Strategies for Supply Chain Management

Strategies for Supply
Chain Management.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 INTRODUCTION
 Role of supply chain management in the organization
 Importance of SCM
 Supply chain management strategies
 Theories of supply chain management
 Trends and challenges in supply chain management process
 Impact of supply chain management on Nestle
 Competitive Advantage Through Logistics
 CONCLUSION
 REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION
 Supply chain management (SCM) can be defined as planning and execution of flow of
goods and services in order to manage inventory and producing high quality products to
gain competitive advantage.
 Nestle company is being taken for the study, it is the popular food processing firm
which is known for its integrity and fairness in operations.
 Purpose of business is to enhance quality of life by providing healthier products to
consumers. Present report will critically analyse supply chain management in the firm.
 It will describe role of SCM and its importance for organisation. Furthermore,
examples will be given to demonstrate the extent to which SCM can support the firm in
gaining competitive advantage.

Role of supply chain management in the organization
 Supply chain management plays the role of customer service manager as it supports
Nestle company in improving consumer service activities in business.
 Its major role is to manage flow of goods and services hence consumers can get high
quality products on time which supports the firm in serving buyers as well and
retaining them in the organisation for longer duration.
 SCM department continuously work to resolve quarries of consumers so that customer
like its services and retain with firm.
 It works to reduce production cost of business unit.
 Nestle is popular for its high quality food products, entity always ensure to use quality
raw material that can support in improving quality of end products.