Inventory and Transportation Management

Inventory and Transportation Management

Total 2700 words

Select ONE of these companies:

Unilever, Inditex, H&M, Intel, Nestle, Nike, Starbucks, Amazon, Nissan, Toyota, BMW, Tesco, Ikea, McDonald’s, KFC, Wilmar, Mengniu Dairy, Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola and L’Oréal

Part 1

1. Design diagram and flow charts to illustrate the supply chain network of the chosen company.

1. Describe design of the supply networks and relevant facilities (e.g., facilities size, functions, use of technology, efficiency priority vs responsiveness priority etc.)

(~300 words)

1. Identify and explain the product/inventory movements (e.g., finished goods, work in progress, raw materials, customer returns etc.). Give relevant examples specific to the theories and link the analysis to the case company (e.g., warehouse size, type of products store, use of technology, methods to handle forward and reverse logistics. etc.)

(~450 words)

1. i) Explain and evaluate the theoretical underpinnings of modal choice (What type of transportation they used) Example: Ocean/AirFreight/Land etc
2. ii) How they manage their Transportation strategy (Which type of transportation strategy they used. Example: Outsourced/Routing/Tracking etc)

(~450 words)

1. References

Part 2

1. Identify the factors and critically evaluate the importance of the factors

Where and which facility location the chosen company chose to be at?

Then explain the following supply-side factors

• Labour costs
• Land costs
• Energy costs
• Community factors
• Political Factors

(~500 words)

Why would a company choose the location? Explain the demand-side factors

• Suitability of site
• Image of location
• Convenience for customers
• ?
• ?

(~500 words)

1. i) Examine how the location stated in 2a can support the company’s future growth expansion and sustainability. (Can be any reason as long as related to company’s growth)
2. ii) Describe and explain what are the future technology that can be used to manage the inventory of the company? Example: Big Data/IoT/Blockchain etc

(~250 words)

1. References

Part 3

Executive summary of the report

(~200 words)