Pepsi Pak
Pepsi Pak
Pepsi Pak
PepsiCo.
Muhammad Aamir Malik
MBA 6 [spring 13]
This Document is to be submitted to Respected Mr. Irfan Ali, course coordinator for Strategic Operation Project Management.
History
PepsiCo is a world leader in convenient snacks, foods and beverages, with revenues of more than $39 billion and over 185,000 employees. The company consists of PepsiCo Americas Foods (PAF), PepsiCo Americas Beverages (PAB) and PepsiCo International (PI). PAF includes FritoLay North America, Quaker Foods North America and all Latin America food and snack businesses, including Sabritas and Gamesa businesses in Mexico. PAB includes PepsiCo Beverages North America and all Latin American beverage businesses. PI includes all PepsiCo businesses in the United Kingdom, Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa. PepsiCo brands are available in nearly 200 countries and generate sales at the retail level of more than $98 billion. Some of PepsiCo's brand names are more than 100-years-old, but the corporation is relatively young. PepsiCo was founded in 1965 through the merger of Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay. Tropicana was acquired in 1998 and PepsiCo merged with The Quaker Oats Company, including Gatorade, in 2001. PepsiCo offers product choices to meet a broad variety of needs and preference -- from fun-foryou items to product choices that contribute to healthier lifestyles. PepsiCos mission is: To be the world's premier consumer Products Company focused on convenient foods and beverages. We seek to produce healthy financial rewards to investors as we provide opportunities for growth and enrichment to our employees, our business partners and the communities in which we operate. And in everything we do, we strive for honesty, fairness and integrity.
PepsiCo Headquarters
PepsiCo World Headquarters is located in Purchase, New York. The seven-building headquarters complex was designed by Edward Durrell Stone, one of America's foremost architects.
sales target is conveyed to the supply chain department of Haidri Beverages. Planning is carried out on a monthly, weekly and daily basis at Haidri.
delivery schedule (on daily basis). Pepsi hence has a predictable supply and somewhat uncertain demand depending on market conditions.
Step 2: Understanding the Supply Chain Capabilities The efficiency and responsiveness varies according to the consumer needs, implied demand uncertainty, product type and market segments. In remote areas the company focuses on being somewhat efficient as other modes of transportation could turn the product to be highly expensive. According to the company it does not deal with distributors who do not have 20 to 25 vehicles, therefore as the company has focus on cost reduction, uses slow and inexpensive modes of transportation, the demand is certain, and uses economies of scale in production, the product Pepsi is more inclined towards being somewhat efficient. In cities, the company focuses its attention on being highly responsive as Pepsi has to meet short lead time, meet a high service level, handle a large variety of products and respond to wide ranges of quantity demanded especially at the retail stage. Step 3: Achieving the Strategic Fit Making one stage more responsive allows the other stage to focus on being more efficient. The Pepsi supply chain assign different roles to its different stages, the company has to decide either to transfer the responsiveness to the manufacture stage or to the retailer stage. While discussing the Pepsis supply capability it is seen that Pepsi tends to be more responsive in the cities and a bit less in towns. Therefore, transferring the responsiveness to the retailer and distributor, allowing them to face the higher implied demand uncertainty. This in return allows the manufacturer and supplier to be more efficient. At the same time, multiple beverage types contribute to a broader product portfolio causing Haidri to adjust its strategies accordingly; tailoring the supply chain to best meet the needs of each beverage demand.
out due to their remoteness. For addressing this risk Pepsi has financed different whole sellers in those areas to respond immediately. Pepsi in Islamabad and Rawalpindi and in most parts of Pakistan can be rightly placed into the category of an ever growing mature business. Responsiveness: In case of Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCGs) that target a huge segment of market, responsiveness is a deciding factor for the organizational success. In a typical Pakistani market, quick response enables supply chains to meet the customer demands for evershorter lead times, and to synchronize the supply to meet the peaks and troughs of demand. Pepsis supply chain has been able to reinforce a greater response to the uncertain and unpredictable market behavior only because it has multisided processing facilities and corresponds to a systematic production network with both dedicated and multi-product facilities. The major focus is to determine the processes that are to be integrated in the supply chain network with their corresponding suppliers, distribution centers and the associated transport links between them. The major considerations in the design are the supply chain responsiveness and profitability.
