Goodman Case 2
Goodman Case 2
Solu,on:
Problem:
Solve
Uniqlo’s
supply
How
can
Uniqlo
chain
challenges
by
restructure
its
supply
A)
opening
chain
to
become
the
distribu?on
center
in
leading
global
apparel
US,
and
B)
focusing
retailer?
on
e-‐commerce
sales.
Vision
Japan
China
Korea
USA
UK
Other
Interna?oanl
Key Issues
• Facing
challenges
with
supply
chain
model
in
global
markets
• Saturated
in
Japan
• Online
retailing
with
4%
of
sales
• Product
size
inconsistent
between
Asian
and
U.S.
markets
Supply Chain Analysis – Fast Retailing
Planning
Produc?on
Sales
Customers
Produc?on
Deign
Merchandisi Japan
departments
pa^erns
ng
Partner
Inventory
sores
makers
Factories
control
Takumi
UNIQLO
Int’
Produc?on
stores
Planning
Customer
Centers
Marke?ng
(sales
promo?on)
Global Business Strategy
High
Global
Transna,onal
Global
Integra?on
Interna,onal
Mul,-‐domes,c
Low
Low
High
Customer
Responsiveness
CompeQtors
Inditex
• 1st
largest
world
apparel
retailer
• “Fast
fashion”
model
• Responsive
supply
chain;
reduced
?me-‐to-‐market
(10-‐15
days
from
design
to
market)
H&M
• 2nd
largest
world
apparel
retailed
• Longer
shelf
life
than
Inditex
GAP
• Pioneered
SPA
model
(allows
for
direct
visibility
of
sales
data)
• Con?nued
growth
and
expansion
plans
for
China
QualitaQve Analysis
STRENGTHS
WEAKNESSES
• SCA:
Low
price
&
High
Quality
• Limited
exposure
in
U.S
and
European
• Integrated
manufacturing
and
supplying
• Limited
distribu?on
channel
in
global
markets
• High
efficiency
of
Team
Takumi
QualitaQve Analysis
OPPORTUNITIES
THREATS
• Customers
preference
in
variety
and
diversity
• Increasing
labor
cost
in
China
from
Asia
cloth
style
• Compe??on
from
other
global
clothing
brands
AlternaQve Analysis
AlternaQves
3.
Focus
on
1.
Model
2.
Con?nue
to
US/Europe
supply
chain
grow
in
Asian
market
growth
structure
of
markets.
and
leverage
Inditex.
e-‐commerce.
AlternaQve 1: Rejected
Model
supply
chain
structure
of
Inditex.
• Reduce
lead
?me
• Increase
prices
• Does
not
leverage
Uniqlo’s
compe??ve
advantage
AlternaQve 2: Rejected
Con,nue
to
grow
in
Asian
markets.
• Supply
chain
model
is
successful
in
Asian
markets
• China
is
Uniqlo’s
lead
interna?onal
market
• Japanese
market
is
saturated
• Significant
presence
in
Asian
markets
• E-‐commerce
needs
to
be
a
focus
in
addi?on
to
physical
stores
–
JD.com
AlternaQve 3: OpQmal SoluQon
Focus
on
US/Europe
market
growth
and
leverage
e-‐commerce.
• Open
new
central
warehouse
in
US
to
supply
US
and
EU,
physical
and
E-‐commerce
• Warehouse
to
connect
with
current
local
distribu?on
centers
RecommendaQon: Current vs. Proposed
Develop,
R&D
Central
Local
&
Produc?on
stores
Warehouse
Distribu?on
Merchandising
6 weeks
5
weeks
RecommendaQon JusQficaQon
• US
market
has
only
39
stores
and
lots
of
growth
poten?al
• Maintains
current
compe??ve
advantage
of
low
cost
and
high
quality
• Reduces
6-‐week
lead
?me
to
5
weeks
by
having
distribu?on
centers
closer
to
markets
• Leverages
Kaizer
philosophy
of
con?nuous
improvement
• E-‐commerce
is
profitable!
By
2020,
Uniqlo
will
make
1.12
billion
more
Decision Matrix
1.
Benchmark
Inditex
2.
Asian
market
growth
3.
US/Europe
market
growth
and
e-‐commerce
Profitability
+
-‐
+
Risk
-‐
-‐
-‐
Strategic
Fit
+
-‐
+
Compe??ve
Advantage
-‐
+
+
Timeliness
-‐
+
+
QuanQtaQve Analysis
ProjecQon: UNIQLO in China
Average
growth
in
2014-‐2018:
9.5%
|
in
2019-‐2020:
5%
New
opening
stores:
15%
per
year
Sales
in
US
$
billion
Number of stores in China 440 540 621 714 821 944
Uniqlo's
sale
in
China
5.20
6.50
7.80
9.05
10.31
11.60
ProjecQon: UNIQLO in USA without e-‐
commerce
New
opening
stores:
15
units
per
year
in
2015-‐2020
Sales
in
US
$
billion
UNIQLO's sale in USA 5.45 7.18 9.55 11.09 12.64 14.16
Solu,on:
Problem:
Solve
Uniqlo’s
supply
How
can
Uniqlo
chain
challenges
by
restructure
its
supply
opening
distribu?on
chain
to
become
the
center
in
US,
and
leading
global
apparel
focusing
on
e-‐
retailer?
commerce
sales.
Uniqlo: A Company for the Future