Scolari's Food & Drug Company
Scolari's Food & Drug Co. of Reno, Nevada selected Surround Technologies, Accelerator For Visual LANSA to develop a new retail and warehouse systems to replace their legacy software.
Products and Services Used
Accelerator For Visual LANSA (Windows Edition)
Surround's LANSA Consulting Services
In Their Words
The EVLA Advantage:
“I think it was pretty easy for our programmers to catch on and work with it (the Accelerator). It really helped using the Accelerator because they were able to do a lot more advanced programming. It took about 50% less time to do it with the Accelerator, and the results were far more than our expectations: the consistency (of the system screens), the professional look and feel of the systems, the searching functionality, and the navigation within the system.”
Surround’s Services:
“Surround Technologies is a great company to work with. Tommy supported us and did everything possible to make this project work. Derek was great to work with. We felt like they really wanted to make this project a success. They followed through and did everything it took to get this project done.”
The Return:
“Over time we may save $100,000 per year in maintenance if we had gone out and purchased a system. And we are able to actually make changes ourselves and fix problems right away. I think we are going to see a 25% reduction in our supply costs through better management of creating labels and signs, which is about $250,000 per year. We also have better tracking of inventory and better auditing capabilities ... so we can resolve problems faster.”
The Results:
“The system exceeded our expectations, by the way that it ties everything together, and the professional look and feel of it. It doesn’t look like it was developed in-house. It looks like it was developed by a major software company. We were looking outside to purchase software and couldn’t find a package that met our needs. We were going to have to get a retail system and a warehouse system, and the cost of both together would have been $750,000 to $1 million more if we had purchased the software outside and then customized in-house.”
Rob Dornberger, Vice President of IT
Scolari's Food and Drug
About Scolari's Food & Drug Company
Scolari's Food & Drug Co. is the largest privately owned grocery store chain in Northern Nevada. The Scolari family started in the grocery business in the central coast section of California in 1947. In 1982, the Scolari family purchased the Warehouse Markets chain in Reno, Nevada. In 1991 the trade name Scolari's Food & Drug Company was adopted to more accurately reflect the nature of the stores. Today, Scolari's Food & Drug operates 16 stores in Nevada and California as well as 2 Sak'nSav stores in Nevada. For more information, visit http://www.scolaristores.com/.
More Information
See how you can build your system with Accelerator for Visual LANSA.
Read a Case Study about the Project: Software Development Trends Back to its Roots of Custom Applications
Visit the client: Scolari's Stores Web Site
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