Part 1&2 - Identify a product and explain factors that might influence

Part one

Identify a product and explain factors that might influence warehouse design considerations for that product  AND explain how your product’s characteristics influence inventory control within warehouse operations. The product that you choose should NOT be within the industry as the product that you choose to utilize in your Warehouse Design assignment or for your final project.

Part two

Step 1: Choose a manufacturing firm not associated with the product that you choose/chose for your discussion initial post in the Warehousing and Transportation discussion.  

Step 2: Consider the following prompts:

1. What type of inventory is found within the firm that you chose?  What are the product characteristics for the raw materials, component parts, and finished goods likely used by the firm that you chose?  (Examples of product characteristics are found within the module resources.)

2. How might the characteristics that you described impact inventory control decisions?

3. What are some of the factors that you considered when you chose the layout design for the manufacturing firm that you chose?  Here is where you would provide the written examination of how your chosen inventory storage areas, receiving area, workflow direction, and dispatching area would assist in inventory control measures within your chosen firm.

4. Within the warehouse layout that you provide, which locator system would you use to control inventory?  Your recommendations must be supported by information found within the module resources.

5. What are some packaging and handling considerations that would impact your warehouse layout and inventory control decisions?

Step 3: Complete a warehouse layout for a manufacturing firm.

Using  SmartdrawLinks to an external site. , or another free template, provide a warehouse layout (submitted as an image within the same file as your essay).  Your warehouse layout should include the following:

1. Inventory storage areas (with aisles)

2. Receiving Area

3. Workflow direction

4. Sortation Center (if applicable)

5. Office space

6. Dispatching or marshalling area

Step 4.  Craft a 2 to 3-page essay using  APA formatting.

The 5-6 page length requirement for this assignment includes the title page, reference page, and your one-page warehouse layout as well your analysis of the above prompts.  Using at least three scholarly resources (including those found within this module) to support your analysis, your essay should address the prompts in the steps above.  The title and reference pages are required but do not count towards the 2 to 3-page count