Case Summary:
This week’s case discusses Proctor & Gamble (P&G) and their comprehensive supply chain administration foundation. P&G is known for producing some of the world’s greatest health care products, household goods, and even everyday use items.
From Joy to Ace, to Align to Always, the company produced over 30 brand names that produce more than $1 billion each year. It’s important to note that P&G have an additional 15 brands that produce at least $600 million annually. Generally speaking, the company roughly receives about $90 billion in revenue through its traditionally market stores and online retailers within over 200 countries. Products retailed by P&G are known as accessibility merchandise. P&G uses in-depth distribution and marketing coverages to appease the capacity issues that merchants may encounter with their branded items.
For example, the exclusionary supply chain agreement with Sam’s Club guaranteed that the only national brand of batteries sold within their warehouses would be Duracell.
Furthermore, the company is adamant about producing more frequent deliveries in order to certify that the warehouses that have storage space limitations have their goods always available. Furthermore, after acquiring the Gillette brand in 2005, the …show more content…
Transportation is usually the most costly distribution utility. Trucking companies offer the most formable timetables and methods of all major transportation channels. P&G utilizes roughly 90 outside trucking agencies to transport their products to retailers, consumers, and warehouses. P&G is also working with trucking agencies ominously to decrease the number of shipments transported. P&G is making an effort to provide greener transportation when providing shipments to retailers, consumers, and
This week’s case discusses Proctor & Gamble (P&G) and their comprehensive supply chain administration foundation. P&G is known for producing some of the world’s greatest health care products, household goods, and even everyday use items.
From Joy to Ace, to Align to Always, the company produced over 30 brand names that produce more than $1 billion each year. It’s important to note that P&G have an additional 15 brands that produce at least $600 million annually. Generally speaking, the company roughly receives about $90 billion in revenue through its traditionally market stores and online retailers within over 200 countries. Products retailed by P&G are known as accessibility merchandise. P&G uses in-depth distribution and marketing coverages to appease the capacity issues that merchants may encounter with their branded items.
For example, the exclusionary supply chain agreement with Sam’s Club guaranteed that the only national brand of batteries sold within their warehouses would be Duracell.
Furthermore, the company is adamant about producing more frequent deliveries in order to certify that the warehouses that have storage space limitations have their goods always available. Furthermore, after acquiring the Gillette brand in 2005, the …show more content…
Transportation is usually the most costly distribution utility. Trucking companies offer the most formable timetables and methods of all major transportation channels. P&G utilizes roughly 90 outside trucking agencies to transport their products to retailers, consumers, and warehouses. P&G is also working with trucking agencies ominously to decrease the number of shipments transported. P&G is making an effort to provide greener transportation when providing shipments to retailers, consumers, and