001. In 1995, Sainsbury's was the first British supermarket Company to offer goods for sale from home, which after many trials of different methods has become the Internet Shopping service, “Sainsbury's To You” (Liosa, 1993).

Transformational technology

Sainsbury's to you, the online shopping provider allows the customer to shop online without having to run or use an existing application.  The user is just required to be able to access a basic webpage from a computer. 

For the customer to use the application they must have:-

Computer setup of any functioning System such as Windows, Apple Mac,

A microcomputer,

26.6 Kbps modem,

Internet service provider (Internet exp 5.5 or overhead, apple fruit Mac above OS10, get get get access to to to through television), attachment to the internet or get get access to to to one,

Minimum hardware requirements,

Software of any kind with Internet Explorer,

Aworld wide web browser such as Internet Explorer,

Connection to an active teletelephone line.

 

Sainsbury's to you has a fast speed response to ordering, which allows the customer to shop with the same accuracy as in store.  The application has become more popular with customer because:-

Saves time - convenience - 24/7,

Saves money as special offers may be available only online,

Free delivery at a convenient time for the customer,

More products available online,

Search amenities can be used,

Help amenities can be used.

Customer can shop from the comfort of their own home,

Customer can see what they have bought in previous transactions,

Easy to use the application,

All payment details can be stored confidentially,

It provides customer with lists of goods available,

Updating of prices is always correct,

Shopping cart can be viewed at the click of a button,

Bill can be seen at the click of a button,

Customer can set a limit,

Different social groups,

Compare costs - cost transparency.

Since Sainsbury's to you has been established, Sainsbury's profits have grown by 6.4%.  Online shopping facility seems to have been a success.

The first use of computing in the food commerce was in the 1980's when mainframe computers were used. In 1990's Sainsbury's presented their own system. initially conceived to facilitate stock taking, and anecdotes, it became more focused in variety and functionality supplying blended facilities to endow front end and back end operations(Cooke, 1993)..

Initially, the costs were very high, so only large-scale, well-off companies like high ...