Grocery industry

Holmstrom, J. Product range management a case study of supply chain operations in the European grocery industry. Supply Chain Manag. 2(3), 107-115 (1997)... 

The supply chain in the dry grocery industry consists of the following ... 

A Coca-Cola study entided Taking Costs Out of the Grocery Industry Pipeline [17] suggested using a supply chain perspective to reduce costs and improve performance. The efficient consumer response (ECR)... 

The grocery industry is famous for the use of temporary price cuts as a mechanism to stimulate sales. The price cuts, also called trade promotions or deals, encourage large-volume purchases by distributors and retailers and thus permit the manufacturer to push product downstream. Note that pushing product downstream creates stock pressure at the distributor or retailer, thus providing them the incentive to lower retail prices and push the product to the consumer. Inventory at the consumers home increases the propensity to consume this item. In short, the grocery supply chain uses product inventory to stimulate product movement downstream and thus (potentially) product consumption. 

Kurt Salomon Associates Inc. 1993. Efficient Consumer Response Enhancing consumer value in the grocery industry. Food Marketing Institute, Washington, D.C. 

Bullwhip effect was first observed by Procter and Gamble (P G) in the sale of baby diapers (Lee et al., 1997). Even though diaper sales at the retailers were stable over time, wholesale orders to factories surged up and down, swinging widely over time. Thus, there was very little imcertainty in the end-customer demand, but a very high uncertainty in the orders to factories and suppliers. Similar phenomenon was also observed by HP, apparel manufacturers, and the grocery industry. 

Frankel R., Goldsby T.J., Whipple M., 2002, Grocery Industry Collaboration in the Wake of ECR, The International Journal of Logistics Management, 13(1), pp. 57-72. 

Bellona et al. (2010) ensures that the strategies in the retail grocery industry are as diverse as its players. Well-known grocery retail store pursues an enhanced... 

Bellona D, Breivik K, Cannon C, Yap M (2010) Industiy analysis retail grocery industry analysis, value creation and best practices... 

Kotzab, H., 2000. Managing the grocery industry in an efficient consumer response manner. In Global purchasing supply chain strategies. December 2000. 

There is movement within some industries, particularly the food and grocery industries, to standardize pallet sizes. It has been determined that size standardization, among other obvi-... 

The re-order system will require a calculation taking into account stock turn, lead times, and a reserve level to determine a re-order level. It is important in the grocery industry not to hold too much stock not only because of the financial cost of holding stock and limited shelf space, but also the perishability of food items (used by dates). It is also important not to run out of stock. The calculation of a re-order point is important Bar coding updates information of average lead times, average demand and adjusts for seasonal ups and downs. 

The underlying assumption with the bar coded ideal model is that information is accurate. In the USA in the grocery industry the annual stock shrink is 92 billion. Stock or inventory shrink is a term used for the discrepancy between what the records show as being the balance and what is actually physically on hand. This is a loss that goes straight to the bottom line The problems are many. In 2005, shoplifting accounted for 5 billion and employee theft for a staggering 46 billion, Nishi (2006). The other 41 billion loss was due to human error. 

Figure 7.10 Grocery industry deiivery system order cycie... 

RCA, in conjunction with the Kroger Grocery Chain and an industry consortium, developed standards for bar code use in the grocery industry. 

Established as a grocery industry initiative, efficient consumer response (ECR) is designed to integrate and rationalise product assortment, promotion, new product development and replenishment across the supply chain. It aims to fulfil the changing demands and requirements of the end-customer through effective collaboration across all supply chain members, in order to enhance the effectiveness of merchandising efforts, inventory flow and supply chain administration. 

IMPACT OF ONLINE SALES ON CUSTOMER SERVICE IN THE GROCERY INDUSTRY Peapod and other online groceries have tried to sell convenience and time savings to potential customers. For many people, grocery shopping is a chore that is time consuming and rarely enjoyable. 

IMPACT OF ONLINE SALES ON COSTS IN THE GROCERY INDUSTRY Peapod and Other online grocers use online sales to lower some facility costs and, to an extent, inventory costs. Picking costs and transportation costs, however, are much higher than for fiaditional supermarkets. 

Why has the online channel been more successful in the computer hardware industry compared with the grocery industry In the future, how valuable is the online channel likely to be in the computer hardware industry ... 

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