Warehousing and Distribution

Final Project: WAREHOUSE ASSESSMENT PROJECT Warehousing and Distribution Management Dr. Nima Zaerpour, Operations & Supply Chain Management Department, California State University San Marcos

• Should be done in groups of 3. • Please submit your report (in Word or PDF) and presentation (in PPT or PDF) at Cougar

Courses (Final Project folder). Add your names and a group picture to the cover page of report. • Record a ~10 minute presentation using Zoom or any other tools. Upload your recording on

any platform (YouTube, Zoom, Vimeo, etc., as long as I can access the video using the link you provide). Include the link to your recording in your report and presentation.

• Assess a warehouse of your choice. • If you do not have access to a warehouse, you can visit major retail stores such Costco, Walmart

supercenters, Home Depot, IKEA, Lowes, etc. • If you want to stay home, you can complete the project virtually. Try to find as much as

information about a warehouse online (videos, pictures) and assess different area using the information you gather.

Project Description

For this assignment, you have to assess a warehouse of your choice using the Warehouse Assessment in a Single Tour method. Only 7 of the total 11 areas have to be assessed and will be graded (you can choose these yourself).

For every area of your choice evaluate good and bad aspects and prove your findings as much as possible with illustrations.

Complete Exhibits 2 and 3 at the end of “Warehouse assessment in single tour” paper and include them as an appendix in your report

On the first page of the report include relevant company data (#SKUs, average number of orders and order lines per day, size of the warehouse, #employees, product types, who are the customers,…) and possibly pictures.

The net length of the report is not to exceed 4 pages, excluding cover page, references, or appendices, but including pictures to substantiate your claims.

References

M.B.M. de Koster, Warehouse assessment in a single tour, in: M. Lahmar (ed.), Facility Logistics: Approaches and Solution to Next Generation Challenges, Auerbach – Taylor & Francis Group, New York, 39-60.