Essays on Warehouse Page 2

Dakota Office Products (A) Dakota Office Products Company priced its products to the customers by marking up the purchased product cost by about 15% to cover the cost of warehousing, distribution, and freight, and adding another markup to cover the approximate cost for general and selling expenses, and profit. This pricing system was inadequate for…

This ark aims to increase the efficiency and quality of services of the warehouse by revisiting and improving the existing logistics within the warehouse with an aim of replacing the existing warehouse management systems with efficient, reliable and techno-modern systems hence increasing the benefits accrued from the facility (Smirch & Shaman, 2004). Apparently, this is…

Firstly, to improve the long-term operating efficiency of Holt Renfrew and its partners, a collaborative agreement must be established to leverage strategic placement. This agreement should involve the providers, Holt Renfrew itself, the transit service suppliers, and the shops. One potential agreement could be the CPFR, which enables these trading partners to efficiently manage planning,…

The Carphone Warehouse Group plc; also known as The Carphone Warehouse (or ‘The Phone House’ in the rest of Europe), is Europe’s largest independent mobile phone retailer, with 2144 retail stores across Europe. They sell both contract mobile phones and pay as you go mobile phones and now tablets, such as the iPad and Samsung…

Spray Cranberries, Inc. is an agricultural co-op owned by over 750 growers in the US and Canada. They produce everything from bottled juice to food products and have four distribution centers in the United States. During their upcoming holiday season, Ocean Spray Cranberries has a particularly challenging time pumping up the volume to meet the…

This case study involves Arthur Reed who works for Blue Grocery Stores Incorporated as a warehouse supervisor (case study, 2010) and is having a difficult time fulfilling staffing requirements during the summer months he has tried some options that didn’t fulfill the needs of the business. This case study will help Arthur meet these goals….

Ruth Schwartz established Shelter Business Partnership in 1985 as a non-profit corporation providing services for the homeless people. Another entity of the Partnership, Shelter Resource Bank is the one handling donations that were made in kind from different manufacturers, retailers, and other businesses. These donations came from either new or excess inventories of the different…

With the supply chain getting more complex, more benchmarking to measure the performance of warehouses are also emerging. Moreover, these warehouse benchmarking metrics are used differently, thus there is no clear definition for some of them. The question that most warehouse managers keep asking themselves are “How good is their performance and whether there is…

This report is to analyse Bunnings’ warehouse future strategic plan to fit in its’ existing strategy and supported by its existing strategic capabilities and resources. We start our report from summarizing the current situation and performance of Bunnings. Bunnings ranks the first in hardware and home improvement market with large occupation of the market and…

Case study: Manufacturing Supply Chain Logistics & Inventory Control A specialty chemical company with worldwide operations serving the electronics, surface finishing, and decorative industries engaged Daniel Penn Associates to improve its supply chain logistics and inventory control systems. At the time, the company had 14 manufacturing site, six R&D facilities, sales, and distribution centers worldwide…