L'oreal Presentation from the Supply Chain Insights Global Summit 2018

A research paper comparing the supply chain aspects and methods of Zara and UNIQLO in order to draw conclusions about the companies' respective and comparative competitiveness, as well as to provide recommendations to improve their competitiveness in the U.S. market within the next five years.

Toyota has a global supply chain management system focused on lean manufacturing principles. They aim to produce only what is needed through just-in-time production and a pull system. Toyota designs their production system and supplier relationships to eliminate waste and variability. This includes designing parts for commonality, limiting optional variations, and sourcing locally for flexibility. Toyota audits suppliers using metrics focused on quality, cost, delivery and their implementation of Toyota's philosophies. Their logistics network transports parts through local and global inbound routes planned through optimization software.

Unilever restructured its supply chain management practices to become more efficient. It reduced its brand portfolio from 1600 to 400 brands to focus on top brands. It also consolidated its 380 manufacturing plants down to 150 key factories. The restructuring involved changes to sourcing, distribution networks, and increased use of e-procurement and IT systems. The restructuring helped improve Unilever's operating margins and financial performance.

This document discusses the supply chain of Zara, a Spanish clothing retailer known for its fast fashion model. It outlines Zara's vertically integrated supply chain that allows it to design, manufacture, and distribute clothing in as little as 2-3 weeks. Key factors in Zara's supply chain success include vertical integration, use of information technologies to gain customer insights, and shorter lead times enabled by local sourcing and production in small batches.

This document provides information about Zara, the largest clothing company owned by the Spanish fashion group Inditex. It discusses Zara's business model, strategies, and supply chain management approach. Zara aims to continuously innovate and provide new, affordable designs made from quality materials to satisfy customer desires. Through its fast fashion model, Zara is able to design, produce, and distribute new collections to stores within weeks, allowing it to stay on top of the latest trends. Zara has over 1,900 stores globally and is a leader in the fast fashion industry due to its ability to quickly replicate designs at low prices.

This document provides an overview of the Spanish apparel company Inditex and its flagship brand Zara. It discusses Zara's history and founding, Inditex's financial performance, Zara's unique business model centered around rapid design, production and distribution, and Zara's positioning within the global apparel industry. Key aspects of Zara's model include in-house design teams that produce new collections bi-weekly, local Spanish and Portuguese production facilities allowing for quick fulfillment, and a vertically integrated supply chain.

Founder : Erling Persson Founded on : 4th October, 1947 Headquarters : Stockholm, Sweden Products : Clothing, Accessories Areas served : Worldwide Industry : Retail Founder : Erling Persson Founded on : 4th October, 1947 Headquarters : Stockholm, Sweden Products : Clothing, Accessories Areas served : Worldwide Industry : Retail Founder : Erling Persson Founded on : 4th October, 1947 Headquarters : Stockholm, Sweden Products : Clothing, Accessories Areas served : Worldwide Industry : Retail Founder : Erling Persson Founded on : 4th October, 1947 Headquarters : Stockholm, Sweden Products : Clothing, Accessories Areas served : Worldwide Industry : Retail

The document provides an analysis of BMW's market position. It discusses BMW's history, current operations with over 1 million cars sold annually across various brands and regions. A PEST analysis finds rivalry among competitors to be high, threat of new entrants low, bargaining power of suppliers and buyers to be medium and high, and threat of substitutes to be medium. Key competitors like Mercedes, Audi, Porsche, and Lexus are analyzed. BMW's strategy is to be the leading provider of premium products and services. A SWOT analysis finds strengths in branding and innovation and weaknesses in Asian market performance. Opportunities exist in hybrid vehicles and growth markets while threats include competition and regulations. Recommendations include expanding in growth markets

Toyota is a global auto manufacturer known for its lean manufacturing system called the Toyota Production System (TPS). The objectives of TPS are to produce vehicles as quickly and efficiently as possible based on customer orders. Toyota uses a combination of local sourcing and imports from Japan for raw materials. It practices just-in-time production and continuous flow processing. Finished vehicles are sent directly from plants to Toyota dealers. Toyota has a global network of over 45 plants with flexibility to supply different markets and regions.

UNIQLO is a Japanese clothing brand known for affordable, high-quality basics. The document discusses UNIQLO's business model and strategies, including its focus on developing exceptional quality products based on customer feedback. It also examines UNIQLO's expansion internationally, competitive situation in Malaysia, and notable projects around brand ambassadors and sustainability initiatives.

Uniqlo is expanding into Toronto and plans to open its first Canadian flagship store at Yonge and Dundas Square. The company will target men and women aged 18-34 who are professionals or pursuing post-secondary education. Uniqlo will highlight its strategy of high quality, low price apparel through advertisements and the introduction of a $150 HEATTECH parka jacket. The goal is to gain 1% market share in Canada by 2022.

The document summarizes Toyota's supply chain management. It discusses how Toyota sources parts from local suppliers in a team-based approach to compensate for workload. Toyota focuses on long-term supplier relationships based on cooperation and teamwork. It also describes Toyota's just-in-time production system and continuous improvements in quality, waste reduction, and leveled production. Finally, it discusses Toyota's distribution network of 5000 dealers and 120,000 employees worldwide and its strategy of working with one distributor in each country to jointly prosper.

Zara is a highly successful fashion retailer known for its fast fashion model. It introduces new designs two weeks after seeing them on runways rather than the industry standard of six months. Zara achieves this through an integrated operation strategy that allows for quick design, production, and distribution. Stores provide immediate customer feedback that designers use to create new items. Factories located in Spain enable rapid production to meet changing demand. An efficient supply chain distributes goods to stores within 24 hours in Europe. This strategy of speed, affordability, and variety has made Zara one of the world's largest clothing retailers.

