1997, Perry Odak, Angelo Pezzani, Bruce Bowman and Riv Hight gratefully accepted the hot steaming oshibori towels that their kimono-bedecked waitress quietly offered. After a full day of meetings with Masahiko Iida and his lieutenants at the Seven-Eleven Japan headquarters, the men from Ben & Jerry’s welcomed the chance to refresh their hands and faces before turning to the business at hand. It had been just over nine months since Odak had committed to resolving the conundrum of whether to introduce
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Sunil Chopra TEACHING NOTE: SEVEN-ELEVEN JAPAN CO. The goal of this case is to illustrate how a firm can be successful by structuring its supply chain to support its supply chain strategy. Once Seven-Eleven Japan decided to provide responsiveness by rapid replenishment, it then structured its facilities, inventory, information, and distribution to support this choice. The case also brings up the question of whether the same approach can work in the United States, especially given the greater
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Supply Chain Management Case: Seven-Eleven Japan Co. 1 Responsiveness * In general, a convenience store supply chain has three ways of being responsive: 1.1 In-Store Capacity * Integrating cooking equipment inside the stores will match supply and demand for warm dishes. The process of cooking and assembling the food will be moved after the customer order arrives (i.e. pull process) reacting directly to consumers demand. This shift implies a decentralization of the supply chain hence, requiring
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1/13/2015 Solution SCM Ch1 2 Documents Upload (/upload.html) Login (/login.html? back=http%3A%2F%2Fdocslide.net%2Fdocuments%2Fsolution-scm-ch12.html) / Docslide (/) / Documents (/category/documents.html) / Solution SCM Ch1 2 Assignment 1 Supply Chain Management Topic: Understanding the Supply Chain Submitted by: Submitted to: Md. Faisal Hossain Md. Md. Akram Hossain EMBA Spring Semester 2013 Assistant Professor ID: 61120-13-017 MIS, University of Dhaka Date: 23-01-2013
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more responsive by doing exactly what Seven-Eleven Japan is doing; many locations, rapid replenishment, appropriate technology deployment, and an equally responsive supplier (vertical integration for many of their SKUs). The risks associated with this system are the costs coupled with demand uncertainty. If demand patterns change dramatically, or the customer base changes, then Seven-Eleven is left with an operation that is not needed. In Seven-Eleven Japan’s case, multiple operations might be shuttered
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………………………………………..6 3.2 Industry Key Success Factors………………………………….……………………………….6 3.3 Forces, technological, government…………………………………….………………………..6 3.4 Research on your Target Market……………………………………………….……………….7 3.5 Market potential, competition..…………………………………………………………………7 3.6 Summary - The Opportunity………….………..……………………………………………….8 Marketing Plan………...…………………………….…………………………………………….…9 4.1 Marketing Strategy…………………………………….…………………………………...…..9 4.1.1 Social Media Marketing
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vill fortsätta ge eleverna inflytande och mer ansvar för hur skolan formas framöver. Ett led i detta är att eleverna har sina mål klara för sig, att de vet vad de vill med skolan. På Pilbäckskolan arbetar vi med elevledda utvecklingssamtal. Det är eleven själv som presenterar sina mål, sina kunskaper och vad den enskilde behöver arbeta mer med. Eleverna har under läsåret visat på stor kompetens att genomföra samtalen. En annan del i elevernas möjlighet till påverkan är våra elevråd som vi kommer
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Business Studies Assignment: By Lateesha M. Year 11. Article 1: “ DICK Smith has issued a spray at the private equity firm that floated the electronics store he founded, which is now in voluntary administration. The outspoken entrepreneur said the previous owner, Anchorage Capital Partners, had “a lot of explaining to do” over its $520 million IPO, which he argued was drastically overvalued. And he called on those who benefited to step up and guarantee customers the money they are owed
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Case Study #4 (7/11 Japan) A convenience store chain attempts to be responsive and provide customers what they need, when they need it, where they need it. What are some different ways that a convenience store supply chain can be responsive? What are some risks in each case? -A convenience store can be responsive in a few different ways in order to meet customer needs and wants. The store can conduct customer surveys in order to get a direct response on what the store is lacking or what customers
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Seven-Eleven Japan Co. Established in 1973, Seven-Eleven Japan set up its first store in Koto-ku, Tokyo, in May 1974. The company was first listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in October 1979. In 2004 it was owned by the Ito-Yokado group, which also managed a chain of supermarkets in Japan and owned a majority share in Southland, the company managing Seven-Eleven in the United States. Seven-Eleven Japan realized a phenomenal growth between the years of 1985 and 2003. During that period, the number
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