Troma Inc. is a famous manufacturer of cookware that follows a traditional distributor-retailer system to distribute its products. The company abstains from the use of automated supply chain management (SCM) systems mainly due to the fear of unknown. However, rapidly escalating operational costs and inefficiencies have made it necessary for the company to implement an SCM system. The company goes for a big-bang installation of SCM system to become more competitive and cost effective. Identify the adopter group to which Troma belongs.

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Troma belongs to the laggard adopter group because they have abstained from using automated SCM systems and have only decided to implement it after incurring significant inefficiencies and cost issues. The fact that they are going for a big-bang installation is also indicative of a laggard approach, as this is a high-risk strategy with less room for error and less willingness to embrace change.

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