CASE 1-1 Central Transport, Inc.

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CASE 1-1 Central Transport, Inc.

Outline of the Case

The purpose of the case is to find out the possible solutions for jeans in order to propose Susan for doing business in collaboration in order to cope with the competition and challenges that Susan and SAB distribution are faced with. The first section highlights the major facts of the case. The second section put some light on the major issues in the case. The third section provides some possible solutions to the major issues and the fourth section is the implementation of the possible solution (Stake, 2006).

Major Facts

The top management of both the companies has changed.

Both the companies had previously worked together.

SAB distribution is looking forward for the collaboration of Jean and Central transport to transform again.

Susan the president of SAB distribution had made a tentative plan for modifying the strategic direction of SAB.

The president of SAB has decided to expand the product line in order to cope with the challenges.

Wegmans Food Markets Inc., is a price competitive company.

Major Problems

SAB distribution is faced with many challenges.

The executive teams of SAB distribution had left when they were presented a planned change management programme.

The company requires a major collaborator with experience in warehousing, transportation delivery, and inventory management.

Susan considers working with the collaboration which the company had previously worked with like Wegmans Food Markets.

Possible Solutions

Sectors of the industry and logistics are dynamic, with high expectations in terms of performance. To be competitive, companies must accelerate the pace of innovation, create new revenue streams and improve communication both internally and externally, while reducing inventory and costs (Kappauf & Lauterbach, 2012).

With numerous successful deployments worldwide, Central Transport understands the challenges of SAB distribution and how the business process management and cloud computing can provide a sustainable advantage. Jean transport can enable SAB distribution to align the implementation of the objectives, planning to adopt a dynamic, automate processes and control systems (Kappauf & Lauterbach, 2012).

SAB Distribution can create a central dashboard of their business surpass the competition and meet the evolving requirements of today's market (Kappauf & Lauterbach, 2012).

Advantages to Central Transport

The central transport can enjoy the diversification of product or services. The company will facilitate greater and faster growth in supply of goods or services not requiring an investment of time or involve risk of capital needed for internal development (Lynch, 2008).

Moreover, Central transport will acquire the supplier ...