Studie - Top 10 Companies in Canada Wholesale and Distribution Industry: IT Spending Predictor 2009

Introduction

This databook provides insight into the top 10 companies in Canada wholesale and distribution industry in terms of their estimated IT spend.

Scope

*Datamonitor’s view of the top 10 companies in this sector and geography in terms of IT spending

*A breakdown of the estimated IT budget by technology for each of the top 10 companies

*A breakdown of the estimated IT budget by channel for each of the top 10 companies

Highlights

The top 10 companies in Canada wholesale and distribution industry in terms of estimated IT spending spent the largest portion of their IT budgets on hardware, a segment that accounted for about 28% of the IT budgets among these firms. This was followed by spending on software and services.

Among the top 10 companies, a major portion of IT spending is allocated to internal IT. External services include product vendors, local resellers, telcos, systems integrators and specialist outsourcers. Internal IT alone accounted for approximately 38% of the total estimated IT spending by these companies.

Reasons to Purchase

*Understand the IT budget breakdown in various organization types and identify notable areas of allocation

*Build lists of organizations with top IT expenditure in your target markets

*Leverage IT spending pattern information to tailor account targeting based on company demographics

TABLE OF CONTENTS

OVERVIEW 1

Catalyst 1

Summary 1

INTRODUCTION 9

Reasons to Purchase 9

Definitions 10

CANADA WHOLESALE AND DISTRIBUTION INDUSTRY: ESTIMATED SPENDING ON IT 12

Overview 12

Estimated spending by technology segment 14

Estimated IT spending by channel 16

PROVIGO DISTRIBUTION INC 18

Budget overview 18

Provigo Distribution Inc, estimated spending on IT 19

Provigo Distribution Inc, estimated IT spending by channel 23

CARGILL LTD 25

Budget overview 25

Cargill Ltd, estimated spending on IT 26

Cargill Ltd, estimated IT spending by channel 30

FEDERATED CO-OPERATIVES LTD 32

Budget overview 32

Federated Co-Operatives Ltd, estimated spending on IT 33

Federated Co-Operatives Ltd, estimated IT spending by channel 37

METRO RICHELIEU INC 39

Budget overview 39

Metro Richelieu Inc, estimated spending on IT 40

Metro Richelieu Inc, estimated IT spending by channel 44

COOP FÉDÉRÉE, LA 46

Budget overview 46

Coop Fédérée, La, estimated spending on IT 47

Coop Fédérée, La, estimated IT spending by channel 51

COSTCO WHOLESALE CANADA LTD 53

Budget overview 53

Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd, estimated spending on IT 54

Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd, estimated IT spending by channel 58

UNITED FARMERS OF ALBERTA CO-OPERATIVE LTD 60

Budget overview 60

United Farmers Of Alberta Co-Operative Ltd, estimated spending on IT 61

United Of Alberta Co-Operative Ltd, estimated IT spending by channel 65

SOCIETE DES ALCOOLS DU QUEBEC 67

Budget overview 67

Societe des Alcools du Quebec, estimated spending on IT 68

Societe des Alcools du Quebec, estimated IT spending by channel 72

CHISHOLM, RONALD A. LTD 74

Budget overview 74

Chisholm, Ronald A. Ltd, estimated spending on IT 75

Chisholm, Ronald A. Ltd, estimated IT spending by channel 79

PROVIGO QUÉBEC INC 81

Budget overview 81

Provigo Québec Inc, estimated spending on IT 82

Provigo Québec Inc, estimated IT spending by channel 86

APPENDIX 88

Methodology 88

Further reading 89

How to contact experts in your industry 89

Disclaimer 89



LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Wholesale and distribution industry, Canada, spending on IT ($m), 2008 and 2009 12

Figure 2: Wholesale and distribution industry, Canada, estimated spending by technology segment ($m), 2008 14

Figure 3: Wholesale and distribution industry, Canada, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2008 16

Figure 4: Provigo Distribution Inc, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 19

Figure 5: Provigo Distribution Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 21

Figure 6: Provigo Distribution Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 23

Figure 7: Cargill Ltd, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 26

Figure 8: Cargill Ltd, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 28

Figure 9: Cargill Ltd, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 30

Figure 10: Federated Co-Operatives Ltd, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 33

Figure 11: Federated Co-Operatives Ltd, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 35

