Pick n Pay suppliers play vital role in supply chain

Suppliers play a vital role in Pick n Pay Cycads supply chain and without their ongoing support, this retailer will not be able to maintain adequate stock levels, ensuring that its customers are provided with food and other merchandise that are necessary to sustain a healthy living.

These suppliers include farmers, food processors, transporters and merchandisers as well as businesses maintaining the equipment necessary to ensure compliance with health regulations and are all making it possible for the business to keep its doors open.

QUESTION 1 (20 Marks) Discuss the basic concept of the supply chain, paying attention to the role players of the supply chain. Then, consider the supply chain of Pickn Pay and with the aid of a suitably labelled diagram, discuss the role players of the supply chain of the company (You may select any product that Pick n Pay sells for this question).

QUESTION 2 (20 Marks) If Pick N Pay wants to establish itself as a leader in fresh goods, it needs to consider supplier performance metrics and analyse its suppliers accordingly. You are hired in the tomato sourcing team and are asked to discuss the evaluation of suppliers based primarily on QUALITY.

2.1. Discuss what the quality metric entails (6 marks)

2.2. Thereafter discuss how it would be relevant to the context of your role at Pick N Pays tomato sourcing team (8 marks)

2.3. Lastly, provide a referenced example of a supermarket evaluating its suppliers using supplier performance metrics (6 marks) (This portion of the question may be answered in relation to supplier performance metrics as a whole, not just quality as a supplier performance metric)