Jeff Brady, senior manager, transportation for Jack in the Box Inc., San Diego, Calif., looks outside of the box to maintain a successful logistics and supply chain structure.
Refrigerated & Frozen Foods: Summarize Jack in the Box’s approach to logistics and supply chain.
Jeff Brady: Our approach is a holistic one—blending all associated areas to drive the lowest landed cost to the customer. We look at long-term strategic vendor relationships and manage commodities and partner with marketing, restaurant operations, logistics and event planning. We take a vested approach with our external warehousing and our inbound and outbound transportation partners. These facets of our business roll up to a specific vision that ensures alignment with our mission through our Strategic Supply Chain Alliance approach. This is defined in three categories: 1) cost management, 2) supply management and 3) service management, and executed through trust, transparency and relationships.
R&FF: How is Jack in the Box’s retail supply chain function organized in regards to refrigerated and frozen foods? How is the foodservice supply chain function organized?