Tuesday, March 20, 2012

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With their current system, each facility fills approximately 98 percent of customer orders.  Orders that cannot be met by the nearest facility are passed on through time zones until they can be filled.  An estimated 84 percent of its rental library is available within a few days, making turn-around on titles very quick.11  Logistics are clearly an important factor in a model such as this.  Originally, all returns were checked-in and shelved before the new demands were met, making the first half of the day returns, the afternoon fulfillment.  However, by changing the procedure to simultaneously check in a movie and then match it to a new demand the process has streamlined substantially.  This system modification reduces shelf time on inventory has slowed Netflix  Indonesia VPN  hiring and reduced labor costs by about 15 percent.9   On average about 300 DVDs are unshipped from each facility at the end of the day, about 2 percent of the volume that flows through the center on an average day, and are stored in a small box at the facility.  Each week, any consistently unused inventory is returned to the main distribution center in San Jose for longer-term storage.4    Operational ComparisonsNo. of locations No. of employees No. of titles available No. of DVDs available Blockbuster, Inc.  8000+; 1 distribution center 89,000 About 1000 per location, up to 8,000 Hundreds Per Location Netflix 16distribution centers 381   13,500  3.3 Million Walmart.com 6distribution center Not available  12,000  Not available Table 2: Operational comparisons for the top three competitive DVD subscription services. Competition As with any successful business idea, Netflix has its imitators.  While there are many small online companies with a similar product, the two largest direct competitorsare well known: Wal-Mart and Blockbuster (Table 3).   

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