I nventory Management, Distribution Network and Logistics VRPLs d istributio n n etwork a nd logistics e n compasses all activities to e n sure thatgoo

d s are d ispatche d i n right qua n tities a nd at right time to reach stores withsufficie n t time i n ha nd to promptly cater to customer d ema nd sa nd optimizatio n

of i n ve n tory positio n .They have built a system to mo n itor the i n ve n tory positio n o n a real-time basis ateach store, u nd er which a stock requisitio n or d elivery or d er is ge n erate d whe n pred etermi n e d stock or re-or d er levels are reache d

. The re-or d er levels for stores are d etermi n e d base d o n factors such as d isplay levels, lea d time for reple n ishme n ta nd average d aily sales. VRPL review these re-or d er levels o n co n ti n uous basis tofactor i n varia n ces i n d

ema nd base d o n seaso n s, tre nd sa nd promotio n al schemes.VRPL have seve n d istributio n ce n ters over approximately 385,033 square feet.These d istributio n ce n ters are locate d arou nd Kolkata (West Be n gal), Tha n e(Maharashtra), Jaipur (Rajastha n ), Ghaziaba d

(Uttar Pra d esh), Lu d hia n a (Pu n jab),Gurgao n ( H arya n a) a nd Mahipalpur (New Delhi). VRPL have clearly d emarcate d the stores which will be service d by each d istributio n ce n tre. The reor d er levels for d istributio n ce n ters are ascertai n e d

o n the basis of factors like average d aily salesof all the stores services, lea d time for reple n ishme n ta nd buffer stock, which catersto both the existi n ga nd propose d stores to be fe d . As for the stores, they regularlyreview these re-or d er levels.VRPLs d istributio n ce n ters a nd stores are co nn ecte d through compa n y-wi d evirtual n

etwork co nn ectio n through broa d ba nd which helps to efficie n tly ma n agetheir n etwork of stores a nd d istributio n ce n ters throughout the cou n try.They primarily utilise their ow n vehicles to tra n sport the i n ve n tory to their storesfrom the d istributio n ce n ters. In

a dd itio n , VRPL use the services of logisticsolutio n provi d ers i n clu d i n g low cost tra n sport service provi d ers i n or d er to d eliver pro d ucts o n time to VRPL stores a nd optimize tra n sportatio n costs. Distributio n ce n ters operatio n

s have bee n streamli n e d through the sta nd ar d isatio n of racki n gsystem, layouts a nd impleme n tatio n of automatic reple n ishme n t system.U nd er arra n geme n ts with some of their mercha nd ise ma n ufacturers, they receive payme n to n accou n

t of d isplay of their pro d ucts