Subway Supply Chain Case Study

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In other words, subway tries its best to make use of all of its capacity which have allowed them to be very efficient in their supply chain
Suppliers and distributers of subway includes Southwest Bakeries which is one bread supplier
The transportation provider is C.H. Robinson Worldwide ("C.H. Robinson") it was recognized for their outstanding support in supply chain management
Moving to subway’s strategy, Subway works with independent purchasing cooperatives which is also known as IPC
So what the IPC does is that they negotiate the lowest cost for goods purchased and services while improving quality
In the beginning product shelf live in re-distribution was a problem so then IPC turned into two different vendors was West Liberty foods and …show more content…

• 115 million gallon of water.
• 9.9 million Ponds of corrugated cardboard.
• 18.6 million kilowatts of electricity.
This is what little changes can do in the long run.
IPC also collaborated with Select Product Group also known as SPG it is a supplier of packaging and paper. Throw-out this partnership subway has boosted the number of outbound truckloads since previously 32% of trucking capacity was being unused so they tried their best to make sure that they are using 100% or more of the capacity. They were also able to cut the number of individual items shipped to distribution centers from 160 to 12.
IPC added bread plant in Arizona, taxes, South Carolina, and Washington
Since the bakeries that they previously had were running at 110 capacity, so this is when subway knew that they had to open more plants
These plants are closer to the source, which allows subway’s vendors to double efficiency
Of bread line capacity while also improving the product quality
7 main factors in subway’s current supply chain include food quality and safety, sustainable sourcing practices, local sourcing (Florida tomato growers), animal welfare, force labour, human trafficking and streamlining the supply …show more content…

Has auditing process that make sure suppliers meet their quality and standards and this is all part of sustainable sourcing practices
As far as streamlining vendors and suppliers move and create locations close to subway to distributers, they also create re-distribution centers that allows lower shipping costs
Lower shipping cost is achieved by reducing the travel millage and adding to the sustainable process. Re-distribution operational efficiency program reduces millage and shipping it also ensure all travel rounds and driving techniques are optimized also that there is fully loaded trucks and then includes female and add ethnic minority suppliers throughout its supply chain.
Moving on to possible improvements, ensuring the quality of all the edible resources is defiantly one of the improvements, maintaining refrigerated storage from arrival to consumption.
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