The application of design criteria for locating a hub configured supply chain for a restaurant cluster in the Stellenbosch area
Date
2013-06-25
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AOSIS Publishing
Abstract
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Restaurants, in general, utilise numerous suppliers. Normally they deliver on different days
in the week and at different times during the day, logistically not an optimum approach.
Not only does the current practice cause frequent interruptions, but by segregating the food
supply chain unnecessary traffic is generated. This article investigated the need for developing
a third party supplier hub, the best positioning of that hub and the most economical routes
to the customers. With the aim of providing non-franchised restaurants with the necessary
leverage to become market leaders, the hub is planned to only service the restaurants within
the vicinity of the Stellenbosch area. In such a hub-configured supply chain, the suppliers
would be delivering to the proposed hub, from where once-off deliveries to all the restaurants
may be made on days and/or times determined by them. In order to investigate the benefits
of providing such a hub structure, a systematic implementation approach was used. The first
step was to do market research in order to establish the need for such a hub. That is, the
viability of the hub from a restaurant’s perspective was established. The next step entailed
the investigation of the design criteria needed in determining a favourable hub location. Four
possible hub locations were identified. The Clark and Wright’s savings algorithm was then
used to determine the optimal hub location and the feasibility of the results was verified with
the aid of a global positioning system (GPS) device. The last steps followed involved the
determination of an effective hub floor plan that may be utilised, possible products that can
be supplied to the restaurants and the necessary assets needed to provide the hub’s service.
Finally, by incorporating all these facets, a cost analysis was done to determine the hub’s
profitability.
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Please cite as follows:
Struwig, C. B., Ruthven, G. A. & Von Leipzig, K. 2013. The application of design criteria for locating a hub configured supply chain for a restaurant cluster in the Stellenbosch area. Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 7(1):1-7 (Art.#90), doi:10.4102/jtscm.v7i1.90.
The original publication is available at http://www.jtscm.co.za
Struwig, C. B., Ruthven, G. A. & Von Leipzig, K. 2013. The application of design criteria for locating a hub configured supply chain for a restaurant cluster in the Stellenbosch area. Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 7(1):1-7 (Art.#90), doi:10.4102/jtscm.v7i1.90.
The original publication is available at http://www.jtscm.co.za
Keywords
Industrial clusters, Fast food restaurants, Supply chain management -- Restaurants
Citation
Struwig, C. B., Ruthven, G. A. & Von Leipzig, K. 2013.
The application of design criteria for locating a hub configured supply chain for a restaurant cluster in the Stellenbosch area. Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 7(1):1-7 (Art.#90), doi:10.4102/jtscm.v7i1.90.