Issues Faced by Asda Stores Ltd: A Business Consulting Report

BM561 BUSINESS
CONSULTING

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Description of the client and the issues they are facing...............................................................3
Research.......................................................................................................................................4
Presenting the areas of importance..............................................................................................4
Top three issues faced by the Asda Stores Ltd............................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Business consulting can be described as a professional service which is specifically
provided by an expert in a specific field, for instance, operations, finances, marketing, human
resource, public relations and many more. The Present report is based on the study of Asda
Stores Ltd. It aims to determine the issues faced by the Asda Stores Ltd and provides the client
with important areas that should be present in front of them.
MAIN BODY
Description of the client and the issues they are facing
The client of the in the current project is Asda Stores Ltd. The Asda Stores Ltd is a
supermarket chain which is headquartered in Leeds, England. The Asda Stores Lt falls under the
category of retail industry (Agostini, and Filippini, 2019). The organization was founded by
Peter and Fred Asquith and Sir Noel Stockdale in the year 1949. Currently, the organization is
operating at 633 locations all over the world. The company provides its customers with a wide
range of products and services within the market. Its products and services includes offering
grocery, general merchandise, financial services, Asda Mobile, Asda Money, Asda living and
George.
Even though, the Asda Stores Ltd. is one of leading supermarket stores across the globe,
it has been identified that the organization is dealing with a wide range of issues and challenges
within their organization. It has been determined that currently the company has been facing
issues with respect to productivity, innovation, inventory management, reverse logistics, supply
chain management, collaboration of the efforts made the workforce and employee turnover. All
of these issues play an essential role in the smooth and effective functioning and operations of an
organization. However, the lack of ability to collaborate the efforts of the employees within the
company is affecting the growth and profitability of the enterprise. Similarly, the
mismanagement in the supply chain is also affecting the operations of the company to a great
extent. From a long time, the company has not provided its customers with something innovative
that captures the eyes of the customers towards the brand and helps the organization in achieving
their key goals and targets with respect to the enterprise (Babu,. and Viswanathan, ). It has also
been determined that the organization is facing the issue of employee turnover within the
organization. Most of the employees of the company across the globe have been wanting to leave
the job and look for better opportunities for themselves and their own benefits.