2. Reverse Logistics
Refilling
Expiration due to completion of shelf life
Forecasting error
Leakages
Use in Bottling Industry
Convergent structure
From many sources to few demand points
High degree of uncertainty in supply- both in terms of quantity and quality of used products
returned by the consumers
High quality products may justify higher transportation costs (and thus a more centralized network
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3. Forecasting
Relatively
Certain
One to Many
Uniform
Uniform
Uniform
Visible
Consistent
Transparent
FORWARD
LOGITICS
More
difficult
Many to one
Non-uniform
Damaged
Variable
Less directly
visible
Inconsistent
Less visible
REVERSE
LOGISTICS
Distribution Cost
Bottle Quality
Distribution Pts
Packaging
Process visibility
Inventory Mgt
Pricing
Supplier Distributor LogisticsBottling
Plant
Retailer
Depot
Sales
Collecti
on
•Selection
•Sorting
acc. To
quality
state &
Recovery
Route
Combined
Inspection
Quality of
glass
Grading
•Reprocessi
ng/Recycli
ng
•Direct
Recovery
Recovery Refilling
Customer
returns Bottle
Sorting,Testing
Basic Processing
Recycle
Forward
Logistics
Reverse Transport
Can the
bottle be
reused?
Yes
No
Bottle can not be
repaired
Primary Trucks Secondary Trucks
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4. PEPSICO INDIA
• PepsiCo established its business operations in India in 1989
• 41 plants of PEPSI Co across India
• Lot Sizes depend on demand, season
• Direct ordering through Distributor Rep.
• Frequency of order: 2-3/week
• Transit time: 3 days, Lead Time: 4 days
• Inventory: 3 days stock
• Use of I.T. : Stock Keeping, Account Keeping, Problem
Handling
• Expense of Transportation:
– Distributor to Bottling plant: Bottling Plant
– Retailer to Distributor: Distributor (4000 outlets/distributor)
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5. Bottling plants
Bottling plants
Presently 38 Bottling plants in India
with majority being franchisee owned
Company
Owned (CoBo)
Franchisee
Owned (FoBo)
Cuttack BhopalRaipur
Dharwad Jamshedpur Nagpur
Locations
Varun Beverages (RKJ) is the main bottling
franchisee of PEPSICO
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6. Bottling Volumes at Varun Beverages
Month Sales/Case RGB/Case Damages
RGB
April 2568367 1797857 161805.9
May 2701648 1891154 170203.8
June 2233363 1563354 140701.8
July 2185333 1529733 137676
Aug 2041245 1428872 128598.5
Sept 1801099 1260769 113469.2
Oct 1729055 1210338 108930.5
Nov 1657011 1159908 104391.7
Dec 1710564 1197395 107763.3
Jan 2245370 1571759 141458.3
Feb 2365443 1655810 149022.9
March 2461502 1723051 155074.6
0
500000
1000000
1500000
2000000
2500000
3000000
Sales/Case RGB/Case
Damages RGB
•High Uncertainty - Fluctuations in RGB are not in proportion to the sales volumes
•Huge gap between selling cases and retrieval of RGB – Only 65% of the bottles are retrieved back
•The breakages during logistics are substantial – 9%
•Damages – Incurring Repair Costs and transportation Costs
*Source : Varun Beverages 2010-2011 Data) IIMK | SCM | Section A | Group 2
8. Manufacturer
Bottling Plant
Distributor
Wholesaler
Distributor Distributor
Bottle
Suppliers
Raw Material
Supplier
Wholesaler
Retailer
Retailer
Retailer
Retailer
Grading Facility
Adherence to safety check list
Misbehaviour by truck driver
Display of PEPSI LOGO on trucks
Physical condition of truck
Assets re-
utilization
Better
control over
safety stock
of bottles
Better
integration
of the
captured
returns infor
mation with
forward
supply chain
information
Time taken by driver to reach the distributorship
Time taken by driver to reach at plant
Damage/loss to the product while delivering
Damage/loss to EMPTY BOTTLE during return to plant
Delay due to malfunctioning of truck
EVALUATION PARAMETERS
FOR REVERSE LOGISTICS
Reverse Network
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9. Manufacturer
Bottling Plant
Distributor
Wholesaler
Distributor Distributor
Bottle
Suppliers
Raw Material
Supplier
Wholesaler
Retailer
Retailer
Retailer
Retailer
Grading Facility
Recommended RL
Decoupling Forward & Reverse channels
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Grading Facility
Specialised 3PL
Use of Specialised 3PL that operates directly between Retailer & Bottling plant, with its
own Grading facilities & warehouses
Warehouses are used for sorting the bottles(Coke/Pepsi/RC Cola..) & employ Cross
Docking
3PL Warehouse
3PL Warehouse
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Assumptions
Diesel Price 50 per litre
One Truck Consumes 7 litres
Existing Breakage 9%
Breakage Under Decoupled network 5%
Truck capacity 144 Crates (300ml Bottles)
Exisitng RL utilization 65%
Under Decoupled Network 80%
Existing RL
Decoupled
RL
Cost per Day per Truck 350 350
Crates carried as per existing RL 93.6 115.20
Breakage 8.424 5.76
Cost per Crate 4.105 3.198
Savings per Crate in Supply Chain 0.907
Existing Volumes 200000
Savings per Crate in Supply Chain 181400
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS FOR GLOBAL OPTIMISATION
Based on our Assumptions the
total savings in the supply
chain are around Rs 180000/-
Assumption : Under the
proposed Decoupled Network
truck load utilization would
increase due to pooling of
resources
Distance under the new route
remains the same
11. Rationale for Decoupling Forward & Reverse channels
• Different Actors in forward and Reverse Logistics
• Reverse Logistics : Specialised expertise
• Difference in Nature of supply chains
• Increased flexibility for the downstream supply partner(Retailer)
• Leveraging economies of scale by 3PL
• Difference in handling of collections vis-à-vis deliveries
• Flexibility in increasing the rate of retrieval of empty bottles
• Integration with specialized Marketing Research partners for processing real time customer feedback
Efficient
Supply
chain
Responsiv
e Supply
Chain
Risk
Hedging
Supply
Chain
Agile
Supply
Chain
Supplyuncertainty
LowHigh
Demand Uncertainty
Low High
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Use of I.T.
• Current SCM enterprise software
doesn’t include reverse logistics
• Cant monitor the status of their
returns
• Measure not incorporated: return
rates, recovery rates, and returns
inventory turnover
Plant Capacity:-1 Lot or 1 Batch is prepared bottled in 2 days.1Lot =24000 crates,1 crate=24 bottles
The ‘reverse risk hedging supply’ chain (high supply uncertainty, low demand uncertainty). Auto industry parts and basic electronic goods also follow this strategy due to the unpredictable supply from consumers in the reverse channel. The products also go back to the manufacturers and not to a secondary channel. This strategy of reverse risk hedging should utilize sharing of resources to bring back these products i.e. Outsourcing to a 3PL as an industry.