Hospitality Supply Chain Management

Hospitality supply change
management

Table of Contents
Section1............................................................................................................................................1
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK1.............................................................................................................................................1
P1: Explain how key supply chain concepts, principles and processes are applied throughout
stages of resourcing, product & service design and development, logistics and distribution
with using hospitality examples..................................................................................................1
M1: Analyse how integration of supply chain concept and process improves efficiency of
chosen organisation.....................................................................................................................3
D1: Critically evaluate supply chain concept, principles and processes for effective SCM......3
TASK2.............................................................................................................................................3
P2: Evaluate the importance of effective supply chain management from perspective of
customers, suppliers, distributors and retailers...........................................................................3
M2: Critically evaluate the importance of physical information and financial management
within supply chain.....................................................................................................................5
TASK3.............................................................................................................................................6
P3: Explore cross functional and integrated approach of SCM with other functional areas
within hospitality organisation....................................................................................................6
M3: Evaluate implications of interrelationship between supply chain and other functional
areas of Starbucks.......................................................................................................................7
D2: Critically analyse interrelationship of supply chain with other departments of chosen firm.
.....................................................................................................................................................7
Section2............................................................................................................................................8
Task4................................................................................................................................................8

P4: Evaluate a supply chain strategy within hospitality organisational context and present
proposal for improvement...........................................................................................................8
M4: critically evaluate a supply chain strategy within Starbucks corporation...........................8
D3: Justify and recommend improvements of supply chain strategy based on critical
evaluation within respective organisational context...................................................................9
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

Section1
INTRODUCTION
Hospitality is defined as the relationship between guest and host, where host receives
guest with goodwill. For instance warm welcome and entertain guests, visitors, strangers
throughout the travelling. It is important for effective managements of hospitality business that
has prominent impact over tourism industry (Hugos, 2019).
Supply chain management is refers as the optimization of creation of products and flow
form raw material that are important for sourcing effective production, logistics and deliver of
goods and services to final customers and end users (supply chain management, 2020).
Starbucks corporation is American multinational chain of coffee house and roastery
reserves. It is known as world's largest coffee house chain considered under 2nd wave of coffee
culture within United States. The company founded in 1971 with headquartering in Washington,
US by Gordon Bowker, Zev Siegl, Jerry Bald win.
This report is based on supply chain management of Starbucks corporation in which
principles, processes applied throughout design and development of product, logistic &
distribution are considered with suitable examples. Furthermore, importance of effective supply
chain management from perspective of key people, cross functional & integrated of SCM with
respect to other areas are considered within the report. In addition supply chain strategy within
chosen hospitality organisation are evaluated with improvement proposal.
TASK1
P1: Explain how key supply chain concepts, principles and processes are applied throughout
stages of resourcing, product & service design and development, logistics and distribution
with using hospitality examples.
Supply chain management is important aspect of any business that has prominent impact
in terms of effective logistic and distribution of goods and products in order to makes it easy for
consumers for obtaining goods and services as per preferences. Following are the principles that
helps in effectiveness and efficiency in different stages of supply chain management in context
of Starbucks corporation:
Planning: The first and most important stage within supply chain management process of
respective organisation includes create and build effective short term and long term range supply
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