Study question 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
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Tanpin Karin is a demand-oriented method of chain management successfully used by Seven-Eleven`s Japan. It`s credited to the company`s CEO‚ Toshifumi Suzuki‚ who started to develop it during the 70`s in response to a shift in the market from a seller`s orientation to a buyer`s drive. Until then‚ the inventory decision-making process was led by supply-chain management practices – items were seen as commodities and replenished according with the amounts that they had sold in the past. In contrast‚
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|Reference |9 | 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
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need it. This allows for centralization of cooking capacity and low levels of inventory‚ but increases the cost of replenishment and receiving. 2. The main risk for Seven-Eleven is the potentially high cost of transportation and receiving at stores. 3. 4. Seven-Eleven does not allow direct store delivery in Japan but has all products flow through its distribution center to reduce the number of vehicles required for daily delivery service to each store‚ even though the delivery frequency
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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 in the
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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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Supply Chain Management Case study of Seven-Eleven Japan Company A. Background Seven-Eleven‚ a famous convenience store‚ was established in 1973 and had its first store in Tokyo in May 1974. It was found by Masatoshi Ito while he thought that superstores were the wave of the future after a trip to the United States. The company was first listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in October 1979. During 1985-2009‚ the numbers of store and its annual sales experienced tremendous growth that the
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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: Local
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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? 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: Method
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Seven-Eleven Japan1 Established in 1973‚ Seven-Eleven Japan set up its first store in Koto-ku‚ Tokyo‚ in May 1974. The company was first listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in October 1979. In 2004 it was owned by the Ito-Yokado group‚ which also managed a chain of supermarkets in Japan and owned a majority share in Southland‚ the company managing 7-Eleven in the United States. On September 1‚ 2005‚ Seven & I Holdings Co.‚ Ltd.‚ was established as the holding company for Seven-Eleven Japan‚ Ito-Yokado
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