Seven-Eleven Japan's success can be related to the excellent fit among its functional strategies. Marketing at Seven-Eleven has emphasized convenience in the form of easy access to stores and availability of a wide range of products and services.

New product development at Seven-Eleven is constantly adding products and services, such as bill payment services that draw customers in and exploit the excellent information infrastructure and the fact that customers frequently visit Seven-Eleven. Operations and distribution at Seven-Eleven have focused on having a high density of stores, being very responsive, and providing an excellent information infrastructure. The result is a virtuous cycle in which supply chain infrastructure is exploited to offer new products and service that increase demand, and the increased demand in turn makes it easier for operations to improve the density of stores, responsiveness in replenishment, and the information infrastructure.
Creativity Japan- a new chain of stores similar to Seven Eleven has been tracking the success of Seven Eleven Japan and recognizes that to become as successful as Japan Seven Eleven, it must model their Supply Chain Network Design.

Required:

A. Examine FOUR  factors that will influence Creativity Japan Supply Chain Network Design Decisions. 

B. Analyze the TWO  components of a demand forecast that will mobilize Creativity Japan to be as successful as Seven Eleven Japan.