Digital Supply Chain: A Step Towards Facilitating & Modernizing Restaurant Businesses

The rapid pace of globalization has made business competition increasingly fierce. This is evidenced by the development of the business world through changes that are becoming more open, complex, and competitive, both from internal and external company environments.

Changes like these can be a challenge for growth, but at the same time can also create obstacles if businesses are not competent in dealing with them. Certainly, this demands that every company be able to develop a good business strategy in order to compete with other companies.

The restaurant business is an example of a business that never wanes in its respective markets. As a business that provides primary needs of society, namely food and beverages, this business always has its own place in the hearts of consumers and business owners.

However, the development of trends and dynamic lifestyles of society make this business have to remain adaptive in its development. Coupled with the current technological conditions, the situation is no longer the same.

Various changes, from small to drastic, force business owners to put their thinking caps on to ensure their businesses survive. In the restaurant business, many things need to be considered so that the implementation of the food production process to distribution to consumers can run effectively and efficiently.

Through supply chain management, the flow of business can be controlled according to market needs and demands so that cost efficiency, inventory, manpower, and time efficiency can be achieved.

What Is Supply Chain Management?

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Supply chain management is a form of organizational system aimed at delivering products and services to consumers. In this cycle or chain, there are several organizations that work in different scopes but with the same goal of producing goods and distributing them to end consumers effectively and efficiently. Through this collaboration, the produced products will have added value. The supply chain is also considered a logistic network that connects interrelated links between manufacturers, suppliers, retail outlets, distribution, and customers. In the restaurant business, this relates to the relationship between production processes, material suppliers, kitchen/warehouse stock, and consumer demands or needs.

Goals of Supply Chain Management

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The goal of supply chain management is to deliver products on time to satisfy consumers, reduce costs, and increase company productivity in the supply chain by optimizing time, location, and flow of material quantities. Supply chain management is crucial for streamlining production and marketing processes to meet consumer needs.

For effective supply chain control, there needs to be a smooth flow of information and mutual trust among suppliers, companies, and consumers. With supply chain management, companies can manage the movement of goods or products in the supply chain by utilizing production and distribution activity networks to jointly meet consumer demands.

Relevant and accurate information related to supply chain management is the key to effective management. This information may contain data and analysis of facilities, inventory, transportation, and customers related to the supply chain.

Digital Supply Chain Solutions for Your Restaurant

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ESB, as a restaurant technology provider, offers one of its products called ESB Goods as a solution for supply chain management in your restaurant business. ESB Goods is a B2B Marketplace with support for Digital Supply Chain systems connected to ESB Core.

By utilizing ESB Goods, as a business actor, you can also monitor restaurant purchasing transactions quickly, conveniently, and accurately. This service can also significantly minimize the risk of fraud and avoid losses due to poorly controlled purchases.

Through ESB Goods, as a business owner, you will be assisted in finding better offers from trusted suppliers. You can also determine and agree on better terms and conditions in seconds, digitally. In addition, there are many benefits from the ESB Goods system to facilitate supplier movement in your restaurant, such as:

1. Offers & Negotiations

You will get premium quality raw materials at the best prices through direct negotiation processes with suppliers.

2. Verified Suppliers

All transactions or purchases made in ESB Goods are safe because suppliers registered in the ESB Goods system have been strictly verified and trusted.

3. Various Product Choices

More than 1000+ various best product choices that you can filter based on product type, distance and location of delivery, and product price can be managed through ESB Goods.

Considering ESB with all its technology as a business partner for your restaurant in the competition of the current globalization era might be worth considering.