MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION COMPANY

Distribution Management is an important part of the business cycle for distributors and wholesalers.The profit margins of business depends on how quickly they can turnover their goods. The more they sell, the more they earn-hence better future for the business.

Manufacturing companies such as Universal Robina Corporation (URC), Procter and Gamble (P&G), and Coca Cola Company are examples of businesses that engage in high logistics utilization. Most of the products of these companies came from a central manufacturing plant, which are distributed to a massive number of conglomerates, retail stores and partners across the country and even abroad.

Follow the suggested outline below in completing the written output:

1. Company background.
   1. Include a brief history of the chosen firm above. Discuss in detail the supply chain strategies, opportunities and challenges of the company.
2. Statement of the Problem
   1. Include a clear and concise logistics problem derived from the complex research and analysis of the company's supply chain strategies, opportunities and challenges of the company. For instance, the ABC Company has a major problem in accommodating increased customer returns due to defective products. From this scenario, a statement of the problem could be any of the following:
      1. "How can ABC deliver products replacement despite its limited logistics capabilities?"
      2. What is the optimum logistics process that ABC Company should employ to effective manage its product replacements?"
   2. Statement of the Problem can also be derived from any identified gaps in the company's operation or any mishaps that hinders the company to do better or perform based on standards.
3. Alternative Courses of Action.
   1. It must contain at least three (3) courses of action that will resolve the given statement of the problem. It must present the advantages and disadvantages of the courses of action.
   2. This part must also present some, if not all, concepts of logistics management such as demand planning, inventory planning and control, aggregate planning and scheduling, economic decisions, logistics systems, warehouse management, order management and customer relations management.
4. Recommendation
   1. Present the best course of action among the presented alternatives in resolving the given statement of the problem.
   2. This part must clearly present why this alternative course of action has been chosen over the other proposed altenatives.
5. Implementation of the program.
   1. This part must present the recommended strategy is feasible for wide company implementation. For instance, the recommendation for the ABC company is to increase their logistics partners temporarily in order to manage their product replacement effectively. This proposal technically falls under economic decisions - outsourcing in particular.Basically, before outsourcing, the business must consider if it would be more efficient to pay for third party service provider or simply increase their manpower to perform the needed task.From this analysis, if it is more cost-efficient to simply outsource the services, then the recommendation for ABC company is feasible for implementation.
6. Management lesson learned.

Discuss the takeaways from the research.