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    Carrefour is a multinational retailer headquartered in France. It is the largest hypermarket chain in the world and is the 4th largest in the world. The major countries of its operation are Europe, Brazil, China, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. The company started its operations in 1958 on the first day of the year. It converted to a chain of stores soon after its first outlet. Georges Plassat is the chairman and CEO of the company.

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    Carrefour is a multinational retailer headquartered in France. It is the largest hypermarket chain in the world and is the 4th largest in the world. The major countries of its operation are Europe, Brazil, China, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. The company started its operations in 1958 on the first day of the year. It converted to a chain of stores soon after its first outlet. Georges Plassat is the chairman and CEO of the company.

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    Carrefour Case

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    Carrefour is a multinational retailer headquartered in France. It is the largest hypermarket chain in the world and is the 4th largest in the world. The major countries of its operation are Europe, Brazil, China, UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar. The company started its operations in 1958 on the first day of the year. It converted to a chain of stores soon after its first outlet. Georges Plassat is the chairman and CEO of the company.

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    Distribution network case:

    Carrefour
    Logistics, MGEPS

    David Martnez Simarro

    Introduction. Some figures*


    13,000 providers
    > 100,000 articles
    161 hipermarkets
    90 supermarkets
    110 galleries
    48,400 employees
    9,344.5 M
    * Figures in 2008

    Logistic distribution
    network
    supplier

    supplier

    supplier

    retail
    Logistic platform
    retail

    Logistic platform

    retail

    Logistic network
    distribution. Strategy
    Different logistic platforms for different
    type of products
    Regional platforms for high
    consumption products
    Total: 11 platforms in Spain

    Logistic network
    distribution. Detail
    Frozen platforms: Barcelona and Madrid
    Household appliances, textile and low rotation
    products: Madrid
    Regional platforms for high rotation products:
    Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Santander, Sevilla
    Regional platform for Barcelona supermarkets
    Total: 11 platforms

    Logistic partners
    Two partner: Hays and Santos Group
    Hays: packaged food and bazaar in
    Madrid and Barcelona
    Santos: Idem in Valencia and Sevilla
    Fourth party logistics providers

    Logistic practices
    Collaboration with providers
    Good practices ECR (efficient consumer
    response)
    CRP protocols (continuous
    reaprovisioning)

    References
    Carrefour annual report 2006
    Carrefour annual report 2008
    logstica inversa en Carrefour, LMG/lo
    http://www.carrefour.es/grupo_carrefour/i
    ndice_tematico/filiales/logistica.html

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