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This report is based on the following requirement - - In today’s competitive and uncertain market supply chain is becoming more and more complex due to global sourcing and priority has been placed on addressing the various challenges associated with supply chain risks and developing mitigation strategies against vulnerability.
- Based on the above statement, you are asked to choose a multinational enterprise and critically discuss: (i) how it manages its global supply chain including any decisions for low-cost country sourcing (ii) what are the areas of concern of supply chain risk and associated mitigation strategy (iii) how the utilisation of new technologies (e.g. big data analytics or Internet of Things, 3D Printing) can create more resilient supply chains.
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"Capital Shoppers" is a supermarket chain that owns and operates four supermarkets in Uganda and all of them are located in Kampala, the capital of Uganda which is the third largest economy in East Africa. "Capital Shoppers" was Founded in 1997 and is privately owned supermarket chain that has a customer loyalty program that offers 4% rebate on purchases. The main objective of this assignment is to critically analyze "Capital Shoppers" for market chain risks and challenges and forming a mitigation strategy to combat the vulnerability. The analysis will focus on "Capital Shoppers" global supply chain, areas of concern of supply chain risk, developing a mitigation strategy and the possible expansion of the retail chain by the utilization of new technologies.
