1 Company overview
3 Performance analysis
4 Identifying weaknesses
6 Business Oportunities
1 Company overview
3 Performance analysis
4 Identifying weaknesses
6 Business Oportunities
OVERVIEW
Nowadays Fashion
It is always changing
New styles keeps emerging and old styles keeps re-occurring every in a
very short time
OVERVIEW
Maximization of the revenue from each style Do not aim at maximizing the revenue from
each particular style.
Stock out is a loss (loss of goodwill, loss of
sales). It is especially true for companies such as Zara
and hence the corresponding quantity available
Design and manufacture clothing quickly, and for sales are both relatively small.
in an affordable way
Stock out does incur a loss of sales but not a
Allow the mainstream consumer to take loss of goodwill.
advantage of current clothing styles at a lower
price point
OVERVIEW
1 Company overview
3 Performance analysis
4 Identifying weaknesses
6 Business Oportunities
COMPARISON
Supply Chain
Design
Subcontractors
Orders for each store are packed into separate Stores in Europe receive their orders in 24
boxes and racks (for hanging items) hours
Finished products are typically ready for The United Sates in 48 hours
shipment 8 hours after they have been received
Japan in 48 to 72 hours
OVERVIEW
1 Company overview
3 Performance analysis
4 Identifying weaknesses
6 Business Oportunities
1 Company overview
3 Performance analysis
4 Identifying weaknesses
6 Business Oportunities
Inability to has not been able to develop a strong supply chain strategy
penetrate has not invested in distribution facilities
American market
Issue of multiple Zara stores – selling the exact merchandise to the same people
cannibalization
1 Company overview
3 Performance analysis
4 Identifying weaknesses
6 Business Oportunities
may aid them in entering new markets Very powerful brand in overseas countries,
successfully especially in eastern Asia region
1 Company overview
3 Performance analysis
4 Identifying weaknesses
6 Business Oportunities
INTERNAL
Resources used for more control over every process in the supply chain
EXTERNAL
e-Business
e-Business Faster and easier access to product information and more convenient ordering
required
Shorter product life cycle
1 Company overview
3 Performance analysis
4 Identifying weaknesses
6 Business Oportunities
SUGGESSTION
E-Procurement
• Leverage volume and major suppliers control product costs
SUGGESSTION
Supplier
Supplier Supplier
ZARA
Supplier Supplier
Supplier
So that,
1. Teams in Euro HQ can have real time information of stores,
factories in Asia, US, etc.
2. Stores outside Euro can have information of the inventory,
producing progress, delivering progress, what goods other stores
are selling, etc.
More Resources
need to perform all feasibility study and get ready to
commitment to time, costs, and human resources
• Process is long
• People management
need to allocate valuable staff from each department to ERP
team, that these people may not be returned to their position
very soon
Reasons: Relatively low costs, rapidly growing demand and purchasing power
Higher
penetration and
popularity
• Keen competition with (i) international retailers and (ii) local brands
less competitve pricing tactics and comparatively low penetration
• Liquidity issue
large amount of capital involved, long return period
SUGGESTION
RESISTANCE
Benefits:
• Reach wide variety of potential customers more instantly, easily and
directly through online promotion
RESISTANCE
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