1. SUPPLY CHAIN
MANAGEMENT OF KFC

2. KFC’S HISTORY
Kentucky Fried Chicken is a fast food
restaurant chain headquartered Kentucky,
United States, which specializes in fried
chicken.
was founded by Harland Sanders.
with the first franchise opening in Utah in
1952.
KFC operates more than 15,000 restaurants
around the world today.

3. KFC IN PAKISTAN
KFC Pakistan started in 1997 with its
first branch in Gulshan e Iqbal.
KFC won the title of market leader at
that time.
It has 64 outlets located nation wide.

4. WHAT IS SCM?
Supply chain management is the active
management of supply chain activities to
maximize customer value and achieve a
sustainable competitive advantage.

5. SUPPLY CHAIN OF KFC
KFC’s supply chain can be summed up
in 3 process:
First, raw material is procured.
All product preparation at the branch.
Warehouses replenish each branch
according to requirement.

6. SCM

7. WAREHOUSING
KFC has its warehouses in both North
and South regions of the country.
Northern central warehouse is in
Lahore.
Southern central warehouse is in
Karachi.

8. WAREHOUSES

9. PROCUREMENT
Planning of monthly budgets.
Supply of chicken by K & N’s.(……
Unilever provides sauces.
Spices and herbs are imported from Dubai and
Singapore.
Packing material
Bread and buns.
Potatoes for French fries.
Other items

10. PROCUREMENT

11. STORAGE AND INVENTORY
Storage of chicken, spices and herbs,
bread and buns.

12. INVENTORY

13. ZONAL DISTRIBUTION

14. ZONAL DISTRIBUTIONS
Distributions on need basis.(JIT)
Karachi is divided into 3 zones.
Daily vehicles are dispatched from the
Southern Warehouse to these Zonal
areas.

15. QUALITY ASSURANCE
Surprise visits to
branches
Planned visits to
branches
Rigorous raw material
inspection
Customer feedback.

16. SOFTWARE
Kfc uses the Supply Chain Management
Software to manage its inventory.
This was developed by Siddhat Haider.
Physically the inventory is counted to
tally with the figures in software.

17. COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
KFC is well known for the ingredients it uses.
KFC has kept emphasizing that its chicken is
different (when compared to competition).
Colonel Sander said their chicken is “entirely
different but still tender and tasty”.