Metro Cash and Carry

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ADVANCED OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT FINAL PROJECT REPORT INDUSTRY/ORGANIZATION NAME: Metro Cash and Carry TOPIC QUESTION: What are the Retail challenges faced by Metro Cash and Carry? DATE OF SUBMISSION (DAY/MONTH/YEAR): 5th April, 2014 Table of Contents Company Background 4 Workflows 4 Card System at Metro 5 Performance Measures 5 Margins 5 Rotation 6 Stockholding 6 Employee Retention 6 Basket size 6 Number of Transactions 6 High Volume Customers 7 Share of Food and Non Food Business 7 Shrinkage 7 Inventory at Metro 7 Supply Chain in Metro 8 Supply Chain Design Strategy 9 Global Challenge Management 9 Coordination of Supply Chain Essential 9 Issues Faced by Metro 9 Assortment Planning Issues 10 Local Supplier Issues 10 Recommendations 11 Assortment Planning 11 Managing Local Supplier Issues 12 Inventory Management 13 Unloading of Goods 13 References 14 Appendix 15 Company Background Metro opened its first cash & carry wholesale center in Pakistan in 2007 & expanded to 5 wholesale centers in a short span of 18 months. In July 2012 Metro and Makro-Habib combined their wholesale business in Pakistan marking the beginning of a long-term partnership to the mutual benefit of both companies. The merger allowed Metro and Makro-Habib to combine resources and gain the financial strength to lead and grow in a challenging environment and to gain synergies targeted to generate value for our customers and suppliers alike. Today the company is operating 9 wholesale centers in Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad & Faisalabad. Metro-Habib Cash & Carry Pakistan is part of Metro Group’s sales division Metro Cash & Carry, the international leader in self-service wholesale. The company operates more than 700 stores in 29 countries in Europe, Asia and Africa and

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