Supply Chain - Case Studies
A well-managed supply chain is crucial for business success. Learn how to optimise your supply chain to improve efficiency and meet customer demands.
Solving complex supply chain problems
Making products available, wherever they are required, benefits customers. Although customers do not actually view the operation of supply chains, they value product availability...
Improving the performance of manufacturers
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Steeling market share
It is easy for consumers in a changing world to take availability and choice for granted. This can be best characterised by examining markets...
The role of a multi national in developing markets
This case study shows how a multi-national corporation, Cargill, enables people throughout the world to enjoy a variety of food products and other commodities,...
Using supplier relationships to serve customers better
To compete in today’s modern retail environment, an organisation depends more than ever on its ability to develop business opportunities as and when they...
Coffee the supply chain
Today, a jar of instant coffee can be found in 93 per cent of British homes and increasingly consumers are trying out different types...
Delivering service excellence in the supply chain
As consumers, we expect our favourite brands to be available wherever we want to buy them and to be of the highest quality. For...
Managing the supply chain for globally integrated products
Today many of the products that we consume have been brought to us through globally integrated distribution systems. Striking examples are the fruit and...
From bean to bar the production process
Most of us love chocolate in one form or another and every week a typical UK citizen spends around £1.80 on it. Amazingly, UK...
Supporting agriculture to create sustainable development
Stretching from Cape Town in South Africa, across the Sahara Desert, to the Mediterranean Sea in the north, Africa is the world's second largest...
Creating a sustainable chocolate industry
Whenever market researchers report on UK consumers' favourite purchases, chocolate-based products feature strongly. Chocolate is a key ingredient of many products we enjoy e.g....
Managing Stock To meet Customer Needs
McDonald's is one of only a handful of brands that command instant recognition in virtually every country in the world. It has more than...
Building a sustainable supply chain
It is easy to think about the present without considering the future. Consumers want more goods and services to improve their standard of living....
Supply chain from manufacturing to shelf
The Kellogg's Cornflake Company began in 1906 with the Kellogg brothers who originally ran a sanatorium in Michigan, USA. They experimented with different ways...
Managing the supply chain to meet customer needs
It is easy to take for granted everyday fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) such as bread. When consumers go to a corner shop or the...
Developing a sustainable supply chain to add value
Lafarge may not be a company name that you would quickly recognise but its products and expertise have helped to create some of the...
Creating shared value in the supply chain
Nestlé is the world’s leading nutrition, health and wellness company. It employs around 330,000 people and has 461 factories in 83 countries around the...
The importance of sustainable purchasing and supply
What would happen if Christmas trees were not available until Easter? How would you feel if you tried to buy a coffee at your...