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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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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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 location‚ inventory
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provide customers what they need‚ when they need it‚ where they need it. What are some of different ways that a convenience store supply chain can be responsive? What are some risks in each case? Based on the practices of Seven-Eleven Japan‚ the authors have compiled a few techniques which they believe can reasonably increase the responsiveness of the supply chain‚ as well as their corresponding risks: * Rapid replenishment of goods This is a fairly basic approach to responsiveness‚ but one which
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This paper explores the strategy and decisions that had to be made when a man named 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
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In Taiwan‚ the 7-ELEVEN is one of the most popular convenience stores. Even though there are other convenience stores‚ these stores all try to compete with 7-ELEVEN which remains the top one in the convenient store market. The first store opened in 1978 and since then has grown more than 4‚600 stores. The area of Taiwan is small‚ 13‚900 square miles‚ but Taiwan has highest density of 7-ELEVEN stores in the world‚ with stores everywhere‚ from mountains to ocean-side. There are only 23 million people
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Seven-Eleven Seven Eleven Japan Co Co. Course: Strategic Supply Chain Management MSc ETH MTEC Fall 2011 Prof. Dr. Stephan M. Wagner Chair of Logistics Management g g Department of Management‚ Technology‚ and Economics Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich 1 Assignments g 1. 1 A convenience store chain attempts to be responsive and provide customers what they i t h i tt t t b i d id t h t th need‚ when they need it‚ where they need it. What are some different ways that a convenience
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1. 7-Eleven Taiwan has captured the right balance between standardization and localization. Standardization can be seen in the following aspects: * Consistency in color separation of its signage and presentation of the corporate logo. This makes sure a consistent image of 7-eleven can be established worldwide * Arrangement of the store interiors. 7-eleven uses uniform floor plan for every US store‚ while in Taiwan‚ though the store’s layout can vary as the area available is smaller‚ it
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