Colgate Palmolive (GuangZhou) Co.LTD

The paper is a practice operations case, which is Kanban management for inventory control in supply chain in Colgate Palmolive (GuangZhou) Co. LTD with the pressure of market. It consists of two parts: "the case" and "case analysis"."The case" part briefly introduces the background of Colgate Palmolive company; presents the development of Colgate Palmolive (GuangZhou) Co. LTD and structure charts; describes the supply chain of Colgate Palmolive (GuangZhou) Co. LTD, inventory and customer services KPIs; expatiates the competition of toothpaste market in China; specifies the encountering problems and setup of solving-problem team."Case analysis" part introduces how to set up Kanban model based on both the theory of supply chain management, Kanban management and "Pull" system and the current situation of Colgate Palmolive (GuangZhou) Co. LTD; describes how to calculate Kanban and set up Kanban database to implement Kanban management for inventory control in supply chain; reviews the results after the implementation of Kanban management for a period; finally raises some suggestions for current Kanban management.