SUPPLY CHAIN OF CARGILLS FOOD CITY

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CONTENT• Introduction

• Business Process

• What is supply chain management

• Supply chain activities

• Information system in Cargills

• Suppliers

• Inventory Management

• Distribution system

• Current issues in supply chain & recommendations

INTRODUCTION

• Established in 1844 as House of Cargills

•Pioneers of introducing super markets to the Sri Lanka

• In 1999 first collection center established in Hanguranketha.

• In 2002 established a dairy processing plant for benefiting dairy farmers

BUSINESS PROCESS

• business process.docx

WHAT IS SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT?

•Management of the flow of goods and services. It includes the movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption.

SUPPLY CHAIN ACTIVITIES

Supply Chain

Inbound logistic

OperationOutbound

Logistic

INFORMATION SYSTEM IN CARGILLS

•Count retail outlets and analyze

• Forecast & Decision making

•Order Handling

SUPPLIERS

•4 perishables : vegetables, fruits, dairy products and meat products

•have a farmer base of around 5000 spread all over the country

•Direct purchase from farmers

•10 collection centers

INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

•More than 15000 of stock keeping units

• store management system with allocated slots for each categorized item

•one distribution center for branded products at Mattakkuliya

•Have their own transportation sector

DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

•Millers ltd involve in their all distributions not as a third party as an own distribution section

•Perishables like vegetable section use different root plan system

•branded products distribute in other way

CURRENT ISSUES IN SUPPLY CHAIN & RECOMMENDATIONSProblem Solution

• Use fundamental bases of cost, innovation, quality and services

• Should look at the customer's perspective

• Issues in satisfying customer demand • Need to adjust its strategy to changing demand also

• Risks with regard lies within perishable items

• Risk management

• Wastage in peak harvest time • Take actions to minimize wastage

• Doesn’t help much to social development

• Provide farmers more prices

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