Operational activities of supply chain department at Nestlé Bangladesh Limited

Abstract

This internship report is prepared on overall activities of Supply Chain Function of Nestle Bangladesh Ltd. I have prepared this report during my 3 months long attachment at Supply Chain Function. Nestle Supply Chain is considered as one of the prominent Departments because of its well structure and efficient lean and optimized operations. The operation of Supply Chain starts with National Demand Planning for products and then Supply Planning is prepared basis on that agreed Demand. On the basis of Supply Planning the Raw Materials and Packaging materials are being procured by Procurement from National and International Suppliers where Inbound Logistics releases the imported materials from port following customs formalities. This is then used for Production and later Primary Sales (invoicing) is done by Customer Service and Distribution. The first part of the report gave a short introduction on Nestle global and Nestle Bangladesh along with history, business vision and mission and product portfolios. The second part is about the overview of Supply Chain function and its activities. The third part is about my duties and responsibilities that I performed as an intern in S&IM (Supply and Indirect Material) of Procurement Department of Supply Chain Function. The Fourth part explained the SWOT Analysis on Supply Chain and the next part explained the Areas of Improvement for Supply Chain Function. My overall learning on Supply Chain is also explained in the sixth partof the report. Finally at last part brief Recommendations prepared from my brief knowledge on Nestle Supply Chain.