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 ecommerce 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.

For 10 Marks:

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