Global Supply Chain Management Assignment - Waitrose
Added on 2020-10-22
14 Pages5077 Words496 Views
Global SupplyChainManagement
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1TASK 1............................................................................................................................................11. Critical analysis of at key contemporary problems and challenges of Waitrose operating aglobal supply chain and logistic network. .................................................................................12. Reflecting on current global Supply Chain Management best theories and practice, you arerequired to critically analyse and discuss how your chosen organisation manages its supplychain within the context of the challenges it is facing................................................................53. Critically assess the operational deployment of supply chain strategy for organisation tosustain and enhance its competitive advantage. .........................................................................7TASK 2............................................................................................................................................9Compare and reflect on the different ranges of relationships, both internally and externallywith suppliers, partners and outsource provider, across the whole section of global supplychain logistics management” ......................................................................................................9CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................11REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11
INTRODUCTIONGlobal supply chain management refers to distribution of services and goods by a trans-national companies global network through which profit can be maximised and waste can beminimised. In this focus is on trans-national organisations (Beske and Seuring, 2014). Itcomprises of planning with respect to ways in which supply chain will work as a co-ordinatedsystem with an aim to generate optimal level of customer services by offering reasonable cost. Inthis Waitrose is taken into consideration, it is a British chain of supermarkets which isheadquartered in Bracknell, Berkshire, United Kingdom. It is largest employee owned retailer inBritain and has around 353 shops with nearby 52590 employees within UK. They render theircustomers with supermarket online shopping and have revenue around £5,400.4 million. Thisreport comprises of portfolio which includes contemporary troubles and situations in globalsupply and logistic network. Furthermore, it also include theories which can be used withinglobal supply chain management. Apart from this, competitive advantage of organisation isaccessed in relation to data flow, resource scheduling, inventory and transportation. At last,reflection is given on range of relationship with internal and external suppliers, providers andpartners. TASK 11. Critical analysis of at key contemporary problems and challenges of Waitrose operating aglobal supply chain and logistic network. Supply chain management is a formative network of numerous activities in which buyingof raw material is conducted in order to transform them in usable products and then deliver that
same to customers with the help of distribution systems. As Waitrose is a British supermarketchain enagage in the process of food retail division supply chain managers of Waitrose evaluatenumerous challenges which hamper company performance( Busse, Meinlschmidt and Foerstl,2017). Thus, they have adopted efficient and effective supply chain methods to cope up withthose challenges in best effective way. In addition with this company have adopted Advancedplanning and scheduling systems ( APS) in order to utilize their real-time demand forecastingand formulate strategies to conduct planning for different type of unforeseen circumstances. Business Process Improvement: It is important for an organisation to effectively evaluate their business process anddetermine consumer role. This will further aid them to analyse customer experience value whichwill benefit them to improve their business procedure. Business process improvement acts as anone of the major factor which acts as an challenge. In context with Waitrose, this challenge willrestrain them to provide their products and services at global scale in best effective mannerwhich lead them towards decrease in their performance at global market. In in order to cope withthis challenge company is required to improve their business process. For this Waitrose have
End of preview
Want to access all the pages? Upload your documents or become a member.
Related Documents
Global Supply Chain Managementlg...
|21
|6201
|375
Logistics and Supply chain management | Assignmentlg...
|14
|3442
|45
Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Woolworthslg...
|12
|2451
|68
Waitrose Company: Challenges and Strategies during the Pandemiclg...
|7
|1946
|89
ASSIGNMENT ON BUSINESS LOGISTICS & NEGOTIATIONS.lg...
|11
|3128
|16
Supply Chain and Logistics Operations of Woolworthlg...
|11
|2364
|290