Supply chains: the supermarket - for iPod/iPhone
16 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 14 years ago - ★ - 3 ratingsHow does a large supermarket chain expand into new markets? How does it adapt to new cultural values and consumer preferences? This album tells the story of leading UK retailer Tesco, which has increasingly become an international player in markets such as South-East Asia and Eastern Europe. The company gains global reach by forming strategic partnerships and adapting to distinct cultural traditions and preferences. Examples from Korea, Hungary and Thailand illustrate how the management and impact of supply chains presents fundamental organisational challenges. This material forms part of The Open University course T882 Supply chain innovation, strategy and management.
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Episodes
Supply chains: the supermarket
December 05, 2009 03:47 - 1 minute - 952 KBA short introduction to this album
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December 05, 2009 03:47 - 18.9 KB application/pdfTranscript -- A short introduction to this album
Shaping Tesco overseas
December 05, 2009 03:46 - 6 minutes - 34.4 MB VideoHow leading retailers have been expanding their global reach, introducing Tesco's burgeoning operations in Korea
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The Korean hypermarket
December 05, 2009 03:45 - 7 minutes - 40 MB VideoHow cultural values in Korea differ from Britain and how this impacts on the Korean shopping experience
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Localising the European model
December 05, 2009 03:44 - 10 minutes - 49.6 MB VideoAdapting Western shopping models, such as "own-brands" and online shopping, for the Korean consumer
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Monk-buckets and mango-pickers in a Thai Tesco
December 05, 2009 03:43 - 12 minutes - 64.5 MB VideoThe challenges of developing an efficient supply chain in Thailand
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Managing Thai Tesco
December 05, 2009 03:42 - 9 minutes - 51.1 MB VideoHow stock is managed amongst different Tesco stores, and how this affects the local competition
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December 05, 2009 03:42 - 30.5 KB application/pdfTranscript -- How stock is managed amongst different Tesco stores, and how this affects the local competition
Where do old rubber trees go?
December 05, 2009 03:41 - 10 minutes - 57.4 MB VideoOne company's waste is another's resource. A Thai company tranforms its leftovers into luxury products for Tesco UK
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Tesco comes to Hungary
December 05, 2009 03:40 - 15 minutes - 73.6 MB VideoDeveloping hypermarkets in the transition economies of Central Europe.
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December 05, 2009 03:40 - 35.1 KB application/pdfTranscript -- Developing hypermarkets in the transition economies of Central Europe.