forcasting

Time horizon

Short range

Medium range

Time Series Components

Trend

Seasonal

Types of forcasting

Demand forecasts

Approaches

Naive approach

Layout strategies

Sana Safinaz has made their layout strategy, As Sana Safinaz have high customer interaction

 Sana Safinaz also started to make their stores bigger than before
 They also launch their seating area
 Sana Safinaz makes their try rooms bigger
 They also provide safer working conditions for employees and sales person working over there
in stores

Sana Safinaz uses layouts like:

 Office layout
 Retail store layout
 Warehouse and storage layout
 Work-cell layout
 Product oriented layout

Office layout:

Office of Sana Safinaz is in Karachi were they provide information to the customers about products and
deals with customer care service

Customers can also reach them through phone and email/site.

Retail Layout:

Sana Safinaz kept their store big enough so that customers can easily get what they want

 Large customer exposure

Warehouse and storage layout

Sana Safinaz uses their storage in the back side of their stores and their warehouses uses maximum of
the cube and can store large amount of articles

The material handling cost of Sana Safinaz is high and as a result their product cost is also high because
as their factories are located far away from their retail store.

Work cell layout

Sana Safinaz uses work cell layout back at its manufacturing area.

They have made their teams and divided each one with the tasks like

1. Designs
2. Printing
3. Embroidery
4. Cutting
5. Stitching
6. Finishing
7. Packing
8. Delivery to warehouses
9. Delivery to retail shops

Product oriented layout

At first Sana Safinaz use Fabrication line then Assembly line

Fabrication line:

Finalization of designs and printing.

Printing made according to stuff.

It requires great mechanical and engineering work.

Assembly line:

Where the parts of clothes become a finished good.

Sana Safinaz has made a balance between its fabrication and assembly line