Business Consulting for Tesco: Supply Chain Disruptions and Competitor Analysis

Business Consulting
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Table of contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
1. Clarifying who the client is and what business problem they are facing................................3
2. Critically analyzing and presenting areas of importance to the client such as competitors,
target customer market and influencing factors from the external environment.........................4
3. Top three issues client is facing...............................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7
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INTRODUCTION
Business consultation is defined as ways in which improvements can be undergone in
business to improve it (Haslebo, 2018). Tesco is the British multinational groceries and general
merchandise retailer providing products and services to customers.
The report will analyze Tesco facing issue of supply chain disruptions. Along with this,
importance of Tesco will be determined by explaining competition, target customers market and
influencing factors from external environment. Furthermore, top three issues client was facing
from explanation will also be discussed.
MAIN BODY
1. Clarifying who the client is and what business problem they are facing
Background of the client – The client is Tesco, major British multinational groceries and
general merchandise retailer which provides the products and services to the customers and
ensure that their needs and requirements are fulfilled at large scale. The company ensures that the
products and services are served to the customers in the market at large scale.
Client Problem – There are many issues and problems which the client is facing among which
one of the major problems is that it is facing supply chain disruptions. This has created
difficulties for Tesco to ensure the production system of the products and services working
smoothly and effectively at large scale (Rosnizam and et.al., 2020). Supply chain disruptions
have included the quality issues in the products and services which are being served to the
customers’ at large scale in the market. This has affected the cycle of the distribution of products
in the market. Supply chain disruptions are the major cause due to which Tesco is facing this
problem of not ensuring that the products and services are to be produced effectively and in
significant manner so that the business is not affected.
The quality of the products which are manufactured in the company are being affected
and this has created problem for the company in ensuring that all major tasks are taken into
consideration at large scale and this has helped in denoting the aspect that the quality of products
and services is disturbed (Russell, 2019). Customers now - a - days are more concerned about the
product quality, therefore Tesco should ensure that they are providing the best quality services
and products at large scale and ensure that they are making all customers satisfied by serving the
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