2. Inventory Management
Supply Chain Management
o Inventory management is a science primarily about specifying
the shape and percentage of stocked goods. It is required at
different locations within a facility or within many locations of a
supply network to precede the regular and planned course of
production and stock of materials.
Supply chain management (SCM) is the oversight of materials,
information, and finances as they move in a process from supplier
to manufacturer to wholesaler to retailer to consumer. Supply
chain management involves coordinating and integrating these
flows both within and among companies.
3. Cases we have analyzed
Nike
Flipkart
Ikea
BioAg
Amazon
5. Why this case?
As Flipkart is the leading e-commerce
retail store, we wanted to study how it is
managing its operations when it comes to
dealing with huge inventories and catering
to million consumers
6. Flipkart Introduction
Flipkart is an e-commerce company
founded in 2007
by Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal.
It is a company
which operates in India,
Having it’s headquarters in
Bangalore, Karnataka.
7. Briefing The Case
Flipkart is an electronic commerce company and India’s
online retail store
Deals in diversified products
Flipkart had almost 300 warehouses spread across the
Nation
It used to maintain high stocks in its inventories so that
shortfall doesn't occur
To provide a memorable shopping experience to its
customers is the company’s moto so that the
customers loyalty is achieved
8. Problems faced by Flipkart
Excess storage
Wearing out of perishable goods
Change in fashion and obsolete of technology
Non timely Delivery
Competition
9. Solutions
Just in Time and FIFO Method
Durable goods- long shelf life
Tie ups with more than 15 courier companies
Sales data used to predict levels of inventory
10. Warehouse Management:
Flipkart has major warehouses spread across the
Metros like Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai and
in the cities of Pune, Bangalore and Noida
Flipkart’s warehouse management has 3 major
steps:
Inward Processing
Storage Management
Outward Processing
11. 3 Steps of Flipkart’s
warehouse management
system
14. S
India’s largest e-commerce retailer
Experienced Founders
Exclusive and long range of products
Limited Distribution channel reach
Cost of acquisition
Expansion of business
Outsourcing
Competition
Government regulations
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