LOGISTIC MANAGEMENT !!

Logistic Management !!

Logistic Management !!

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Homebase Inc

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Introduction

Homebase is one of the best home improvement retailers in the United Kingdom and is considered as the second largest home improvement retailer in the United Kingdom. However, even being so close to the best retailer in the UK, Homebase like every other organization faces many problems in its daily operations.

However, the following pages will focus on the supply chain management of the Homebase, the supply chain discussion will mainly focus on the ongoing plans for the ware house construction that Homebase is currently planning onto, and how this warehouse should be laid out in order to minimise the inventory cost and other unnecessary and irrelevant expenses. How the concept of lean management that is being followed by the partner of the Homebase, Unipart Logistics will help Homebase in achieving its objectives will also be discussed in the following white paper (www.homebase.co.uk).

Discussion

Before making layouts for a ware house and start investing on its construction, it is important to understand what a company desires from that ware house. What are the motivations behind its considerations and what will a company achieve from its construction. If the construction of a ware house does not an any value to the company its is considered as an expense and not capitalized in the financial statements according to its Relevant international Financial Reporting Standard. However, it is not the main focus of this white paper.

Considerations, When Designing the Optimum Ware House Layout

There are many things that should be considered before designing a ware house layout. From the height of the ware house to the width of it, everything must be considered for a ware house construction. Other main factors that should be considered are that, what type of inventory or raw material this ware house will be supports, if its food or any natural ingredients, the ware house should be well refrigerated or friendly to these types of inventory. If the products or raw materials does not require freezing of refrigeration, a simple ware house will support the purpose just fine (www.managementstudyguide.com).

As for the Homebase Inc, the main consideration for the construction of this ware house is to make sure that that the on shelf availability of their product is maintained when the demand is high for their products, furthermore this ware house should be laid out and constructed in a way that will promote smooth operations and effective operation across the whole store network with minimal cost beard.

Following are the most common ware house layout considerations:

Floor Utilization: First thing that should be considered for ware house layout is the floor utilization of the ware house itself. Things that are said to be more beneficial for smooth operations related to floor utilization are that the ware house should be laid out in such a way, that it is tailored to a mixture of short, long and medium rows. This will help in planning and putting out inventory easily effectively ...