The objective of this group assignment is to research on the strategic role of an organization within its supply chain management, as well as its efficiency and effectiveness in performing its role in physical distribution management. There is also a need to look at the organization's good practices from the physical distribution management within the supply chain management of the organization.
For this assignment, Guardian Pharmacy Private Limited has been identified as a role organization for its approach in supply chain strategic focus and best practices.
Guardian Pharmacy Private Limited was incorporated in 1985 to distribute the brand ‘Ginvera', ‘Bio Essence', ‘Nugeno' ‘Syahirah' and ‘Ebene' in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry in Singapore (Ginvera, 2010).
[...] Order size and assortment constraints. 3. Percentage of items out of stock. 4. Percentage of orders filled accurately. 5. Percentage of orders filled within a given number of days from receipt of order. 6. Percentage of retailer orders that delivered in good condition. 7. Order cycle time (time from order placement to order delivery). 8. Ease and flexibility of order placement. Individual importance placed on these service standards varies for retailers and products that they handle. The organization has made it a good practice to investigate the views of the retailers to obtain accurate data on what kinds of PD service they need. [...]
[...] (2004) Logistics and supply chain management. 5th edn. Great Britain: Prentice Hall. Cooper, M., Ellram, L. M., John, T., Gardner and Albert, M. H. (1998), ‘Meshing multiple alliances,' Journal of Business Logistics, Vol.18, No.1, pp.67-89. Ellram, L. M. and Cooper, M. (1991), ‘Supply chain management partnerships and the shipper third party relationship,' The International Journal of Logistics Management, Vol.1, No.2, pp.1-10. Ginvera (2011) About Us, Brief Introduction. Available at: http://www.ginvera.com/about_ginvera/aboutus.htm (Accessed 17 Nov 2010). Jones, T. and Riley, D. W. [...]
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