Comparison of Zara and Benetton Supply Chains REPORT Master Supply Chain and Purchasing Management (MSCP) Date 11.02.2010 Outline I. Supply Chain strategy 3 II. Supply Chain structure 5 III. Supply Chain processes 6 IV. Supply Chain management practices 7 V. Supply Chain performance 8 VI. Strengths and weaknesses 9 Bibliography 10 Appendix 11 I. Supply Chain strategy The purpose of this report is to compare the supply chains of Zara and Benetton‚ two global players of
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QUESTION 1 As completely as possible‚ sketch the supply chain for Zara from raw materials to consumer purchase. ANSWER ZARA’S SUPPLY CHAIN Description Zara makes about 40% of their raw material (fabric). The remaining 60% is outsourced from within Spain‚ mostly from the La Curuna. Designing of clothes at Zara is done by creative teams of over 300 professionals at the headquarters in La Curuna‚ Spain. They act on the information fed to them from the stores managers. The first stage in
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Introduction ZARA is one of the trendy garment retailers as an important brand in portfolio of Inditex. With development of technology and extension of market‚ ZARA has expanded to over 1‚500 stores in 44 countries‚ since founded at a Spanish town called La Coruña in 1975. In internationalization process‚ Zara employed various retailer formats‚ especially online shops‚ to complement weakness in traditional in-store purchase. Moreover‚ current development status of e-tailling is attractive for Zara to entry
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Kaseumsouk‚ Rishi Gurung‚ Savouth Seng‚ Dev Shrestha‚ Soukry SopCase 3: Zara IT for Fast Fashion11. How would you advise Salgado to proceed on the issue of upgrading Zara’s POS systems?Salgado should be more open-minded when evaluating a newer POS system. Store employees have expressed frustrations with the current process. For instance‚ they are unable to determine if a garment is in stock without manually sifting through merchandise. Zara should provide employees the ability to review inventory balances
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(a) Products:- (i) Bombay Rayon Fashions Ltd.- Fabrics‚ Apparel‚ retail‚ Trims(buttons)‚ Yarns. (i) Competitor Company 1-Mandhana Industries Limited: The company produces/offers fabrics‚ which includes cotton and cotton blends with Lycra‚ bamboos‚ flax‚ viscose‚ modal‚ and polyester clothing. It also offers yarn dyed shirts (and specialized finished fabrics‚ such as ETI)‚ mosquito repellants‚ water and oil repellant‚ Ultra violet protected‚ anti-bacterial‚ stain free Takara finish and other quick
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Albert Sedaghatpour Individual Case Analysis-Zara 7/24/09 Introduction Zara is the flagship chain store of Inditex Group owned by Spanish tycoon Amancio Ortega. The group is located in Spain‚ where the first Zara store was opened. Zara has opposed the industry-wide trend towards turning fast fashion production to low-cost countries. Possibly its most atypical strategy is its policy of zero advertising; the firm opted to invest a portion of revenues in opening new stores instead. At the end of 2001
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Zara Supply Chain Report By: A.H. C.L. H.L. S.H. X.W. Humble Beginnings In 1975‚ Amancio Ortea Gaona started Inditex Corporation in his first small shop in a remote town in Spain‚ Arteixo. Only 35 years later‚ it has emerged the largest apparel company in the world—Zara. Currently‚ Zara’s headquarters and two distribution centers are located in this small Spanish town. Zara broke a new path between the traditional high fashion and the mass fashion strategies; it provides
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competitor from the financial point of view. H&M differs from Zara because it outsources all of the production‚ it is more price oriented and spends more money on advertising. But both companies are based in Europe‚ are fashion forward at lower price retailers‚ and have a strong international expansion strategy. Exhibit 6 indicates that the financial results of Inditex and H&M seem to be very comparable. However‚ a closer analysis reveals that Inditex has enjoyed a competitive advantage in operating
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Zara – Solutions: Zara is a world famous Retail Chain based in Spain and is extremely successful in their supply chain. Questions: 1. What is Zara’s Business Model and its unique Supply Chain strategy? Zara’s business model can be broken down into three basic components: concept‚ capabilities‚ and value drivers. Concept is to maintain design‚ production‚ and distribution processes that will enable Zara to respond quickly to shifts in consumer demands. Capabilities: Zara maintains
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II. Situation Analysis: 5 1. The Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT) Analysis 9 III. Success Factors of ZARA 10 1. Fast Production 10 2. Use of Information Technology. 11 3. lower inventory 12 4. A centralized distribution system 12 5. Suppliers 12 IV. Issues and recommendations 13 1. Issues and Challenges: 14 2. Solutions& Recommendations: 16 V. Implementation and Road Map: 18 VI. Conclusion 20 VII. References: 21 I. INTRODUCTION 1. Company Background Zara is a Spanish brand
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