Tesco Superstores

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses Tesco the largest retailer in the UK in terms of global and domestic market sales. The paper notes that currently Tesco has a market share of about 30% of the grocery market of the UK, a combination of its two rivals Sainsbury's and Adsa and that in the year 2007 the retail chain announced a profit of more than 2.55 billion sterling pounds. The paper shows that currently Tesco's products include consumer electronics, clothes, financial services, internet services and health insurance and of late the retail chain has entered into the housing market. This paper examines the following: procurement and inbound logistics, credit & financial conditions, how the receipt and warehousing is handled, operations and manufacturing and distribution channels of the store.

Outline :
Introduction
Procurement and Inbound Logistics
How Suppliers Found and Supplies Procured
Credit & Financial Condition
Production Strength
Product Lines
How the Receipt and Warehousing or Input is Handled
Warehousing
Receipts
Operations and Manufacturing: How are Goods and/ Services Produced and Operations Management
Designing The Business System
Volume
Variation
Role
Quality
Distribution Channels
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Designing the business system starts with developing product. Development of a product entails determining the features and characteristics of a good product to be sold. When designing a product it is important that the customer needs should be incorporated in the designing process. The facilities and tools which will be used in product production are in this category. Also information system that is required in monitoring and controlling the performance of the product are included in this stage of designing. As Slack et al, (2007) points out manufacturing process of a business or a company are integral part of the designing process and will determine the failure or the success of the business enterprises."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Hogan, K (1998): Tesco Tycoon, Interview with Tesco's fortunes Chairman Ian MacLaurin", Marketing, Haymarket Publishing Services,
• Ruffian, F et al (2000): Organization Design in Operations Management; International Journal of Operations and Production Management.
• Slack, N et al (2007): Operations Management, 5th edition, Pearson Education Ltd.
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• Tesco (2007): Our Company. www.tescocorporate.com Tesco plc. Retrieved on; 26/12/2007

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