Work and come up with a viable solution at a concept level for the movement and storage of goods on-site, which means: inbound volumes (vehicles and pallets/cartons) of raw materials, components, packaging, and finished goods

The task

You are at of consultants from Logistics Excellence Consulting Limited. You’ve been appointed to review the site’s physical logistics capacity and ascertain what needs to be done to accommodate the planned growth.

This means conducting an analysis and making suitable recommendations to meet them. This will include:an analysis of inbound & finished goods from production product flowsan analysis of outbound product flows of all finished goods to customersan analysis and assessment of on-site storage capacities for raw materials & components, packaging and finished goods suitable recommendations for increasing storage / product flow capacities through

alternative material handling and / or extending / building infrastructurea review of materials handling equipment commensurate with the proposed facilities.a review of site vehicle management flows

NOTA BENE: Although this is a high-level feasibility study, there may be a lot of data that can be used in calculating flows. However, you will be working with averages and general trends rather than detailed design.

The assignment:

Your task is to work and come up with a viable solution at a concept level for the movement and storage of goods on-site, which means:inbound volumes (vehicles and pallets/cartons) of raw materials, components, packaging and finished goodsstorage of all products on site – raw materials & packaging as well as finished goods

Warehouse Design Case Study Brief – October 2021 • outbound despatch of finished goods to UK customers

Specifically, this includes:calculating new product flows from forecast information requested / provided

o inbound vehicles (raw materials, components, packaging, finished goods) o outbound vehicles (finished goods)

o product flows to / from productionassessing, evaluating and calculating spatial requirements for storage and vehicle operations (current capacity versus future needs);assessing / deciding on (alternative) storage media (i.e. types);selecting materials handling equipment;assessing and selecting operational requirements including staff for inbound goods (e.g.

unloading and storage locating activities, including from production);assessing and selecting operational requirements including staff for outbound goods

(e.g. picking and loading activities);any potential re-location of facilities on-site or extension / building work, if you conclude

these are needed;approximate resourcing plans (staff numbers and approximate costs);budget-level costs for all and any changes;the health and safety aspects of the site.

Output:

The output from this project assignment will be

o a production of a 3500 – 5000-word (jointly authored) report that explains your analysis,

design work and conclusions

o a 10-minute joint power point presentation by you of the results.

o You will need to clearly explain why you have made the conclusions and choices.