Retailers have met so many challenges on time-to-market reductions are necessary due to shorter and shorter product life cycles, greater product variety, causing more fluctuation in demand, calls for high responsiveness in supply chains, and the ever-increasing need for shorter lead times continues. However, as a result of the power that comes with control over consumer contacts, retailers today have the opportunity to organise the work in their supply chains in suitable ways. The aim of this paper examine the retailers organise their supply chain challenges and the impact of day-to-day market competition on the customer’s needs, and how are supply chain management affects the retail sector. These studies conduct the survey in order to utilise the cost competition and their organised activities of cost value propositions. According to the research utilizing time-based competition was utilised. Eventually, the studies were found with line theories in this field, i.e., that the nature of products’ demand pattern is crucial for what should be focused on, and that physical efficiency is important to cost-based competition and market responsiveness in time-based competition.
Keywords: Supply chain, Retail sectors, Market Competition, etc.
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