Case Title: Seven – Eleven Japan Co.

Date of Submission: 7th June 2020 (11.59 PM)

Case Questions

1. Basic case facts

2. How 7/11 managed to operate with less inventory?
3. What type of transportation did they follow?
4. Apart from the reasons mentioned, why they were very particular in following the
market dominance strategy?
5. In which scenarios, 7/11 type of supply chain will not work?

Case Title: Big Basket.com

Date of Submission: 9th June (11.59 PM)

1. What are the growth drivers of e-commerce and specifically online grocery retail in
India?
2. Analyze the business model and the supply chains strategy of Big Basket?
3. Research about the alternative supply chain models followed by others in the Online
Grocery segment?
4. Compare the performance of Big Basket and the alternative supply chain models?
5. What other interesting supply chain processes you have observed in Indian E-
commerce industry?

Case _Ocado

Date of Submission: 15th June (11.59 PM)

Case Questions

1. Whether consumer behaviour differ when shopping for groceries online vs.
offline? If yes, how?

2. What customers want from an online grocery store?

3. Analyze the pros and cons of the distribution model of Ocado and Tesco?
 4. What should be the future strategy of Tesco online and Ocado?

Case Analysis : Warehousing at Savemart

Date of Submission: 16th June (11.59 PM)

Case Questions

1. What are the major issues at Savemart’s warehouses?

2. What initiatives can Rajesh Gupta suggest for reducing the receiving, excess
inventory, stock-out and throughput issues?
3. How does inventory discrepancy affect the warehouse performance and how to
overcome the same?
4. What are the benefits of implementing case-in and case-out model and how to
implement it?
5. Regarding the packaging
a. What is the current annual cost of buying the cartons for repackaging?
b. What is the payback period of buying the recyclable plastic crate?
c. How many recyclable plastic crates the company will have to buy to
completely eliminate the purchase of cartons?
d. What would be the cost savings over 3 years if they only use recyclable
plastic crates and stop buying cartons?
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