1. SUPPLY CHAIN OF
CARGILLS FOOD CITY
Group Members: 122081, 122128, 122180, 122189, 122190, 122200

2. CONTENT
• Introduction
• Business Process
• What is supply chain management
• Supply chain activities
• Information system in Cargills
• Suppliers
• Inventory Management
• Distribution system
• Current issues in supply chain & recommendations

3. INTRODUCTION
• Established in 1844 as House of Cargills
• Pioneers of introducing super markets to the Sri
Lanka
• In 1999 first collection center established in
Hanguranketha.
• In 2002 established a dairy processing plant for
benefiting dairy farmers

4. BUSINESS PROCESS
• business process.docx

5. WHAT IS SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT?
• Management of the flow of goods and services. It
includes the movement and storage of raw materials,
work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from
point of origin to point of consumption.

6. SUPPLY CHAIN ACTIVITIES
Supply
Chain
Inbound
logistic
Operation
Outbound
Logistic

7. INFORMATION SYSTEM IN CARGILLS
• Count retail outlets and analyze
• Forecast & Decision making
• Order Handling

8. SUPPLIERS
• 4 perishables : vegetables, fruits, dairy products and
meat products
• have a farmer base of around 5000 spread all over
the country
• Direct purchase from farmers
• 10 collection centers

9. INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
• More than 15000 of stock keeping units
• store management system with allocated slots for
each categorized item
• one distribution center for branded products at
Mattakkuliya
• Have their own transportation sector

10. DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
• Millers ltd involve in their all distributions not as a
third party as an own distribution section
• Perishables like vegetable section use different root
plan system
• branded products distribute in other way

11. CURRENT ISSUES IN SUPPLY CHAIN &
RECOMMENDATIONS
Problem Solution
• Use fundamental bases of cost,
innovation, quality and services
• Should look at the customer's
perspective
• Issues in satisfying customer demand • Need to adjust its strategy to
changing demand also
• Risks with regard lies within
perishable items
• Risk management
• Wastage in peak harvest time • Take actions to minimize wastage
• Doesn’t help much to social
development
• Provide farmers more prices

12. THANK YOU