Marktanalyse - Top 10 Companies in the US Wholesale and Distribution Industry: IT Spending Predictor 2009

Introduction

This databook provides insight into the top 10 companies in the US 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 the US wholesale and distribution services 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 39% 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

US WHOLESALE AND DISTRIBUTION INDUSTRY: ESTIMATED SPENDING ON IT 12

Overview 12

Estimated spending by technology segment 14

Estimated IT spending by channel 16

AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORP 18

Budget overview 18

AmerisourceBergen Corp, estimated spending on IT 19

AmerisourceBergen Corp, estimated IT spending by channel 23

COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP 25

Budget overview 25

Costco Wholesale Corp, estimated spending on IT 26

Costco Wholesale Corp, estimated IT spending by channel 30

SUPERVALU INC 32

Budget overview 32

SUPERVALU INC, estimated spending on IT 33

SUPERVALU INC, estimated IT spending by channel 37

INGRAM MICRO INC 39

Budget overview 39

Ingram Micro Inc, estimated spending on IT 40

Ingram Micro Inc, estimated IT spending by channel 44

C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS INC 46

Budget overview 46

C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc, estimated spending on IT 47

C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc, estimated IT spending by channel 51

AVNET INC 53

Budget overview 53

Avnet Inc, estimated spending on IT 54

Avnet Inc, estimated IT spending by channel 58

ARROW ELECTRONICS INC 60

Budget overview 60

Arrow Electronics Inc, estimated spending on IT 61

Arrow Electronics Inc, estimated IT spending by channel 65

LONE STAR MILK PRODUCERS INC 67

Budget overview 67

Lone Star Milk Producers Inc, estimated spending on IT 68

Lone Star Milk Producers Inc, estimated IT spending by channel 72

GULF OIL LTD PARTNERSHIP 74

Budget overview 74

Gulf Oil Ltd Partnership, estimated spending on IT 75

Gulf Oil Ltd Partnership, estimated IT spending by channel 79

ASHLAND INC 81

Budget overview 81

Ashland Inc, estimated spending on IT 82

Ashland 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, US, spending on IT ($m), 2008 and 2009 12

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

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

Figure 4: AmerisourceBergen Corp, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 19

Figure 5: AmerisourceBergen Corp, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 21

Figure 6: AmerisourceBergen Corp, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 23

Figure 7: Costco Wholesale Corp, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 26

Figure 8: Costco Wholesale Corp, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 28

Figure 9: Costco Wholesale Corp, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 30

Figure 10: SUPERVALU INC, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 33

Figure 11: SUPERVALU INC, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 35

Figure 12: SUPERVALU INC, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 37

Figure 13: Ingram Micro Inc, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 40

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

Figure 15: Ingram Micro Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 44

Figure 16: C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 47

Figure 17: C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 49

Figure 18: C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 51

Figure 19: Avnet Inc, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 54

Figure 20: Avnet Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 56

Figure 21: Avnet Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 58

Figure 22: Arrow Electronics Inc, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 61

Figure 23: Arrow Electronics Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 63

Figure 24: Arrow Electronics Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 65

Figure 25: Lone Star Milk Producers Inc, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 68

Figure 26: Lone Star Milk Producers Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 70

Figure 27: Lone Star Milk Producers Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 72

Figure 28: Gulf Oil Ltd Partnership, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 75

Figure 29: Gulf Oil Ltd Partnership, estimated spending by IT sub-segment ($m), 2008 77

Figure 30: Gulf Oil Ltd Partnership, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 79

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

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

Figure 33: Ashland 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, US, estimated spending on IT ($m), 2008 and 2009 13

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

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

Table 6: AmerisourceBergen Corp, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 18

Table 7: AmerisourceBergen Corp, IT budget by estimated entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 18

Table 8: AmerisourceBergen Corp, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 20

Table 9: AmerisourceBergen Corp, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 22

Table 10: AmerisourceBergen Corp, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 24

Table 11: Costco Wholesale Corp, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 25

Table 12: Costco Wholesale Corp, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 25

Table 13: Costco Wholesale Corp, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 27

Table 14: Costco Wholesale Corp, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 29

Table 15: Costco Wholesale Corp, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 31

Table 16: SUPERVALU INC, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 32

Table 17: SUPERVALU INC, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 32

Table 18: SUPERVALU INC, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 34

Table 19: SUPERVALU INC, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 36

Table 20: SUPERVALU INC, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 38

Table 21: Ingram Micro Inc, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 39

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

Table 23: Ingram Micro Inc, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 41

Table 24: Ingram Micro Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 43

Table 25: Ingram Micro Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 45

Table 26: C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 46

Table 27: C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 46

Table 28: C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 48

Table 29: C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 50

Table 30: C&S Wholesale Grocers Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 52

Table 31: Avnet Inc, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 53

Table 32: Avnet Inc, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 53

Table 33: Avnet Inc, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 55

Table 34: Avnet Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 57

Table 35: Avnet Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 59

Table 36: Arrow Electronics Inc, IT budget estimates(%), 2008—09 60

Table 37: Arrow Electronics Inc, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 60

Table 38: Arrow Electronics Inc, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 62

Table 39: Arrow Electronics Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 64

Table 40: Arrow Electronics Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 66

Table 41: Lone Star Milk Producers Inc, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 67

Table 42: Lone Star Milk Producers Inc, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 67

Table 43: Lone Star Milk Producers Inc, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 69

Table 44: Lone Star Milk Producers Inc, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 71

Table 45: Lone Star Milk Producers Inc, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 73

Table 46: Gulf Oil Ltd Partnership, IT budget estimates (%), 2008—09 74

Table 47: Gulf Oil Ltd Partnership, estimated IT budget by entity (as % of overall IT budget), 2008 74

Table 48: Gulf Oil Ltd Partnership, estimated spending by IT segment, 2008 76

Table 49: Gulf Oil Ltd Partnership, estimated spending by IT sub-segment, 2008 78

Table 50: Gulf Oil Ltd Partnership, estimated spending on IT by channel, 2008 80

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

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

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

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

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

Introduction

This databook provides insight into the top 10 companies in the US 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 the US wholesale and distribution services 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 39% 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

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