PMA content instructions:

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.

 

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,

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.

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

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

General instructions

Use only the Harvard referencing style

Each table and figure should have citations and, in the text, citations should be linked to the reference.

Please only use HD images in the assignment. Prof will not evaluate blur/ low quality images

 

Please take data from scopus, sciencedirect, company website, financial reports, statista for charts

Question1: Total 1750 words

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.

Write 400 words about various picking methods. Refer to lecture materials and the sample answer generated by chat GPT

Include a minimum of 5 figures for all the picking methods discussed FC and DC figures

Include 3 tables to show the variety of the content

Include 4 charts such as a bar chart, pie chart, line graph

Please refer to lecture materials – SWT automation and equipment

Propose what advances in technology and equipment will we most likely see being introduced into FC / DC operations over the next 5-10 years.

Write 600 words about various picking methods. Refer to lecture materials and the sample answer generated by chat GPT

Include a minimum of 5 figures

Include 3 tables to show the variety of the content

Include 4 charts such as a bar chart, pie chart, line graph

Please refer to the chat GPT sample answer

Select one future technology you have proposed and predict its impact on future FC / DC operations.

Write 600 words about various picking methods. Refer to lecture materials and the sample answer generated by chat GPT

Include a minimum of 5 figures

Include 3 tables to show the variety of the content

Include 4 charts such as a bar chart, pie chart, line graph

Please refer to chat GPT sample answer

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

Monday slide pdf – page no : 30, 31, 32 topics slide no 39 – warehouse location

Page no: 46, location selection criteria

Page no- 46 – 164 content must be covered in the context of asos retail UK company.