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Geddy’s Supply Chain Strategy. Team Name: Supply Chain Coup De Main 1 st Round Room 3098A Ellen Coates Eric Fredrickson Julia Phillips Josef Conner. Ellen Coates. Agenda. Ellen Coates. Current challenges reflect a dynamic market.
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Geddy’s Supply Chain Strategy Team Name: Supply Chain Coup De Main 1st Round Room 3098A Ellen Coates Eric Fredrickson Julia Phillips Josef Conner
Ellen Coates Agenda
Ellen Coates Current challenges reflect a dynamic market Geddy’s is facing conflict in developing its competitive strategy, resulting in an inefficient supply chain that fluctuates between excess capacity and inventory stock-outs due to seasonality. Factors imposing supply chain challenges:
Eric Fredrickson Effective approaches to overcome challenges • Demand shaping in seasonality • Return to retail store sales during cooler months • New, limited-time flavors in winter (Diwalicious) • Promotions to lower customer prices • Produce other non-frozen dessert products • Setting competitive strategy drives success
Eric Fredrickson & Julia Phillips Expected inventory policy profit performance Peak Demand
Julia Phillips Correlation not explained by policy changes • Key takeaways in favor of correlation • Decrease in sales of BBS during peak demand • Occurred simultaneously with lowered BT Stock • Expected profit, if independent, does not match actual
Josef Conner Optimal inventory policy hinges on corollary effects Vijay Geddam, Founder
Josef Conner Competitive strategy gears up Geddy’s growth