Ch. 8 Operations Management and Supply Chain Management{0}
In an article from BusinesWire.com, “Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc. Chooses ArrowStream Supply Chain Management Solutions to Gain Efficiencies, Savings,” the discussions is regarding Einstein Noah Restaurant Group(ENRGI) enhancing its supply chain management operations by agreeing to do business with ArrowStream, a leading provider of supply chain solutions for the foodservice industry.
ENRGI choose ArrowStream’s software system, OnDemand due to its ability to help the company’s improve the bottom line and improve its cost savings. With OnDemand, ENRGI will be synchronized with ArrowStream’s distribution network and trading partners, allowing for more informed inventory management decisions, promotions management, and accurate spend rationalization(“Einstein Noah,” 2009).
By ENRGI switching to OnDemand, ENGRI is simply adapting to current partners technology. With 80 percent of ENRGI’s partners already participating in ArrowStream’s Network, ENRGI will quickly be able to take advantage of their new software solution. ENRGI’s goals to reduce category spend, control price variance, have less stock outs and rely less their current inefficient manual process helping to better control costs and implement improvements.
The article relates to Ch. 8, “Operations Management and Supply Chain Management,” because it deals with ENRGI implementing new supply chain management software that will improve its overall business operations. OnDemand will give ENRGI a boost to their overall business operations and allow for more accurate decision making that will benefit everyone from the suppliers to the customers by offering quicker service.
Einstein Noah Restaurant Group, Inc. Chooses ArrowStream Supply Chain Management Solutions to Gain Efficiencies, Savings. Retrieved on October 15, 2009 from http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20091013006087&newsLang=en