SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY: SEVEN-ELEVEN JAPAN CONVENIENCE STORE CHAIN Introduction: This case study discusses the meteorological rise of a convenience store chain‚ seven-eleven Japan in the Japanese retail store business. We will analyze the factors responsible for the phenomenal success of the company in the retail business‚ with a supply chain perspective. The main aim of this analysis is to identify the supply chain strategy of the company and underlying combination of its performance
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Seven-Eleven Japan Co. Analysis on Supply Chain 1. OutlineHistory & ProfileStrategy & Tactic of Seven ElevenFood Items ClassificationConvenience at the StoreSchematic Representation of the Supply ChainSupply Chain FrameworkSupply Chain Drivers AnalysisCase Questions Discussion 2. History and ProfileFounded by Masatoshi Ito post 2ndWorld War.By 1960‚ the single store had grown into a $3 million company.In 1961‚ realized that superstores were the wave of the future.In 1972‚ approached Southland
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Questions 1. A CONVENIENCE STORE CHAIN ATTEMPTS TO BE RESPONSIVE AND PROVIDE CUSTOMERS WHAT THEY NEED‚ WHEN THEY NEED IT‚ WHERE THEY NEED IT. WHAT ARE SOME DIFFERENT WAYS THAT A CONVENIENCE STORE SUPPLY CHAIN CAN BE RESPONSIVE? WHAT ARE SOME RISKS IN EACH CASE? As responsiveness increases‚ the convenience store chain is exposed to greater uncertainty. A convenience store chain can improve responsiveness to this uncertainty using one of the following strategies‚ especially for fresh and fast foods:
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1. A convenience store chain attempts to be responsive and provide customers what they need‚ when they need it‚ where they need it. What are some different ways that a convenience store supply chain can be responsive? What are some risks in each case? Some of the ways that a convenience store chain can response are: * Focusing in the total cost of the supporting a chain‚ that includes all the elements of cost that go into a purchase like order quantities‚ deliveries‚ warehousing‚ support systems
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1. A convenience store chain attempts to be responsive and provide customers what they need‚ when they need it‚ where they need it. What are some different ways that a convenience store supply chain can be responsive? What are some risks in each case? 2. Seven-Eleven’s supply chain strategy in Japan can be described as attempting to micro-match supply and demand using rapid replenishment. What are some risks associated with this choice? 3. What has Seven-Eleven done in its choice of facility
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Toshifumi Suzuki‚ decided to try to bring the Seven Eleven convenience store concept to Japan‚ having to convince possible shareholders of the franchise in Japan (in this case the father of Tochifumi Suzuki) to take part in the endeavour. 2. Background 2.1. Seven Eleven USA The Seven Eleven convenience store company was founded in 1927 in Dallas‚ USA‚ by the Southland Corporation. It had been very successful in the US. In 2007 it was the largest chain store in the world. It was however in 1973
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| Executive Summary Seven Eleven Japan established in 1973 and became the leader in Japan’s retail industry. In order to obtain its success‚ Seven Eleven Japan has developed several strategies in improving her supply chain management. Seven Eleven Japan continuous improves her information system in order to get the latest customer response and expand her product range to meet the market trend rapidly. It helped a lot in the supply chain operation between supplier‚ distribution
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1. A convenience store chain can improve responsiveness to this uncertainty using one of the following strategies‚ especially for fresh and fast foods: Local Capacity. The convenience store chain can provide local cooking capacity at the stores and assemble foods almost on demand. Inventory would be stored as raw material. This is seen at the U.S. fast-food restaurant franchise Subway where dinner and lunch sandwiches are assembled on demand. The main risk with this approach is that capacity
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Q.NO. 3: 7-ELEVEN JAPAN USES A DECENTRALIZED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. IF SEJ WAS TO USE CENTRALIZED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM HOW WOULD IT AFFECT ITS CURRENT SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY? EXPLAIN IN DETAIL. Seven Eleven Japan uses a decentralized distribution system. As we know that SEJ has separated its product into four categories on the basis of temperature required to store them namely: 1.) Chilled temperature item‚ 2.) Warm temperature item‚ 3.) Frozen item and‚ 4.) Room temperature item. The stores place
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1. In order for a convenience store chain to be responsive‚ which mean providing customer with what they need‚ when they need it and where they need it‚ some different ways to do are: a) Have large inventory in terms of quantity‚ variety and quick replenishment in order to be able to respond quickly to customer demand Risk associated: high cost: warehouse‚ transportation high Implied Demand Uncertainty: little time to react‚ risk of inventory that cannot be sold b) Provide highly innovative
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