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Case study questions
A Description of the major Success Factors for the implemented Strategies in the Case
Study
Based on the above information about Procter and Gamble, it is quite evident that the
implementation of the KANE was indeed responsible for provision of effective logistic support
for the company that has ultimately enabled it to manufacture numerous product brands that have
been ultimately been attractive to the potential clients. This is attributed to the fact that the
KANE team was tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that the was effective in plant and
manufacturing support as well as ensuring that the warehousing, distribution, and even the yard
services were viable for the organizational use (Michalski, Montes-Botella & Narasimhan,
2018). This is quite apparent since the performance of the Procter & Gamble Company increased
significantly as soon as KANE took over the facility. However, it is also prudent to note that the
high performance of the company was known to have drastically reduced in the year 2011
against some of the major metrics such as safety and accuracy.
The implementation of the strategy at Procter & Gamble was achieved successfully as a
result of carrying out a site assessment that was quite comprehensive by both the local as well as
the corporate KANE resources. This was quite helpful since it helped in the determination of
viable processes and systems which were viable and which were based a renewable of emphasis
on both accountability and culture (de Kok, 2018).
An Explanation of the Challenges associated with the Logistics Management Strategies
applied in creating solutions to the case study
Based on the above case study on Procter & Gamble, it is quite apparent that some of the
new changes that were brought in by KANE made the company to have a decline in its

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performance in some areas such as in inventory accuracy as well as in safety. The fact that the
company was initially focusing on wrong things and lacked the skilled personnel to ensure that
there was effective management of logistics was indeed a major challenge that affected the
company and hindered it from creation of viable solutions.
A Description of the Strategies which should be implemented in order to maintain the
Realized Results
As stipulated in the Procter & Gamble case study, it is quite evident that some of the
strategies that ought to be implemented in order to ensure that the realized results were
maintained were through replacement of ineffective associates and ensuring that there was
effective and clear communication of the performance objectives by the company (Srinivasan &
Swink, 2017). That apart, it is also prudent to ensure that the energy and ideas of all the
associates was clearly enlisted in order to attain success. Team spirit is also quite important in
order to maintain the realized results as well as the accountability culture. In essence, it was also
important that all stakeholders honored the “KANE CODE” which emphasizes on keeping safety
first, sweating the details, honoring your word, avoiding surprises, and treating customers like a
family (Ayers & Odegaard, 2017).

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Reference List
Ayers, J.B. and Odegaard, M.A., 2017. Retail supply chain management. CRC Press.
de Kok, T., 2018. Inventory Management: Modeling Real-life Supply Chains and Empirical
Validity. Foundations and Trends® in Technology, Information and Operations Management,
11(4), pp.343-437.
Michalski, M., Montes-Botella, J.L. and Narasimhan, R., 2018. The impact of asymmetry on
performance in different collaboration and integration environments in supply chain
management. Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 23(1), pp.33-49.
Srinivasan, R. and Swink, M., 2017. An investigation of visibility and flexibility as complements
to supply chain analytics: An organizational information processing theory perspective.
Production and Operations Management.