Reference no: EM13854864
Supply Chain Design and Optimization
For this assignment, use your coursepack to review the case of "Rapid-Fire Fulfillment" by Ferdows, Lewis, and Machuca. In 2-3 double-spaced pages, analyze and address the following issues:
What system design has Zara implemented to guarantee a new garment to its 600-plus stores worldwide in a mere 15 days from the design, production, and delivery?
What the advantages to manufacturing and distributing products in small batches rather than pushing its factories to maximize outputs?
Unlike so many of its peers, which rush to outsource, Zara keeps almost half of its production in-house. How does Zara do this?
Would you run your factories just during the day shift as Zara did? Is this any way to run an efficient supply chain? Why?
Attachment:- Rapid-Fire Fulfillment.rar
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