MIDDLE EAST
DUBAI
The HQ location of Al-Futtaim Group the product will significantly reduce the costs in the supply chain and logistics , there is still a reliance on the imports that cannot be escaped .
“ The infrastructure in the Middle East has come on leaps and bounds in manufacturing and importing , but it still doesn ’ t have enough raw ingredients . Products may be manufactured locally , but the manufacturer will source a lot of its raw ingredients through imports ,” he says .
In food and beverage , recipe is king . Each POS system in each franchise will have in excess of 70 different dishes , which in turn will have 70 different recipes , and then of course each POS will have 70 different buttons and links to each dish . For Gallager , when it comes to managing all of these intricate details , an inventory system is a crucial tool to keeping those costs down .
“ Think of the recipe writing process in general and you need to account for many points , but one of the most important is - yield loss ,” he says . “ Getting that yield
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