Benchmark the performance of Inditex, H&M, and Gap on the supply chain trade-off triangle for the years

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Benchmark the performance of Inditex, H&M, and Gap on the supply chain trade-off triangle for the years 2015–2018. To do so, you may construct three two-dimensional plots on the following metrics: “EBIT (as percent sales) versus inventory turns,” “EBIT (as percent sales) versus cash conversion cycle,” and “SGA (as percent sales) versus inventory turns” (DeSmet, 2018). On each of these plots, show how the three firms’ performance on the suggested metrics change through years 2015–2018. Based on the resulting graphs, what can be inferred for the companies’ performance on the triangle?

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Practical Finance For Operations And Supply Chain Management

ISBN: 9780262043595

1st Edition

Authors: Alejandro Serrano, Spyros D. Lekkakos, James B. Rice

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