Bata uses its facilities, inventory, sourcing, and pricing as the main drivers of its supply chain in Pakistan. Bata established a leather production plant in 1942 when there were few quality tanneries. Setting up tanneries allowed Bata to fully integrate its distribution. Over time, Bata developed into a fully vertically integrated company to control its supply chain.
Bata uses its facilities, inventory, sourcing, and pricing as the main drivers of its supply chain in Pakistan. Bata established a leather production plant in 1942 when there were few quality tanneries. Setting up tanneries allowed Bata to fully integrate its distribution. Over time, Bata developed into a fully vertically integrated company to control its supply chain.
Bata uses its facilities, inventory, sourcing, and pricing as the main drivers of its supply chain in Pakistan. Bata established a leather production plant in 1942 when there were few quality tanneries. Setting up tanneries allowed Bata to fully integrate its distribution. Over time, Bata developed into a fully vertically integrated company to control its supply chain.
Q) what are the main drivers of Batas Supply Chain in Pakistan
and how is Bata using them to attain its strategic fit vis--vis its competitive strategy?
A) The main drives in Batas Case study are Facilities, Inventory,
Sourcing and pricing, lets see them individually in Batas perspective: Facilities: Batas started its operation in Pakistan with the establishment of a plant in Batapur in 1942, especially to produce Leather products. In the early 1940s there is hardly any tannery for producing consistent and quality finished leather. Dougn Hearns Batas MD, commented that setting up tanneries was consistent with Batas policy for that wherever we went globally, we are fully integrated to feed our Distribution.
Bata developed as a fully vertically intergtaed company