What Is a Supply Chain For?

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

With the proper utilization of proper supply chain practices Seven-Eleven had realized unique growth in the business.Seven-Eleven have found better ways of developing their CDC as well as DSD that is through information knowledge expertise with their business functions to deliver frequent product services of varied items and the engagement assurance given to the customers.

The advantage of successful and improved implementation of chain Seven-Eleven effectively tripled the buying power and also accessed new products.. The distribution systems of Seven-Eleven were re-engineered and the Combined Distribution Centers (CDC) have been introduced by the company to better manage the flow of products into the stores. With the implementation of CDC and DSD (Door Store Delivery) centers allow smoothing of distribution operation to the stores and the provision of better quality and better information of supply and deliveries is available and the control of the supply chain is achieved. The implementation of technology POS (Point of Sales) helps to move ahead and give addational boost to the profit of seven-eleven.

BACKGROUND:

Seven-Eleven Japan Company was founded in the year 1973 and had its first store in Tokyo, and by the year 2004, Ito-Yokado group owned the company and thus, managed successful supermarkets in Japan and that, Seven-Eleven had realized unique growth in the business sector. This report will be focusing and deal with several discussion and case analysis of Seven-Eleven Japan Company within the rising truth of Seven-Eleven as a leading convenience store chain as it can be within Japanese retail business functions. The critical analysis will incur as to how the company does its business operation reflecting their supply chain management as well as upon valuing their logistics into a more effective and reliable perspective. The understanding and execution of supply chain process and outcomes have to be present and supply chain analysis of Seven-Eleven is given more weight and value. The utilization of supply chain strategy of Seven-Eleven and such performance drivers upon the balance nature business responsiveness and the awareness of certain risks involved.

ANALYSIS:

According to seven-eleven "filling in the entire map of Japan is not our priority. Instead, we look for demand where Seven-Eleven stores already exist, based on our fundamental area dominance strategy of