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Operations Management Assignment
Submitted by
Poulomi Basu
Supply Chain Flow Diagram for Foodworld
The above diagram is the supply chain of Foodworld. However this supply chain incurs numerous losses for Foodworld in terms of:
Erratic supply of the goods
Confusion occurs when the outlets have to coordinate with the suppliers
Suppliers’ warehouses maybe far from the retail outlets leading to erratic supply
Certain products supplied to the outlets may not be of good quality therefore those products cannot be sold by the outlets. This results in waste.
Variety and choice that the consumers demand may not be available
Time Consuming
Every Retail outlet has to keep in touch with too many suppliers
New Supply Chain Flow Diagram of Foodworld
The new supply chain diagram includes a warehouse run by Foodworld. The solutions to the problems initially faced are as follows.
The warehouse will house all the goods obtained from the suppliers. Therefore the retail outlets will obtain continuous supply
The warehouse management deals with all the suppliers. Therefore the retail outlets have one less responsibility of coordinating with numerous suppliers
The Foodworld warehouse will be located equidistant to both suppliers and retail outlets
Quality assessment ca ...