Improving Supply Chain Management at Unilever Vietnam
Trinh, Duy (2018)
Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu
2018
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018101415970
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2018101415970
Tiivistelmä
Vietnamese FMCG market is getting increasingly volatile because of the rapid economic development of Vietnam. Unilever Vietnam therefore needs to improve its supply chain operations to reduce the uncertainty of demand.
The objectives of this research are to review the current supply chain operations at Unilever Vietnam South and to give the company development suggestions based on the analysis of the current operations.
I acquired primary data from semi-structured interview with the planning manager at Unilever Vietnam South along with direct observations from Unilever Vietnam’s planning department where actual planning work happens. I researched relevant literatures to acquire secondary data, which is used to formulate the basics of the thesis reasoning.
I reviewed supply chain operations in literature to formulate the theoretical background for this thesis. I explained the supply chain management in Unilever then introduced real-life business cases about supply chain operations I observed during my internship at the company. I then analysed the cases to find short-comings and reviewed literature to find development opportunities.
The implication of this thesis is that Unilever can implement RFID technology and vendor-managed inventory initiative to improve found short-comings, however, more detailed research and analysis with quantifiable data is needed to reach the ultimate conclusion.
The objectives of this research are to review the current supply chain operations at Unilever Vietnam South and to give the company development suggestions based on the analysis of the current operations.
I acquired primary data from semi-structured interview with the planning manager at Unilever Vietnam South along with direct observations from Unilever Vietnam’s planning department where actual planning work happens. I researched relevant literatures to acquire secondary data, which is used to formulate the basics of the thesis reasoning.
I reviewed supply chain operations in literature to formulate the theoretical background for this thesis. I explained the supply chain management in Unilever then introduced real-life business cases about supply chain operations I observed during my internship at the company. I then analysed the cases to find short-comings and reviewed literature to find development opportunities.
The implication of this thesis is that Unilever can implement RFID technology and vendor-managed inventory initiative to improve found short-comings, however, more detailed research and analysis with quantifiable data is needed to reach the ultimate conclusion.