Supply chain management and logistics issues in retail industry
Laukkanen, Tatiana (2012)
Laukkanen, Tatiana
Laurea-ammattikorkeakoulu
2012
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2012060812311
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2012060812311
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The globalization of the commodity market for goods and services, as well as revolutionary changes in information technologies require clarity of material flow as the main requirement for mandatory continuity of business processes.
As practice shows, there is a significant reduction in economic effects observed of supply chain management (up to 30% of the annual turnover) due to such disturbances as the product damage and theft of goods, transportation systems collapse, breaches in the financial flows, as well as lack of coordination in supply chains (range demand mismatch in production and procurement). The current trend of understanding the effectiveness of supply chains characterizes by a high level of economic efficiency and the necessary level of stability.
Inventory management and transportation are key logistics functions, which constitute ap-proximately of 80 to 95% of the total logistics costs. The main reason of the high logistic expenses is slow development of infrastructure, backlog in application of up to date transportation technologies, storage and packing of the goods. Need of these problems solution defines the importance of carrying out research in this direction.
Nowadays there are significant untapped reserves for increasing the efficiency of supply chains and transportation and inventory management. With the help of this paper, author tries to uncover hidden nuances of SCM and logistics and describe how their efficient integration into the Company X activity affects the level of profit and customer satisfaction.
Thus, the purpose of this thesis is the justification of methodical provision and development of recommendations on SCM and logistic chains management which allow raising their efficiency.
As practice shows, there is a significant reduction in economic effects observed of supply chain management (up to 30% of the annual turnover) due to such disturbances as the product damage and theft of goods, transportation systems collapse, breaches in the financial flows, as well as lack of coordination in supply chains (range demand mismatch in production and procurement). The current trend of understanding the effectiveness of supply chains characterizes by a high level of economic efficiency and the necessary level of stability.
Inventory management and transportation are key logistics functions, which constitute ap-proximately of 80 to 95% of the total logistics costs. The main reason of the high logistic expenses is slow development of infrastructure, backlog in application of up to date transportation technologies, storage and packing of the goods. Need of these problems solution defines the importance of carrying out research in this direction.
Nowadays there are significant untapped reserves for increasing the efficiency of supply chains and transportation and inventory management. With the help of this paper, author tries to uncover hidden nuances of SCM and logistics and describe how their efficient integration into the Company X activity affects the level of profit and customer satisfaction.
Thus, the purpose of this thesis is the justification of methodical provision and development of recommendations on SCM and logistic chains management which allow raising their efficiency.