Hy Vee s Value Chain - 2455 Words

FINAL ASSIGNMENT: OPTION 1 MICHELLE WICHMAN DUE DATE: 27JUN2015 POINTS POSSIBLE: 100 2200 word paper Hy-Vee’s Value Chain Hy-Vee Corporate headquarters is based in West Des Moines and is an employee-owned supermarket. As of 2015, Hy-Vee has 235+ stores across eight Midwestern states and $8.7B in annual sales. Figure 1: About Hy-Vee (www.hy-vee.com) We’ll take a look at how Hy-Vee’s value chain is defined by using both Michael Porter’s Value Chain model (Fig 2) which comes from his book Competitive Advantage written in 1985 and core processes defined in Operations Management by Krajewski (p. 7). Figure 2: Porter’s Value Chain (Extanz.com) Core Processes Figure 3 describes the functional activities to be performed in a supermarket, such as Hy-Vee and figure 4 expands the functional activities into core processes. Figure 3: Functional Activities (BP Trends, Jan 2012) Figure 4: Defining Core Process (BP Trends, Jan 2012) Inbound Logistics/Supplier Relationship Process Hy-Vee receives their supplies in many ways. There are commercial suppliers such as Kraft, Commercial suppliers such as Kraft, Kelloggs, Del Monte, Hanes, etc who deliver their supplies via semi to one of three distribution centers in Chariton, IA, Cherokee, IA and perishables in Ankeny, Iowa. Hy-Vee also receives supplies at the store level from local owners. For example, Wilson’s Orchard in Iowa City directly supplies apples, apple cider, and apple cider vinegar to all Iowa City and Coralville stores.Show MoreRelatedIs Noosa Finest Yoghurt?1771 Words   |  8 Pagesand the cream colored background were bright and welcoming. Second, the music accompanying the commercial was very catchy. The center of the screen was the lid of the most common size Noosa container; the lid was rotating like a record like a 1970’s disc jockey would spin a record at a disco. The commercial continued in this disco party theme with confetti falling and the raspberries and spoons ‘dancing’ to the tune. The name of the tune, â€Å"Shake your yummy maker† is reminiscent of the name of aRead MoreWbut Syllabus 1st Sem11442 Words   |  46 Pagespotential, Discussion, Application) Storage cell, fuel cell (construction, representation, cell reaction, expression of potential, Discussion, Application). Application of EMF measurement on a) Ascertain the change in thermodynamic function (∆G, ∆H, ∆S) b) ascertain the equilibrium constant of a reversible chemical reaction c) ascertain the valency of an ion. 3L Module 4 Structure and reactivity of Organic molecule Electronegativity, electron a ffinity, hybridisation, Inductive effect, resonance, hyperconjugation