Supply Chain Management Case Study Papa John's

Based on the international market that Papa john’s has most recently emerged into there are some challenges that have unveiled themselves. The most prevalent of these issues have come from labor forces that want better pay in a market that has traditionally been very lucrative to a corporation where they can benefit from low cost labor. But as countries emerge from third world status, they tend to want higher wages to follow the emergence of a better standard of living. In order to stay abreast of this changing work force labor must be compensated fairly so that they can keep up their international reputation and image. Other issues that need to be looked into is the supply chain that international stores will need, logistic issues are very prevalent in third world markets and can cause production delays in outlying regional locations.

In the text, the author explains that strategic planning should embrace challenges like this very carefully as issues can easily stall intended strategic plans as defined in the scope of an operation (Parnell, 2014).

Other issues that can cause their strategic outreach to change is the loss of control over their management team that is spread out across the globe. Separated by thousands of miles in distance and situated in a time difference these foreign managers are disposed within cultures that fight with US models of business. It is not unusual for international business to be barraged by flagrant forces of corruption to conduct daily business processes. With this in mind I think that Papa John’s will have to face a change in strategy as these international norms change with the emergence of societies and country norms. In the article, “Quick Service Hits China” one of these change mechanisms are already in place as Papa John’s Chinese model “To suit local tastes in Shanghai, the company has added pizza toppings such as crab, corn, green peas, shrimp, and pickles” that facilitate their local Chinese customer

base.