Zara SCM Strategy

What does the regular company do and Zara doesn't?

• sends full-loaded truck across countries

• pays air-freight to Japan twice a week

• moves unsold items every two weeks

• uses more outsource company

What is correct?

• Zara copies SCM strategies from its competitors

• Zara's SCM strategy focuses on individual parts

• Zara tries to view SCM as a holistics approach

• Zara's SCM tactics are effective by themselves

Why does Zara keep its production in-house?

• Zara has very low production capacity.

• Zara tries to keep its trade secret.

• Zara tries to make room for a flexible production

• Zara tries to maximize its output

What is not true for Zara's SCM strategy?

• the company manages all design by themself

• the Zara's SC is uniquely tailored to support the company's business model

• Around every two weeks, Zara will send a new design garment to retail store

• Zara's supply garment product is unlimited

what does "customer's sense of urgency" refer to?

• there is a limited inventory so the customers want to buy those products before they run out.

• The customers wait for the discounted price.

• The customers knows about the new Zara's collections.

• The customers likes to buy only the popular collections.