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Introduction to supply chain management Levels of supply chain management History-Imtiaz super store Imtiaz super store introduction & business process Ensuring low prices Developing Systems and Structures Growth and Diversification Organogram of Supply Chain Department Supply Chain Management at Imtiaz super store Procurement and Distribution Logistics Management Inventory Management Information Management Issues in Supply Chain Management Conclusion List of references
This is a typical supply chain showing interrelations between all involved parties. [Source: Auto-ID: Managing Anything, Anywhere, Anytime in the Supply Chain, Bose and Pal, ACM August 2005] SCM subsists in both service and manufacturing environments. A typical supply chain consists of many interactions between suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, with the vital goal of providing either a service or a product to customers. This also works in reverse with the customer at the head of the process when returning a product. SCM is used as a means to assimilate planning, purchasing, manufacturing, distribution, and marketing organizations that normally do not work together to achieve a common goal. Each works toward goals specific to their own organization that accomplish narrow objectives. SCM is a way of integrating these varying functions so that they work together to make best use of the benefits for all involved.
Three Levels of SCM [Source: Auto-ID: Managing Anything, Anywhere, Anytime in the Supply Chain, Bose and Pal, ACM August 2005] Strategic SCM covenants with future planning than looking at market evaluation, capacity issues, new products, and technology changes. This planning is addressing issues that may be factors several years out. This is accomplished at the executive management level. Tactical SCM involves a shorter planning cycle. It is more concerned demand planning, inventory planning, and supply planning. This is determined at a less senior level than Strategic SCM. Operational SCM is current planning activities measured in at most weeks. Operational SCM involves the mainstream of the operations. It includes demand fulfillment, scheduling, production, transport, and monitoring. There are many decisions that are made while looking at SCM. They follow the categories as discussed above. Strategic decisions are made over longer periods of time and linked to a corporations strategy. Operational decisions are more or less short term in nature and look after day to day activities. Mainly Four major decisions are considered. They include decisions on location, production, inventory, and transportation. A geographically strategic placement of the production facilities is the key to creating a successful supply chain. Decisions on what products to be produced have to be made wisely and strategically. Inventory decisions and management is critical. Some inventories are necessary to hedge against uncertainty, but this comes with a cost. Managing these inventories proficiently will be of benefit to the corporation. Transportation decisions include cost versus benefit. Air transportation is costly, but fast and reliable. Other modes of transportation may be cheaper, but the sacrifice has
History-Imtiaz Super Store 1955: Formed as a small grocer's outlet in Bahadurabad by Mr. Hakim Khan Abbasi 2003: Imtiaz II came into being in 2003 located in Main Shah rah-e-Faisal. 2011: Imtiaz III came into being in 2011 located in Nazimabad 2013: The fourth Imtiaz Super Market has opened on 22nd February 2013 at the confluence of KPT Interchange and Khayaban-e-Ittehad.
Imtiaz Super Store Introduction and its Business Processes Back in the early 1960s, Hakim Khan Abbasi opened up a general store in Karachi's Bahadurabad neighborhood. He named the shop after his son, Imtiaz and always focused on establishing strong relationships with customers. Since that time, the neighborhood store has been expanding into a retail chain that operates multiple outlets throughout the port city. Imtiaz Abbasi, the son after whom the store has been named and who took the reins of the Company from his father after completing his higher education, met with BR Research. The following transcript is based on key takeaways from that exchange.
"We also purchase the wheat, rice and all other fresh produce that is sold in our stores directly from farmers," explained Abbasi. He added that this allows the Company to cut out as many as seven different middle men and hence ensure that the commissions to these brokers are skipped and retail prices remain low. Imtiaz Super Stores also operates its own grindstones for turmeric, spices, corn flour and other edibles. Besides, all international products sold at the Company's outlets are also imported directly instead of being routed through buying agents. Abbasi contended that besides ensuring low cost, this approach allows the Company to slice delivery times as well. Developing systems and structures Mushrooming demand for a convenient, well-stocked retail outlet which offers a wide variety of quality products at affordable prices has provided Imtiaz Super Stores with the opportunity to expand its portfolio to four stores all over Karachi. However, this rapid growth could only be possible because the Company has put in place, the scalable structures, procedures and systems. Abbasi contended that his Company has the most sophisticated IT infrastructure among all retail chains in the
Supply Chain Management at Imtiaz Super Store Supply chain management at Imtiaz super store comprises of the following sub-sections Procurement and Distribution Logistics Management Inventory Management Information management
Procurement and Distribution: Imtiaz Super Stores process of procurement involves reducing its purchasing costs as far as possible so that it can offer best price to its customers. The company procures goods directly from the manufacturers, bypassing all intermediaries. Imtiaz Super Store has distribution centers. Imtiaz Super Stores own warehouses supplies about 80% of the inventory. Each distribution center is divided in different groups depending on the quantity of goods received. The inventory turnover rate is very high, about once every week for most of the items.
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Issues in Supply Chain Management: Inventory management: Stock outs of highly demand products. Logistics & Distribution: Problems in distributing products in all the branches in Karachi due to law and order situation Information management: Issues in maintaining product information in iVend Retail software due to lack of suppliers awareness
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