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Based on the case study above, find five (5) advantages of supply chain for the dabbawalas and explain it in your own words?


Dabbawalas was a really successful business that is held in India and is really famous. They are working on sending the lunch box made by the worker's wife or family to the worker's workplace, and they will also collect the lunch box from the worker back home. Until today, it has created a really mature system to make the sending or transfer of the lunch box become most effective and efficient, this is all because of its good supply chain.


Dabbawalas 是一家在印度举办的非常成功的企业,非常有名。他们正在努力将工人妻子或家人制作的饭盒送到工人的工作场所,他们还将从工人那里收集饭盒回家。直到今天,它创造了一个非常成熟的系统,使饭盒的发送或转移变得最有效和高效,这一切都归功于它良好的供应链。




The first advantage of the Dabbawalas supply chain will be the lower cost of transport. Usually, the sending of the goods nowadays will always depend on the technology such as the vehicle, lorry, van, etc. However, Dabbawalas mostly used manpower and bicycle to send the lunch box only. The moving of the vehicle will require the fuel to function, however, the bicycle did not need that. This will actually make the transportation cost decrease to the lowest they can and it will also make the operation cost become cheaper than usual.


达巴瓦拉斯供应链的第一个优势将是较低的运输成本。通常,现在的货物寄送总是依赖于车辆、货车、面包车等技术,而达巴瓦拉斯则主要使用人力和自行车来寄送饭盒。车辆的移动需要燃料才能发挥作用,但是,自行车不需要。这实际上会使运输成本降至最低,也将使运营成本变得比平时便宜。




The second advantage will be that the supply chain of the dabbawalas is simple, not complex. The usual company supply chain will be more complex such as the goods will be sent, received, classified, moved, on the shelf, down the shelf, packaged, and so on. However, compare with it the dabbawalas just receive, classify, and send the goods. It has actually decreased many steps in the supply chain and also directly decreased the cost of the supply chain and lead time. For example, the dabbawalas do not need to prepare a warehouse for stock and save inventory costs. Simply say, it will be faster than usual, more effective, and efficient.


第二个优势是达巴瓦拉的供应链简单,不复杂。通常的公司供应链会更加复杂,例如货物的发送、接收、分类、移动、上架、下架、包装等。然而,与它相比,达巴瓦拉只是接收、分类和发送货物。它实际上减少了供应链中的许多步骤,也直接降低了供应链的成本和交货时间。例如,达巴瓦拉不需要为库存准备仓库,节省库存成本。简单地说,它会比平时更快、更有效、更有效率。




Thrid of the advantages will be the dabbawalas have a good classification system in their supply chain, it was named a color-coding system. The color-coding system will tell the dabbawalas the information needed such as where to send, which station to use, how many points they will get, and so on. Compared to the computer system which is a higher cost, and higher knowledge level needed to use, the color-coding system is actually more suitable, faster, cheaper, and simpler to use.


第三个优点是达巴瓦拉人在他们的供应链中有一个很好的分类系统,它被命名为颜色编码系统。颜色编码系统将告诉达巴瓦拉所需的信息,例如发送到哪里、使用哪个站点、他们将获得多少积分等等。与成本较高、知识水平较高的计算机系统相比,彩色编码系统实际上更适合、更快、更便宜、更易于使用。




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