Strategic Warehouse
Management, Inc. (SWM) is a U.S. based warehousing organization in the
construction and management of warehouse operations. The CEO’s market
development team has determined that there is an opportunity to open a
warehouse in Australia that could serve multiple businesses. The CEO plans to
open a “non-resident company” (Land and Tax News, 2012). The CEO has also
decided that the warehouse can be opened in any city in Australia. Some clients
in Australia have also asked SWM to manage the flow of goods from Australia to
U.S. locations. The CEO wants to get a preliminary plan developed as soon as
possible before going further.
The CEO asked you to design a supply chain that includes warehouse operations
in any city in Australia. In addition, the CEO has a number of items he’d like
to see you cover in the report. He has asked you to:
·
Develop
requirements for the warehouse design and to provide an organization structure
to manage the warehouse in Australia.
·
Present
considerations for Workforce Management
·
Investigate key
regulations and other key issues (e.g. labor climate) related to managing a
warehouse in Australia as a foreign entity.
·
Develop export
procedures and import procedures in the U.S.
·
Discuss supply
chain risks and possible mitigations.
·
Analyze which
operations SWM would outsource and which operations SWM would directly manage
and explain why.
·
Outline the
budget line items that would need to be considered (it is not necessary to
develop a budget with dollar figures).
·
Determine the
metrics you would use to measure success of the warehouse and the total supply
chain.
Your report should be an eight to ten page APA style paper (not including the
title and reference pages) and submitted to the CEO (your instructor) by the
last day of the class. You are required to include at least 6 scholarly
sources
Writing the Final Paper
The Final Paper:
1.
Must be eight to
ten double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as
outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2.
Must include a
title page with the following:
o
Title of paper
o
Student’s name
o
Course name and
number
o
Instructor’s
name
o
Date submitted
3.
Must begin with
an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
4.
Must address the
topic of the paper with critical thought.
5.
Must end with a
conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
6.
Must use at
least six scholarly sources, including a minimum of three from the Ashford
Online Library.
7.
Must document
all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
8.
Must include a
separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the
Ashford Writing Center.
Carefully
review theGrading Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site. for the
criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
