Rain Industries Limited (Rain), through its wholly owned subsidiary Rain Carbon Inc., produced upcycled carbon products from the by-products of steel and petroleum and other industries. The demand- and supply-driven shifts and various sustainability initiatives by industries both downstream and upstream in Rain's existing supply chain could prove to be disruptive, requiring strategizing and future-proofing. When the Government of India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry banned the import of green petroleum coke, also called petcoke, in 2018, Rain's chief financial officer had to decide whether it was the right time to identify and implement different supply chain risk mitigation measures.
Kaps Foods India Private Limited (Kaps), a privately held company, was one of the leading manufacturers of ice cream in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, in Central India. The company’s manufacturing unit had the capacity to produce 20,000 litres of ice cream per day in 65 different stock keeping units. In December 2016, Kaps was dealing with an issue of demand and supply mismatch. Seasonality in the demand of ice cream created an imbalance between demand and supply for some variants of ice cream, and this situation has created dissatisfaction among customers. The shortage of some ice cream variants has resulted in a loss of sales and goodwill. The company’s sales and marketing head became aware of the issue while reviewing customer feedback forms. He needed determine how the problem was affecting Kaps’ performance and what needed to be done to solve it.
Kaps Foods India Private Limited (Kaps), a privately held company, was one of the leading manufacturers of ice cream in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, in Central India. The company's manufacturing unit had the capacity to produce 20,000 litres of ice cream per day in 65 different stock keeping units. In December 2016, Kaps was dealing with an issue of demand and supply mismatch. Seasonality in the demand of ice cream created an imbalance between demand and supply for some variants of ice cream, and this situation has created dissatisfaction among customers. The shortage of some ice cream variants has resulted in a loss of sales and goodwill. The company's sales and marketing head became aware of the issue while reviewing customer feedback forms. He needed determine how the problem was affecting Kaps' performance and what needed to be done to solve it.