Figure 12: Federated Co-Operatives Ltd, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 37

Figure 13: Metro Richelieu Inc, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 40

Figure 14: Metro Richelieu Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 42

Figure 15: Metro Richelieu Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 44

Figure 16: Coop Fédérée, La, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 47

Figure 17: Coop Fédérée, La, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 49

Figure 18: Coop Fédérée, La, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 51

Figure 19: Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 54

Figure 20: Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 56

Figure 21: Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 58

Figure 22: United Farmers Of Alberta Co-Operative Ltd, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 61

Figure 23: United Farmers Of Alberta Co-Operative Ltd, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 63

Figure 24: United Farmers Of Alberta Co-Operative Ltd, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 65

Figure 25: Societe des Alcools du Quebec, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 68

Figure 26: Societe des Alcools du Quebec, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 70

Figure 27: Societe des Alcools du Quebec, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 72

Figure 28: Chisholm, Ronald A. Ltd, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 75

Figure 29: Chisholm, Ronald A. Ltd, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 77

Figure 30: Chisholm, Ronald A. Ltd, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 79

Figure 31: Provigo Québec Inc, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 82

Figure 32: Provigo Québec Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 84

Figure 33: Provigo Québec Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 86

Figure 34: Research methodology 88



LIST OF TABLES

Table 1: IT segments and sub segments 10

Table 2: Channel definitions 11

Table 3: Wholesale and distribution industry, Canada, estimated spending on IT ($m), 2008 and 2009 13

Table 4: Wholesale and distribution industry, Canada, estimated spending by technology segment ($m), 2008 15

Table 5: Wholesale and distribution industry, Canada, estimated spending on IT by channel ($m), 2008 17

Table 6: Provigo Distribution Inc, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 18

Table 7: Provigo Distribution Inc, IT budget by estimated entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 18

Table 8: Provigo Distribution Inc, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 20

Table 9: Provigo Distribution Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 22

Table 10: Provigo Distribution Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 24

Table 11: Cargill Ltd, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 25

Table 12: Cargill Ltd, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 25

Table 13: Cargill Ltd, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 27

Table 14: Cargill Ltd, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 29

Table 15: Cargill Ltd, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 31

Table 16: Federated Co-Operatives Ltd, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 32

Table 17: Federated Co-Operatives Ltd, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 32

Table 18: Federated Co-Operatives Ltd, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 34

Table 19: Federated Co-Operatives Ltd, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 36

Table 20: Federated Co-Operatives Ltd, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 38

Table 21: Metro Richelieu Inc, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 39

Table 22: Metro Richelieu Inc, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 39

Table 23: Metro Richelieu Inc, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 41

Table 24: Metro Richelieu Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 43

Table 25: Metro Richelieu Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 45

Table 26: Coop Fédérée, La, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 46

Table 27: Coop Fédérée, La, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 46

Table 28: Coop Fédérée, La, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 48

Table 29: Coop Fédérée, La, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 50

Table 30: Coop Fédérée, La, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 52

Table 31: Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 53

Table 32: Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 53

Table 33: Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 55

Table 34: Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 57

Table 35: Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 59

Table 36: United Farmers Of Alberta Co-Operative Ltd, IT budget estimates(%), 2008—09 60

Table 37: United Farmers Of Alberta Co-Operative Ltd, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 60

Table 38: United Farmers Of Alberta Co-Operative Ltd, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 62

Table 39: United Farmers Of Alberta Co-Operative Ltd, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 64

Table 40: United Farmers Of Alberta Co-Operative Ltd, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 66

Table 41: Societe des Alcools du Quebec, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 67

Table 42: Societe des Alcools du Quebec, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 67

Table 43: Societe des Alcools du Quebec, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 69

Table 44: Societe des Alcools du Quebec, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 71

Table 45: Societe des Alcools du Quebec, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 73

Table 46: Chisholm, Ronald A. Ltd, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 74

Table 47: Chisholm, Ronald A. Ltd, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 74

Table 48: Chisholm, Ronald A. Ltd, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 76

Table 49: Chisholm, Ronald A. Ltd, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 78

Table 50: Chisholm, Ronald A. Ltd, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 80

Table 51: Provigo Québec Inc, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 81

Table 52: Provigo Québec Inc, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 81

Table 53: Provigo Québec Inc, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 83

Table 54: Provigo Québec Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 85

Table 55: Provigo Québec Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 87

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