SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Supply Chain Management



Abstract

This paper intends to deal with the notion of the supply chain management in a holistic manner. Supply Chain management and the notions attached to it would be dealt in the light of the Pizza Hut. Pizza hut would be taken to decipher the key elements related to supply chain management.

Supply Chain Management

Introduction

The term Supply Chain Management tends to be interpreted as the process of planning, execution and control in terms of reducing the flow of costs of raw materials, WIP, finished goods, services and related information from point of origin of the application to the point of consumption (including imports, exports internal and external displacement). Moreover, the mechanism of the Supply Chain Management intends to achieve the customer satisfaction. The essence of the concept of "supply chain management" is to examine the logistics operations throughout the entire product life cycle, the development, production, sales of finished products and after sales service.

In the light of the research it would be safe to state that supply chain management is a business strategy that ensures effective management of material, financial and information flows to ensure synchronization in distributed organizational structures (Tirpak, Miller, Schwartz & Kashdan 2006, pp.93-101). Moreover, Supply Chain Management is designed to automate and place an effective control on all stages a company tends to pass through inculcating the control of goods movement in the enterprise. Supply Chain Management intends to meet the demand and effectively manage the company's products and significantly reduce the cost of logistics and procurement.

Supply Chain Management encompasses the entire cycle of raw material purchasing, production and distribution of goods. Thus, in the context of the paper we intend to shed light on a company which tends to fall in line with the requirements of the paper. However, the company which would be discussed in the course of the paper tends to be Pizza Hut. Light will be thrown on different perspectives in order to develop a better understanding of the subject.

Discussion

Pizza Hut is one of the reputable companies that operate several franchises and food chain in different countries of the world. The specialty of Pizza Hut is to operate in the target market that attaches to the Italian food trend and (Pizza). Pizza Hut operates in the Unites States along with different other countries; however, its headquarters are in Borehamwood. According to diverse sources, Pizza Hut executes its operations around the world with almost 16,000 people. There are two areas in which Pizza Hut operates itself as a family restaurant, specializing in birthday parties; and Home Delivery, which delivers pizzas to the customer's door step. There are four types of menus that Pizza Hut offers to its customers: these menus consists the restaurant menu, menus targeted at the children, take away and delivery menus along with the collection menus. (Alter & Eny 2005, pp. 77-82)

In United States, Pizza Hut's history dates back to 1958. In 1973, Pizza Hut restaurants in the United States opened in New ...