Philips is a Dutch multinational conglomerate company founded in 1891. It has major divisions in consumer electronics, lighting, medical devices, and appliances. In the 1990s, Philips faced financial struggles due to falling market share and increasing costs, but addressed this through restructuring programs. Currently, Philips derives significant revenues from lighting, healthcare, and consumer products. It aims to provide simple, innovative solutions across various markets through its "sense and simplicity" strategy.

This document discusses Zara's supply chain and how it contributes to the company's success. It provides details on Zara's vertically integrated supply chain model, which allows it to bring designs to stores in just 2-3 weeks compared to the industry average of 6-9 months. Key aspects of Zara's supply chain include local sourcing, fast production times, mass customization, and using IT to share information. This vertical integration model helps Zara increase revenue through more fashionable and scarce products, while decreasing costs through factors like lower transportation and inventory costs.

For ZARA stores to be able to offer cutting edge fashion at affordable prices requires the firm to exert a strong influence over almost the entire garment supply chain.

Zara's value chain is highly integrated and controlled. It sources materials and produces about half of products in Spain and Europe to allow for quick design changes. Products are shipped to stores within 24 hours in Europe. Store managers have autonomy to make replenishment orders based on sales data. Zara uses minimal marketing and focuses on window displays. Its competitive advantage lies in its ability to design, produce, and deliver fashion trends rapidly and at scale through its vertically integrated system.

Startup Stage - Ecommerce - Presentation by Philipp Schrempp, Founder & CEO of foodspring at the NOAH Conference London 2016, Old Billingsgate on the 10th of November 2016.

The document discusses key trends in digital commerce and ecommerce, including the rise of mobile shopping and multi-channel experiences. It notes that Magento provides a flexible front-end and industrial back-end to help merchants attract, convert, deliver and retain customers across channels. Statistics are presented on Magento's merchant base and open source leadership. The roadmap for Magento 2 is outlined, with the goal of modernizing technologies to improve performance and scalability.

The document discusses Magento's position in the ecommerce industry. Some key points: - Magento has over 240,000 businesses, 300+ partners, and ~3,000 enterprise merchants using its platform. - It powers 26+ billion in commerce volume and has 2,800+ certified developers and 6,000+ third party extensions. - Magento has a 30% share of the top 100k sites by Alexa and is ranked #1 in the mid-market IR500. - The next version, Magento 2, aims to modernize the technology stack and improve performance, customizations, and code quality when it launches in beta in March 2015 and releases fully in December 2014

Company Pitch by Nathan Anderson, ScanTrust at the Axel Springer NOAH Conference 2018 in Berlin, Tempodrom 6-7 June 2018.

Novetats de l'Horizon 2020 amb l'European Innovation Council i les experiències de Nexiona, Smartive i Carinsa

Nustox nasce con un’intelligente premessa: creare un’e-commerce esclusivo di moda del lusso, attraverso la quale portare online le migliori Fashion Boutique italiane ed internazionali. E’ un luogo in cui scoprire le ultime collezioni e tendenze dei piú grandi brand di moda oppure scovare quel prodotto di un’etichetta emergente. https://www.nustox.com

Ponencia de Alfonso Negrete, Multichannel Director & Country Sales Manager, en el Modern Thinking del 2 de febrero de 2017 sobre Retos y Desafíos de la Transformación Digital. 'Omnichannel Experience - 'Caso Mi Canal IKEA Ibérica'

Macy’s is committed to helping its customers shop anywhere, anytime, and anyhow they choose, by leveraging the entire inventory of the company to satisfy demand: “buy anywhere, fulfill anywhere” model. By working with Tyco Retail Solutions and leveraging the TrueVUE™ RFID Inventory Visibility platform, Macy’s was able to establish a foundation of inventory accuracy in key replenishable product categories across all stores.

To celebrate its entry on the European market, Alibaba, the Chinese giant of e-commerce and Equancy Shanghai have collaborated to offer its clients a sharp analyze of Chinese e-commerce during a dynamic breakfast. We are glad to welcome Aline Guo-Haefele, Qunkai Liu and Morgan Bonnard who will adress four main topics: 1. Local stakes & specificities: key figures about a Chinese society based on mobiles, and the multiplicity of its digital platforms 2. Particularities of the Chinese consumers 3. Winning strategies of European companies in China, including Axa’s testimony 4. Focus on Alibaba’s ambitions in Europe

Company Presentation by Roman Kirsch, Founder & CEO of Lesara at the NOAH Conference 2018 in London, Old Billingsgate 30-31 October 2018.

E-Commerce Paris 2016 will take place from the 12th to the 14th of September 2016 at Paris expo Porte de Versailles, and will be jointly held alongside the Equipmag show.

MDSap Presentation at MEBIS 2018 on how the banking industry is being disrupted in the digital economy where technology changes everything from how customers find, select and engage with banks to how third-party financial services, P2P platforms, and the broader FSI eco-systems will be replacing many of the traditional services banks provide. This session offers advisory for banks to start their digital transformation and the best way to quickly gain ROI.

QaShops provides an innovative technology that allows manufacturers to easily integrate their catalog and stock information into online marketplaces. Their platform automates the entire selling process from order to delivery and customer service. With connections to over 66 marketplaces worldwide, QaShops helps manufacturers reach millions of customers and sells over €[amount] in goods monthly. Looking to expand internationally and further develop their products, QaShops is now seeking a 1M€ investment.