OPS assignment

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Term Paper

For this assignment you are to draft a 8 +/- ½ page (again, one inch margins and 12 point times new roman font) paper. The paper is to be on the topic of warehouse management systems (WMS). The paper should:

· Describe what a WMS is and does

· Identify six different WMS systems and indicate which is the market leader

· Discuss how a WMS impacts / improves:

· Inventory

· Capacity utilization and operations scheduling

· Supply chain performance

· Lean programs

· Discuss how the principles of linear programming and queuing theory are used within WMS’s

· Discuss how the WMS relates to the other major functions of a corporation

Place the document into Isidore drop box by the due date listed in the syllabus. Title the document using this format: Last name – term paper – YY MMDD (e.g. Jacobs – term paper – 14 0202)