A.C. Gilbert Supply Chain Management

Session 1
1-
The supply chain management of the A.C. Gilbert includes three aspects –
 Supplier
 Manufacturer
 Retailers
The organization operational system include
 Design
 Planning
 Purchasing
 Manufacturing
 Distribution
2-
The A.C. Gilbert has to identify the different changes that are taking place in the
market and the working styles of the other organizations in the market,

3- The main focus of the organization is on
the sale and profits of the organization. The other factor that is crucial is the cost of
operations.
4-
The A.C. Gilbert is in need to change the plans as they lack innovation and
continuous improvement.
5-
The organization needs to monitor the performance of the organization to improve
productivity and quality.
Analyse results
Step 3:
performance
will measure
Determine how you
Step 2:
will monitor
Decide what you
Step 1:
Three steps to monitoring performance

6- The supply chain is efficient and the
product is timely delivered to the retailer, who delivers it to the final customers.
7-
The organization lacks a skilled and professional workforce. Thus, it is crucial to hire
a specialist. Also, the distribution channels are limited and to cater to a bigger
audience, the organization requires more distribution channels.
8-
The strengths and weaknesses of the organization are identified.
8
for consumption
from retail outlet
bottled soft drink
purchases
Customer
Consumption
Retail
retail outlets
warehouse and
Distribution to
Distribution
cardboard boxes
packed into
plastic bottle and
packaged in
produced and
Soft drink
Production
Employees
Cardboard boxes
Labels
and caps
Plastic bottles
Flavours
Gas
Water
Sugar
Procurement
Analysesystems and processes