Investigating Business

INVESTIGATING BUSINESS

Answer-1
Business activities of Tesco include operations, outbound logistics, with certain support
activities such as organisation’s infrastructure, human resource management, and
technological development (Glaser, 2017). Tesco`s operation are mostly service oriented,
which has upstroke opportunities, express stores, and maintenance of shelves (Lilliestam, &
Hanger, 2016). Recent supply chain management checks and identifies entire in-store
inventory to pay attention to the designing and implementing efficient supply chain in order
to deliver effective “customer interface.” Some of the important types of organisational
structure are hierarchical structure, flat structure, divisional structure, line organisational form
of structure, and team-based structure (Glaser, 2017).
Aldi`s business activities include arrange the deliveries, store pickups, and international
network of nearly 10000 supermarkets. Aldi operates distribution channel, centres, IT
infrastructure, supply chain infrastructure, and other warehouses (Mello, & Jalles, 2018). The
main departments of Aldi are specific customer segments, value proportions, channels,
customer relationships, key activities, key resources, key partners, revenue streams, and cost
structure.
With the changing role of business environment, employee`s role, and customers, there are
many changes occurred in last few years because of difference in operational practises.
Earlier, the organisation’s operations were based on centralised form of structure (Funcke, &
Bauknecht, 2016).
Answer-2
With the change in the business environment, it is seen that companies have changed their
approach of operations from centralised to decentralised.