Execu Clean: Supply Chain and Inventory Management Strategies

This report provides an analysis of the supply chain and inventory management strategies for Execu Clean, a service-based business. It emphasizes the importance of a cost-effective and timely supply chain, highlighting key elements such as planning, information flow, sourcing, inventory control, delivery logistics, location considerations, transportation efficiency, and return policies. The report also delves into Execu Clean's inventory management, focusing on maintaining a ready list of essential items and raw materials to support service delivery, aiming to achieve sustainable business growth and exceed sales targets. Finally, it outlines Execu Clean's supply chain, detailing the process from customer pick-up to laundry processing and final delivery, ensuring a smooth and efficient operation.

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Answer 1
The supply chain management is the chain or network that businessmen follows and use
in order to either manufacture a product or a chain of delivering a service to customers (Ross
2016). It is highly significant for business to ensure two things for the supply chain. It should be
cost effective and secondly it needs to deliver the results on time (Free et al. 2013). There are
several important elements that are essential for the consideration supply chain management.
While creating the elements of supply chain management for Execu clean are:
o Planning: the services with the customers should be planned accordingly
o Information: The information regarding the orders should be appropriate.
o Source: the source of information and regarding the services provided should be checked
o Inventory: since services are booked online as well the inventory of the company should
be maintained.
o Delivery: the most important part of the supply chain is the delivery. The time
management regarding the services should be ensured and taken special care.
o Location: location of the delivery of service is important to consider
o Transportation: the transportation should be smooth and hassle free in order to reach have
smooth function of the operation.
o Return of goods: there should be the option of return as in well in some way so the
customers get the benefits of the opportunity (Humphries, 2013).

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Answer 2
The inventory management is the ready list of the required items, raw materials and other
essentials that one might need in order to carry the entire service (Wild, 2017). The organization
targets to establish a sustainable business by the end of first year of operation and exceed the first
year total sales of R 300000. The operation of inventory will help achieving the goals as the
organization will be prepared with the list of requirement.
Answer 3.
The supply chain of Execu Clean’s supply chain will include the following:
o Pick-up from customer’s door
o To the transportation system
o To the workplace
o The laundry expert take the responsibility
o The owner is informed regarding the process
o Goes back to the transportation
o Deliver to the customer.

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Ross, D.F., 2016. Introduction to e-supply chain management: engaging technology to build
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Wild, T., 2017. Best practice in inventory management. Routledge.