Warehousing and Storage System
School of Business & Accountancy
Logistics Management Course
Assignment2
Warehousing and Storage System
<<Carrefour>>
Contents page
1. Introduction and Overview
Carrefour Corporation, the founder of hypermarket, the first largest retailer in Europe, and the second largest retailer in the world, was founded in 1959. In 1963, Carrefour opened the first hypermarket in France. Today, Carrefour has opened more than 11,000 retailers, its business range cover 30 countries and districts. The Corporation has three main types of operating which lead the market: Hypermarket, Supermarket and discount store. Besides, Carrefour also developed convenience and member stores in some countries. In 2004, total sales amount of Carrefour arrive at 72.668 billion euro, more than 430 thousand employees. In 2005, Carrefour ranked 22nd in the global top 500 enterprises. In China, Carrefour began to enter its market in 1995, using international advanced supermarket management model, focusing on providing high quality and service with low price to all of customers, which praising it. Some theories of Carrefour are deeply in to people’s mind such as “Happy shopping Carrefour”, “one stop shopping service” and so on. At present, Carrefour has opened 109 stores, and hired about 30,000 employees in China. 2004, Carrefour (China) had been rated one of “the most influential enterprise in China” by domestic media. The success of Carrefour due to its Precision and scientific Management, the factors are performed in 6 aspects: 1) Location selection scientific; 2) Strong item management system 3) Powerful function supported by computer 4) Concise organization 5) Efficient field management 6) Complete enterprise culture and strong loss prevention consciousness. However, any enterprise want to achieve good operation on above 6 factors, it must have a good enough warehousing and storage system to support it. In this article,
Logistics Management Course
Assignment2
Warehousing and Storage System
<<Carrefour>>
Contents page
1. Introduction and Overview
Carrefour Corporation, the founder of hypermarket, the first largest retailer in Europe, and the second largest retailer in the world, was founded in 1959. In 1963, Carrefour opened the first hypermarket in France. Today, Carrefour has opened more than 11,000 retailers, its business range cover 30 countries and districts. The Corporation has three main types of operating which lead the market: Hypermarket, Supermarket and discount store. Besides, Carrefour also developed convenience and member stores in some countries. In 2004, total sales amount of Carrefour arrive at 72.668 billion euro, more than 430 thousand employees. In 2005, Carrefour ranked 22nd in the global top 500 enterprises. In China, Carrefour began to enter its market in 1995, using international advanced supermarket management model, focusing on providing high quality and service with low price to all of customers, which praising it. Some theories of Carrefour are deeply in to people’s mind such as “Happy shopping Carrefour”, “one stop shopping service” and so on. At present, Carrefour has opened 109 stores, and hired about 30,000 employees in China. 2004, Carrefour (China) had been rated one of “the most influential enterprise in China” by domestic media. The success of Carrefour due to its Precision and scientific Management, the factors are performed in 6 aspects: 1) Location selection scientific; 2) Strong item management system 3) Powerful function supported by computer 4) Concise organization 5) Efficient field management 6) Complete enterprise culture and strong loss prevention consciousness. However, any enterprise want to achieve good operation on above 6 factors, it must have a good enough warehousing and storage system to support it. In this article,
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