Export Fresh Fruit from Thailand to Tesco in the Uk

Contents

Exclusive Summary 2

Introduction 3

1.Introduction of the supply chain of the product 3

1.1.Supply chain flows 3

1.1.1.Material/ physical flow 4

1.1.2.Information flow 4

2.The discussion of the challenges faced by the supply chain

and the organisation's performance objectives 5

2.1.The challenges faced by the supply chain 5

2.2.The organisation's performance objectives 6

3.Critically appraise and recommendations of some ideas about improving

the supply chain 7

Conclusions 8

Referents 10

Figure 1: Diagram of supply chain flows 4

Figure 2: The Polar diagrams of five operations performance objectives of exporting fruit from Thailand to Tesco in the UK 6

Exclusive Summary

The purpose of this report is to demonstrate the fresh fruits that are being exported from Thailand to Tesco in the UK. There is a providing of a brief introduction to the supply chain and a drawing of the diagram of the both material flows and information flows through the supply chain. Tesco have their own regional distribution centre (RDCs) and use Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) which makes the supply chain flows efficiently.

The report also demonstrations the challenges faced by the supply chain and the company's performance objectives of the supply chain in terms of the five performance objectives that could delay delivery and effect satisfaction of the customers.

Moreover, there is a critical appraise and recommend some ideas of an improvement of the supply chain which Tesco already use technology and have contracts under the supply chain function but they should concern more in government support, Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) and going green.

Introduction

The purpose of this report is to demonstrate the fresh fruits that are being exported from developing county which is Thailand to Tesco in the UK. There is a giving a brief introduction to the supply chain and a showing of the diagram of the both material flow and information flow across the supply