Picking methods - Australia Assignments

Write 3,500 words in total, 1,750 words per question

Please go through the assignment and let me know if you can do the assignment

Question 1 (50 marks)

Detail and examine how picking methods have changed in today’s Fulfilment Centres (FC) / Distribution Centres (DC) in reaction to the rapid growth in e-commerce. Propose what advances in technology and equipment will we most likely see being introduced into FC / DC operations over the next 5-10 years? Select one future technology you have proposed and predict its impact on future FC / DC operations.

Question 2 (50 marks)

Choose an online fashion retailer operating in The United Kingdom (UK) market. Apply appropriate models and/or techniques to determine and explain the reasons behind the retailers Fulfilment Centre (FC) / Distribution Centre (DC) network. Provide analysis as to whether the FC’s / DC’s are in the best location to service the customers.

Learning outcomes to be covered

1. Evaluate warehouse roles, functions, operations, procedures and processes and based on this provide a comprehensive explanation and informed judgement regarding the use of different types of warehouses and distribution centres across today’s supply chain.

2. Select appropriate techniques to improve warehouse processes and operations, proposing sound recommendations and critiques about how technology, equipment and automation can be applied.

3. Propose and analyse the criteria required to decide on the most appropriate location for a warehouse within a supply chain and distribution network.

Both questions are required to be answered and each question carries 50 marks in total.

Write 3,500 words in total, 1,750 words per question

Word count includes everything in the main body of the text (including headings, citations, quotes, lists, etc). Any title page, table of contents, table of tables, table of figures, content within figures/tables, list of references and any appendices are excluded.

Kindly find the below attachments. University of warwick expects high quality of work. Please assign the best authors for this assignment. I do not have time for corrections, please execute all the instructions carefully.

Step 1: First, read the prof’s instructions file for the answer expectations.

Step 2: I have attached the lecture materials. Please use lecture materials in the relevant topics of the questions.

Step 3: I have added the file containing the content that needs to be discussed for each question.

Step 4: I have generated a sample answer using chat GPT, you can refer to it

For question 1, and question 2 content instructions, please refer the word file Content instructions

For Question 2, the author should choose the UK retail company: asos.com – https://www.asos.com/ and answer relating to the lecture material.

SWT Automation & Equipment.pdf

Warehouse Design Module_SWT_TonyHughes_2223.pdf

Drive link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yRAgdoygIUEOx2YaYNnqssRvRmco4fUo/view

Please follow these instructions for question 2.

Learning outcome,

2. Select appropriate techniques to improve warehouse processes and operations, proposing sound recommendations and critiques about how technology, equipment and automation can be applied.

3. Propose and analyse the criteria required to decide on the most appropriate location for a warehouse within a supply chain and distribution network.

Instructions:

Table of contents

Table of figures

Table of tables

List of abbreviations

5 figures should be included

Maps should be included

Heatmap should be included

charts like pie chart, bar graph, line chart should be included

Kindly find the materials for question 2.

Please use the lecture material for warehouse models – product flow path design

winning location pdf for referring heatmaps, charts expectations