Supply Chain Design for Strategic Warehouse Management, Inc. Australia

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Sydney Warehouse Store Inc. Plan
In his book, Tompkins (1998) defines a warehouse as a place where goods are received from a source, stored until the time that they are required and picking and shipping them to the appropriate user. Warehousing is one of the developing sectors in the economy and it has evolved over the years and its functions are also growing. One of the challenges that are facing the warehouses is the provision of a wide variety of goods to the customers and reducing the holding time for the materials needed by customers CITATION Tom10 \l 1033 (Tommy, 2010). As such, there is the need for strategic location of warehouses so that they can provide the services that are needed by the customers in an economical and convenient way.
Sydney Warehouse Store Inc. is located in Sydney, Australia. The city has a population of more than 4.6 million people. The warehouse will be located in one of the streets in Sydney where there are a large number of people who move about so that it can be easily noticed.
Sydney Warehouse Store Design Requirements
Proper Data Collection
i) Location
Data should be collected on the place where the store will be located. In this case, data collected should take into account how the store may expand in the future, the weight of the items that are going to be stored, and the type of the warehouse. It should also offer a space for the increase in the number of stock keeping units (SKU) that might be needed in the future if the warehouse expands.
Sydney Warehouse Store Inc. should be located in a place where it can expand easily since it will also be shipping goods to the US. The store should also have as many stock keeping units since it will handle a large number of goods.
ii) Frequency of receiving goods
As part of the plan, it is important to know how often you will be shipping goods. Knowing how often you will be receiving goods will help you to manage the stock keeping units. It will also double your efforts since you will need to make sure that you have sold the goods to the customers to create space for new goods.
Sydney Warehouse Store should be receiving goods in a period of one month since it will be at the start-up stage. It will ensure that there is proper management of the available space. However, as the store expands and it gains popularity the frequency of receiving goods may also be adjusted to one week to make sure that the store does not run out of stock.
iii) Size of the goods
Knowing the weight of the goods that you will be receiving will ensure that you put up proper structures that can withstand the weight of the commodities. Also knowing their number and the size and the shape of a cube or rectangle helps you to plan on the available space conveniently.
iii) Customer location and service
The location of the customers is also important when you are designing a store. Information about the ship-to point services that you will offer in a typical day or during the peak period is also important. The number of customers who will need your services will help you in proper management of your transport system. Are you shipping your goods to 10 ...