Management Guide: Bricks and Mortar Online
Bricks and Clicks Clicks and Calls Omni-channel
CPFR Vendor Managed Inventory Last Mile Retail
Ownership Independents Chains Franchises
Cooperatives Prototype Stores Rationalized
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Management Queues Customer Service Arrival
Rates Service Rates Single-Line Multi-Line Finite
Infinite Population Balking Reneging Jockeying
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Facilitating Goods Retail Layout Grocery Store
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4 Retailing Options
1) Brink and Mortar- McDonalds
2) Online- Amazon
3) Bricks and clicks- Barnes and Noble
4) Clicks and calls - Lands' End & L.L. Bean
Omni-channel Retailing
Retailers fully committed to engaging customers via catalogs, phone calls, websites, email, social media,
chat rooms, and in-store. Nordstrom. Must have high level of supply chain flexability
3 Retail sources of supply
1) Manufactures - Create the product
, 2) Wholesalers - Purchase an assortment of goods from the manufacture providing a one stop shop for
retailers
3) Drop shippers - These organizations take orders which are fulfilled by another party.
Chargebacks
Penalties charged by the retail organizations to their suppliers/vendors for any number of minor/major
supply chain offenses.
ex: late shipments, damaged goods.
CPFR
Collaborative, Planning, Forecasting, and Rescheduling.
A collective effort by supply chain partners to share data and forecasts in effort to reduce costs.
Vendor managed inventory
Allowing suppliers to control inventory in your store.
Reorder supplies, stock shelves, etc.
Last Mile
The portion of supply chain between the final inventory facility and the end consumer
4 Types of Retail ownership
1) Independents - One store, one owner
2) Chains - multiple stores/facilities, one owner/company. Home depot, gap
3) Franchises - Franchisor owns rights, Franchisee is allowed to open under the name. Must follow all
rules. McDonalds, BWW