Critical Analysis Of Lean System In Tesco

The paper will analyse the lean systems of an organisation where lean in employed. Hence, the paper will critically discuss the lean systems to assist the continuous improvement of its processes. The chosen organisation is Tesco Plc. Therefore, the paper will analyse the lean system of Tesco that would be more retail lean management.

Discussion Critical Analysis of Lean System Facilitating Continuous Improvement

A major challenge for any business is to create value agility, better quality and faster. Competition is relentless, the environment is increasingly difficult and uncertainty is here to stay, a complicated picture. It is a complex but not impossible challenge (Slack et al., 2009).

Lean Management is a methodology of simple, deep

As a group, its annual turnover amounts to 28 billion pounds and though industry leader, continues to increase its market share. One of the strengths of the company 's success is its continuous improvement in terms of vision of information technology. The fact that it is one of the technology users with more forward-looking industry enables Tesco to be at the head (Mason and Evans, 2015).

A highly competitive supermarket sector, customers are looking forward for wide range of quality products, accessible for 24 days at the right price. There are some retailers that cannot fail to balance the different aspects of management in terms of supply chain and demand of invest in the IT structure, which suits the demand of customers and shareholders (Zhao, 2014).

With the aim of helping meet those needs ties, Tesco started about thinking the development of IT solutions in 2001; at this time, the opportunities were focused on the web-based operations that can enhance the chain of stable foundations. To evaluate, Tesco engaged IBM to carry out certain tasks of consulting key business processes of the company, and identify potential opportunities and benefits of implementing lean solutions that work using a web browser on a wireless platform (Mason and Evans,

The replenishment process in internal Tesco is fully automated, and it is essential that the stores maintain a correct file stock since otherwise they risk depleting or have excess stocks. More prominently, for customers it is that the stores are not left without stock (Mason and Evans, 2015).

Meanwhile, Tesco suppliers are also given different implementation of Intermec, which is assumed as the best implementation of lean system that is still in its continuous improvement process. It is noted that Daventry, Power logistics is assumed as one of the latest logistic companies in UK and is capitalising in the Intermec open platform to improve the service offered in a continuous way to Tesco that holds the delivery of frozen products. However, they use the terminal based 2455 truck system and mobile computer system or data that captures the low temperatures (Zhao,