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Gazman is a traditional bricks and mortar menswear retailer in Australia. This 8 page paper considers the current position where there is no use of e-commerce or e-supply and examines the passion before making some recommendations for the ways in which an e-supply chain, up and downstream, could add value to the company. The bibliography cites 15 sources.
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File: TS14_TEgozman.rtf
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of dome of the benefits that can be realised with an e-supply chain. This is a company that appears to have some very traditional values and follows a typical bricks
and mortar company strategy. The current strategies may be seen as working as the current performance appears to be above market average, with 2004 being 16% on 2003
and a resistance to hold mid season sales and a belief that men buy what they want to wear straight away rather than buying clothes for the next season (Atkinson,
2004). If we look at the current supply chain this may be seen as similar to the use bricks and mortar supply chain. If we are to consider the
way an e-supply chain may be enacted and create value we need to look at the current supply chain arrangement and how the take place.
Managing the supply chain there are many aspects that may be amended or adjusted to create value. The value created is the way in which the value
of the raw materials are increased so that the finished product is worth more than the sum of its parts. This means that the management of the supply chain, such
as using just in time inventory management may add value as it creates lower costs and increases profits. Value may be added at many stages.
We can consider the supply chain in terms of how it may be manipulated in order to add value. Porter described what he saw as a value
chain (Porter, 1985). He divided this into five separate sections; inbound logistics, operations, outbound logistics, marketing and sales, and service (Porter, 1985). These different activities are also linked
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