Executive Summary In 1987‚ Brando Vitali‚ then Barilla’s director of logistics‚ had proposed an alternative approach to order fulfillment. Vitali envisioned an approach that would radically change the way in which logistics organization managed product delivery by introduction of Just In Time Distribution (JITD) system. The JITD system is designed to mitigate Barilla’s high stock rates‚ fluctuating demands by distributors and stock outs. As the incumbent logistics director‚ -Giorgio Maggiali
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RETAIL Japan is still the 2nd biggest retail market in the world with 127 million consumers that appreciate high quality and excellent service. China may have more factories these days‚ but how many people there can really afford western goods? When it comes to measure market size‚ Japan still accounts for more than 55% of the whole Asian retail market. Japan is also the nation with the highest demand for foods imports as it has the lowest self-sufficiency rate (39% only)‚ 61% of all foods consumed
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sq ft Supermarkets 1‚000 – 10‚000 sq ft Hypermarkets Above 10‚000 sq ft A supermarket‚ a large form of the traditional grocery store‚ is a self-service shop offering a wide variety of food and household products‚ organized into aisles. It is larger in size and has a wider selection than a traditional grocery store‚ but is smaller and more limited in the range of merchandise than a hypermarket or big-box market. The supermarket typically
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indian institute of management kozhikode Managing Demand Fluctuations in Supply Chain System of MORE Project Proposal SCM Section A Contents Retail Industry in India Potential India’s retail industry accounts for 10 percent of its GDP and 8 percent of the employment to reach $17 billion by 2010. The Indian retail market is estimated at US$ 350 billion. But organized retail is estimated at only US$ 8 billion. Organized retail seems to be a mar 5 % of the
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[pic] IISE Managerial Economics RESEARCH STUDY ON: GROUP NAME: RAPTORS GROUP MEMBERS: S.Shazan Husain‚ Pradeep Pandey‚ Sandeep Maurya‚ Abhishek Mishra‚ Anand Awasthi PGDM 1ST YEAR SUBMITTED TO: DR.SHWETA SRIVASTAVA [pic] Acknowledgement We take this opportunity to express our profound gratitude and deep regards to Dr. Shweta Srivastava for her exemplary guidance‚ monitoring and constant encouragement throughout the
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with the impending demand. The retail firms need to take into account various factors including the lead time and the seasonality of goods. In this report‚ we study the various techniques used by retailers in India to perform demand forecasting and analysis. We present a case study done at Lakewood Malls Pvt. Ltd. where we understand that historical data and judgemental techniques are primarily used for forecasting of demand. 1 Introduction The A.T. Kearney Global Retail Development Index showed
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population‚ with women comprising the majority (over 70%) of yogurt purchases. 6 oz and 8 oz yogurt cups were the most popular product sizes‚ representing 74% of total category supermarket sales in US dollar (in 1999) with an increase of 3% vs. prior year. (any more information come from Ex2‚3). The biggest competitors in Supermarket Channel were Dannon and Yoplait with 33% and 24% respectively. In Natural food channel‚ Natureview Farm dominated the market shares with 24% and Brown Cow ranked the second
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8-oz yogurt cup product line into one or two selected supermarket channel regions. It is important to note that this option is strongly advocated by the vice president of sales‚ Walter Bellini. The 8-oz cups represents almost 86% of Natureview Farms revenues and the segment is growing at an annual rate of 3% per year. In respect to customers‚ the 8-oz cups represent the most popular cup size‚ producing almost 74% of total category supermarket sales in U.S. dollars. This product is most commonly bought
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There are mainly five key players in the supermarket industry- Tesco‚ Asda‚ Sainbury‚ Safeway and Morrisons (ChinaCCM). Thus‚ the supermarket industry in the UK could be described as an Oligopoly Market. Oligopolies lie between the definitions of perfect competition and pure monopoly. Firstly‚ there are several sellers but only a few big companies who have a large market share in the industry. In the UK‚ the five big supermarkets totally have 3/4th of the market share (123help me! com). Secondly
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firsthand look at operations. SUPERSTORES Many of the company’s stores are giant 100‚000 square foot superstores‚ double or triple the size of average supermarkets. A superstore typically employs from 500 to 600 people. Individual stores differ somewhat in terms of actual size and some special features. Aside from the features normally found in supermarkets‚ they generally have a large bakery Section (each store bakes its own bread‚ rolls‚ cakes‚ pies‚ and pastries)‚ and extra-large produce sections
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