The framework is based on a motive to create strategic fit between the competitive and supply chain strategy. Pepsi Competitive strategy stands to provide a large variety of products very quickly; simultaneously the supply chain strategy stands to materialize the availability of that variety of products. Pepsi mainly follows a responsive supply chain strategy. Alignment of Pepsis business strategy to a corresponding supply chain strategy is achieved through proper deployment of supply chain drivers. Pepsi has to deal with different set of market segments simultaneously. Most of the time the approach needs to be responsive enough to grow substantially to be able to compete with uncertain demand, while in many areas demand is certain and very much predictable, so there it incorporates an efficient supply chain strategy. The Inventory Driver: Haidri has established a comprehensive plan to ensure the sufficient inventory levels to keep up with the market demand effectively. For this purpose the main inventory storage has been
established within the main plant area Kahuta road, Rawalpindi. It has the storage capacity of 120,000 Sq Ft and the area is being utilized both horizontally and vertically. The shipping department is in charge for storage and subsequent displacement of the product orders. The inventory capacity is being utilized and maintained in coordination with the production department and is based on the term production estimates. Apart from the main storage house, Haidri has established more than 10 storage facilities nearer to the market in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Increasing inventory makes the supply more responsive to the customers. At Haidri Beverages, managers bear a high inventory cost to ensure maximum levels of inventory and to reduce the production and transportation costs. The Transportation Driver: Transportation driver has a large impact on the responsiveness of the business. Faster transportation of the products allows Haidri to maintain sufficient levels of stock on the shelves. Haidris transportation network is the collection of routes, modes and locations along which the product can be shipped. With the help of several distributors the product is being supplied to the market. There are multiple supply and demand points within the twin cities which cater to the market demand. Haidri decides and selects different modes of transportation having different characteristics with respect to the speed and size of shipment. The transportation network has been designed with a view to ensure responsiveness and boost the availability of the product. For Haidri using fast mode of transport increases responsiveness as well as the transportation cost but lowers the inventory holding cost. The Information Driver Connects all the supply chain stages effectively allowing them to coordinate and maximize total supply chain profitability. It is also crucial to the daily operations of each stage in the supply chain. The unit manager utilizes the production scheduling system that is based on information on demand to create a schedule that allows Haidri Beverages to produce the right amount of product. The warehouse in charge uses this information to create visibility of the warehouses inventory items. Information sharing helps this firm improve its responsiveness within the market. It helps to accurately forecast demand and realize frequency of updates, measurements of the effects of seasonal factors influencing the production, measurements of variances from the plan and the ratio of demand variability to order variability. Timely and accurate information enables the distribution managers to fix potential stock out or oversupply problems. The Facility Driver In order to ensure the responsive strategy implementation, the role of facilities is of prime importance in the supply chain of Haidri Beverages. Pepsi has established a flexible and a product-focused production facility in order to respond effectively to the variability in demand. The storage facilities are designed in order to provide maximum possible capacity for the inventory. The large amount of excess capacity allows the facility to be very flexible and to respond to wide surges in demands placed on it. In alignment with the responsive supply chain strategy the facilities have been geographically located close to the market.
