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Aloha Ltd. is an FMCG company that has more than 100 distribution centers from which the
company makes deliveries to its more than 3000 stores using its fleet of more than 4000 vans.
Managing inventory flow from the company’s suppliers through its distribution centers and into
its retail outlets has become a massive task, and it has been facing tremendous pressure in
meeting the demand and supply. The company has also reported that the difficulty in managing
inventory flow throughout the company’s distribution network and retailers also contributed to
the problem. Most of the time, their warehouses and store backrooms become overstocked with
inventory leading to difficulty determining which items should be discounted and moved to the
store’s shelves. It is becoming quite costly for them as Aloha Ltd. has increased its sales of
groceries and food items due to the failure of monitoring expiration dates.
To deal with these backroom inventory management issues, the company has appointed you as
their supply chain analyst and asked you to come up with a solution as soon as possible. Now
suggest some technologies that Aloha Ltd. might use to better manage their supply chain and
logistic operations with proper justification.