Future Group Supply Chain Optimization Strategies

The Pioneer of Indian Retail – Mr. Kishore Biyani, who probably understand the retail business better than anybody else in India has restructured his Supply Chain and back End. Today we will have a look at his efforts in Distribution Center Management.

The number of DCs for Apparels has been brought down from 15 to 5 and for General Merchandise from 16 to 8. This will help to consolidate inventory at fewer locations and cut out wastages from overlaps across multiple locations. While the travel distances for goods will increase, it will be more than offset by improved
truck load factors.

GST on Mind while Consolidating Distribution Centers – This will, however, be more useful (more…)

Malls India – Way Ahead – Consolidation + Innovation

We have been covering the Indian Mall / High Street Retail Space and today we conclude the series with future outlook of the sector in the medium term.

At the end of the day, early entrants who had anchored themselves strongly have a better chance of tiding over recessionary waves. The current slowdown is being treated by many as a blessing in disguise, which will force the industry to attune itself to consumer needs.

Consolidation in Retail As a fall-out of the current upheaval in the sector, fly-by-night operators who had accumulated over the past five years of rapid expansion are likely to fade away. But at the same time, as mentioned earlier, (more…)

1 32 33 34 35 36 123