Supply Chain Management: Husky Company Ltd

Running head: SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Supply Chain Management: Husky Company Ltd
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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Discussion..................................................................................................................................2
1. Competitive Strategy of the Company...............................................................................2
2. Importance of Competitive Priorities.................................................................................3
3. Order Winners and Order Qualifiers..................................................................................4
4. Supply Chain of the Company...........................................................................................4
5. Alignment of Supply Chain and Operations Design..........................................................5
6. Two Significant Supply Chain Risks with Mitigation Techniques....................................5
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
Supply chain management or SCM can be stated as the major management for the
flow of goods or services that includes storage and movement for raw materials of the work
in process inventory. The finished goods from the point of origin until the point of
consumption are also involved in the supply chain management (Christopher, 2016). The
following report outlines a brief discussion on the supply chain management of Husky
Company Limited. It is one of the largest energy companies in Canada, which has shares in
Toronto Stock Exchange. This report focuses on the competitive strategies, supply chain and
risks for this company.
Discussion
1. Competitive Strategy of the Company
Competitive strategies are the long term plans for any specific organization for the
core purpose of gaining several competitive advantages over the competitors within the
respective industry. Husky Company Limited comprises of several important and significant
competitive strategies that make the company extremely popular and noteworthy amongst the
other organizations (Husky Energy., 2018). The major competitive strategies of this particular
organizations are as follows:
i) Strategy of Cost Leadership: The first and the foremost competitive strategy of
Husky Company Limited is the strategy for cost leadership. It is the tough strategy for
implementation since it needs the long term commitment to sell the services or products at
lower costs (Jacobs, Chase & Lummus, 2014). The respective challenge for Husky Company
Limited is to produce and provide the services and products at extremely lower price. If this
is not being followed, they would be losing their profit margin.