TASK:

Your team has recently been appointed as a Supply Chain Management Consulting team at the Shoprite Group. The CEO, Pieter Engelbrecht has mentioned to your team that COVID-19 will permanently change the supply chains of the Shoprite Group and affect consumer behavior and their purchasing decisions. The CEO has also stated that the pandemic has fundamentally changed the globe. Hence, people are living differently, purchasing substitute products and services, and thinking differently. The CEO has also emphasized to your team that the supply chains of the Shoprite Group are being tested and that many retailers are closing their doors. The CEO has announced to you that On-Demand Joint Venture with RTT Group is currently underway and that the directors have a strong decision that this joint venture will strengthen e-commerce delivery capabilities. He further, added that the joint venture with its existing Checkers Sixty60 logistics partner, the RTT Group in which both parties will own 50%. The decision and the transactions have followed the rapid growth of Shoprites pioneering on-demand grocery solution Checkers Sixty60 in which RTT On-Demand, a division of the RTT Group, has played a pivotal role within the last-mile logistics. You must research this incident and the company in detail and advise the board of directors of the Shoprite Group on the following issues. The board of directors has requested an analysis of this joint venture between the Shoprite Group and RTT and asked your team for expert advice in addressing the questions below.

You are required to address the following in your write-up:

*Discuss the problem/challenges that Shoprite Group were facing before their engagement with the RTT Logistics company.

*Why did Shoprite Group engage with the company such as RTT logistics and not any other logistics company, discuss the relationship between these two companies and elaborate on what they indeed to achieve in the near future?

*What was the value proposition factor that RTT logistics offered to the Shoprite Group in order for the joint venture to be successful, elaborate on the gaps that RTT logistics had identified in the supply chain of Checkers and how they dominated in implementing the SIXTY60 solution ?

*Discuss how the joint venture between Shoprite Group and RTT logistics has had on the success of the Checkers Sixty60 solution in terms of the supply chain and marketing of the brand?

QUESTION 1

Based on the task given above, provide an introduction/problem statement as well as a conclusion for the task.

NOTE! ONLY ANSWER QUESTION 1 THE INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSION