Fresh is a fresh fruit shopping chain. Their specialty is organically grown and seasonal fruits. They...

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Fresh" is a fresh fruit shopping chain. Their specialty is organically grown and seasonal fruits. They now operate about 10 outlets in Pune. Fruits are obtained from farmers within and near-by states with whom they have sourcing arrangements. Responding to newer business models, they have deployed "Freshonline.com" with regular sets of clients that promises home delivery within 2 hours within city limits. Customer base in expanding at their outlets and with online model. Business increase is also bringing with it mixed bag of challenges due to issues with increasing costs, freshness related problems, quality issues, delays in delivery, non- availability of right stocks etc. Their aim is to reach lean and agile value chain over next 2 years. Prepare a road map to enable them transition levels of supply chain improvement to be lean and agile value chain? Fresh" is a fresh fruit shopping chain. Their specialty is organically grown and seasonal fruits. They now operate about 10 outlets in Pune. Fruits are obtained from farmers within and near-by states with whom they have sourcing arrangements. Responding to newer business models, they have deployed "Freshonline.com" with regular sets of clients that promises home delivery within 2 hours within city limits. Customer base in expanding at their outlets and with online model. Business increase is also bringing with it mixed bag of challenges due to issues with increasing costs, freshness related problems, quality issues, delays in delivery, non- availability of right stocks etc. Their aim is to reach lean and agile value chain over next 2 years. Prepare a road map to enable them transition levels of supply chain improvement to be lean and agile value chain?

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To enable Fresh to transition to a lean and agile value chain a roadmap can be developed with the following steps Assess the Current State Conduct a comprehensive analysis of Freshs existing supply ch... View the full answer