Distribution Channels
Direct distribution: o Delivery of post mix cylinders & handling of key accounts: The key accounts are different wholesalers, restaurants and hotels like Pizza Hut, KFC, Metro which serve as a place for key sale. These are known as national key accounts and are very important in terms of competition. o Export Parties Indirect distribution: o Through Base market distributors o Through Outstation distributors Before delivering the product some certain guiding principles are followed for the assessment of distributors capability by Haidri: Applicant must have 20 to 25 vehicles (depending on the area). Applicant must have 20,000 cases of empty bottles. Applicant must deposit Rs.1, 000,000 as a security. Haidri uses light and heavy vehicles for safe delivery of goods to the distributors for timely delivery. It follows the just in time concept which is applicable in Non-seasonal period and not applicable in the seasonal period.
At the highest level, performance of a distribution network should be evaluated along two dimensions: 1. Customer needs that are met 2. Cost of meeting customer needs The customer needs that are met influence the companys revenues, which along with cost decide the profitability of the delivery network. While customer service consists of many components we will consider those measures that are influenced by the structure of the distribution network for Pepsi. Response Time for Pepsi is minimal as the direct customers for Pepsi are the retailers and then the consumers. So with over 30 delivery trucks in Islamabad, Pepsi is readily available to every retailer within 30 minutes. Rawalpindi has 6 warehouses from where the supply to the market is done through Shehzore or small cars. Product Variety in Pepsi is large. They have made their place in the market with their unique product line ranging from chips to water. As we are dealing with Haidri, the product variety includes beverages ranging from the water Aquafina to Mountain Dew, Pepsi, Pepsi Max, 7 Up, Mirinda, Mirinda Apple & Fountain Fresh. Customers Desire Pepsi and Mountain Dew the most; Mountain Dew has the highest consumption in Gujranwalla. Recently, the sales for 250 ml bottles has decreased but they are trying to increase it as it gives the company higher profits. Availability of Pepsi is very high and the product is always available in stock whenever an order arrives. Whenever the distributors feel that after one loading there could be a stock out they place an order to Haidri Beverages in advance just to keep the floor with enough stock in hand. The Distributors have 3 days stock as back up with them in order of any malfunctioning of the plant or other such external factors. Customer Experience for Pepsi has always been positive as they receive the product with ease and on time. The retailers are the direct customers as they place an order to the distributors. There has never been a shortage or a delay for Pepsi in Metro or Pizza Hut which are the key accounts for the company. Order Visibility in Pepsi is not really an electronic phenomenon where you can track your order through computer. It is more of person-to-person contact and one can easily track down their orders through the designated staff in each sector of Islamabad and RawalPindi or for that sake all over Pakistan.
Returnability of Pepsi has always been very strong in a sense that unsatisfactory items can be returned and changed on the spot. This is true for both the consumers and the retailers. Pepsi has laid down a system through which they can effectively manage this requirement. The retailers are told to take down the comments and the address or phone numbers from the person who is returning the bottle. It seems at fist that a customer always wants the highest level of performance along all these dimensions, in practice however this is not always the case.
Value of
There are basically two components of distribution: Storage Distribution
Distribution System:
The storage facilities of Haidri Beverages are designed in order to boost the timely availability of the product. For this purpose the distributors are fully equipped with facilities that are needed to ensure intensive supply of the product. The storage facilities are designed to contain the maximum possible inventory items that are needed at any given time.
Haidri have nine distributors in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, namely: Shan distributors, Awan distributors and Arbab Distributors. To support this distribution network they have a transport department which consists of more than 30 ten wheeler trucks in Islamabad alone. Each truck has a capacity of 1572 Pepsi cans. Rawalpindi distribution is made possible through Shehzore and Suzuki because of the narrow and congested roads. The distribution department is in direct contact with the manufacturers and keeps updating inventory levels. They keep in stock spare three days stock to combat external uncertainty. The distribution department is responsible for all the variety of the products in their portfolio. PepsiCos overall distribution network spreads throughout Pakistan connecting the remotest of places and providing great customer service. Globalization has increased the competition that Pepsi is constantly coming up with new projects, campaigns and distribution. Pepsi with more than 180% of profits this year and with the annual review of their rates is looking more and more competitive and as the logo says: Dil mange abhi!
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