PURCHASING AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS OF TWO COMPANIES TESCO AND ASDA Summary I have chosen to do the assignment on comparing these retail giants over their purchase and supply chain management and its key issues. I was working for a firm in india which is indulged in day to day purchase and supply and was not much effective. It was the main reason to do a research on these firms and to discover how do they handle such an effective supply chain management. Researching on key issues
be overcome. There was also lack of proactive channels like cold chains, logistics infrastructure & warehousing facilities. In India, the middlemen between the producer and the retailer also played a prominent role in the retail and wholesale industries. Walmart’s proposal was to cut out these middlemen and to connect the producers directly to the retailers, in order to reduce the inefficiencies in India’s traditional supply chain. This was to be implemented through the joint venture, wherein Bharti
service, and being Canadian) will help Loblaw rise to the top again. 5. Lederer's plan to combat the threat of Wal-Mart Supercentre grocery stores turned bad on the company Consolidating its distribution centres, which supposedly made the supply chain more efficient, resulted in the departure of many of the chain's general merchandise buyers who were unwilling to move. There were numerous delays and coordination problems as suppliers had trouble shipping their goods to stores on time, and Loblaws
1.1 INTRODUCTION In every organization, people are working within a suitable environment of attitudes. Each employee has attitudes that range over the entire spectrum of human behavior. All managers have a constant concern for the morale of the group, which they lead. However, considerable confusion prevails over the use of the term morale because of variation in defining characteristics of the term. In certain cases job satisfaction and morale is considered as individual concern;
The impact of the implementation of single exit pricing for pharmaceuticals in South Africa Daleen Pretorius A research report submitted to the Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration Johannesburg, 2011 ABSTRACT Pricing regulations have been implemented within the pharmaceutical industry in South Africa to ensure improved access to healthcare. The implementation