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Logistics And Scm Pacific Warehouse
Logistics And SCM: Pacific Warehouse
Contents
TOC o “1-3” h z u Introduction PAGEREF _Toc376340941 h 1Pacific Brands and the Warehouse PAGEREF _Toc376340942 h 1Functions of the Pacific Warehouse PAGEREF _Toc376340943 h 1Advantages of the Warehouse PAGEREF _Toc376340944 h 2Disadvantages of the Warehouse PAGEREF _Toc376340945 h 2Conclusion PAGEREF _Toc376340946 h 2
IntroductionWarehousing involves the storage of goods and products in large scale. This is done in an orderly and systematic and making this goods available whenever needed. This means that a warehouse holds the goods from the time of the purchase of the product to the time the products are being sold. It creates a time utility from the time of production to the time of consumption. Warehousing is a critical aspect of the supply chain. Warehousing can be a costly in terms of human resources and the equipment and the facilities. With the recent developments in logistics in terms of inventory, cost minimization and customer service levels. Warehousing helps in improving customer service level. Warehouses are usually located strategically and it is easily available (Mohan, 2013). Warehouses are usually constructed in such a way that it can handle goods even at peak products.
Pacific Brands and the WarehousePacific brands are one of the Australia’s leading clothing, home wares and footwear’s distributors. Pacific brands include brands such as Clarks, tontine, Sheridan, Berlei, hush puppies, hard yakka and Holeproof. In December 2011 pacific brands worked with Dematic to make a 42,000 square meters national. Due to the challenges identified in the supply chain and customer services, improvements could be achieved by consolidation of these services (Dematic Pty Ltd, 2012). Hence, the construction of the warehouse was considered as a vital aspect in achieving this objective.
Functions of the Pacific WarehouseReceiving- the pacific warehouse is tasked with the responsibility of physically packaging and un-packaging raw materials and finished products to the warehouse. It also serves as a center through which quality checks are carried out and a temporary storage facility for products that have been quarantine and are awaiting quality control clearance.
Order selection – the warehouse also serves as a point through which orders from respective customers orders are identified and picked in the required quantities and at the premeditated time frame. This involves break bulk operations, as and when the goods are received from respective suppliers, (Mohan, 2013). This is essential in ensuring the levels of customer services are optimized effectively. The warehouse also acts as a sortation center where incoming goods are sorted into specific orders from the customers upon their arrival into the warehouse.
Replenishing – the pacific brands warehouse also acts as a vital source of information regarding the inventory available within the company. This helps the company to replenish stock and maintain stock availability for order selection and picking.
Advantages of the WarehouseWith the promotional and seasonal variations in the market, pacific brands could achieve flexibility and scalability through transferring the volume of work to the warehouse. This warehouse helps in monitoring systems in the handling of storage for the products, this helps in optimizing the performance of the management of pacific brands. The warehouse has helped pacific brands in increasing efficiency through the design of the warehouse and the layout structure (Mohan, 2013). Pacific brands have ensured that it has enhanced efficiency in the human resources in the warehouse operations and this has further helped in enhancing the end user’s overall performance.
Disadvantages of the WarehouseThe main issues with the institution of the warehouse into the operations of pacific brands are that it has increased the complexity of the organization. It has also increase financial issues because of its design and structural layout. The warehouse has also complicated matters touching on tax and the rate of return for the investment.
ConclusionThe warehouse constructed by pacific brands in collaboration with Demantic has helped increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the performance of the company through the synchronization and coordination of the supply chain and customer services. This report has looked into how this has been achieved and the advantages and disadvantages of this move by the management of pacific brands.
References
Dematic Pty Ltd, (2012). Flexibility makes new DC a comfy fit for Pacific Brands. Dematic Pty Ltd
Mohan, V.E. (2013).Warehousing & inventory management. CII Institute of Logistics, Chennai, India.
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin Corporation is a defense contractor, originally formed by Lockheed Corporation in the United States of America to undertake projects for the United States Department of Defense. The company is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland and its largest industrial plant occupies almost 10 million square feet (930 000 m2) on the site of the former Montgomery Ward Warehouse Complex in northwest Chicago (Lockheed Martin Corporation n.d). The field offices are mostly located worldwide with a focus on military aerospace, information systems and defensive technology. LinkedIn is their social media platform.Lockheed Martin has helped shape the 21st century with its developments in the areas of aeronautics (aviation), space exploration, hypersonics propulsion systems and nuclear engineering.
Lockheed Martin also offers a variety of products ranging from missile technologies to satellites. The company was founded on October 14th 1943 by Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson under the name “The Lockheed Aircraft Company”. Since then, it has taken pride in advancing US defense systems by developing innovative technologies with major global implications in aeronautics, navigation & guidance as well as other surveillance technologies such as radar.
Lockheed Martin has a unique relationship with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The two organizations partner in many areas, including robotics and space exploration, with JPL providing critical technologies for new projects that are later produced for government agencies as well as some commercial entities. Their mutual cooperation recently resulted in the production of high-quality 3D printed parts for Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Test High Energy Asset (ATHENA) project, a satellite set to launch into orbit this year (Petrescu et al., 2017).
References
Lockheed Martin Corporation. (2022). Retrieved 4 May 2022, from https://www.lockheedmartin.com/
Petrescu, R. V., Aversa, R., Akash, B., Bucinell, R., Corchado, J., Apicella, A., & Petrescu, F. I. (2017). Lockheed martin-a short review. Journal of Aircraft and Spacecraft Technology, 1(1).
Locke 46 & 47 Analysis
Locke 46 & 47 Analysis
Thesis:
The author argues that man attached great value to goods due to their necessity for subsistence hence the emergence of barter trade system. The world later adopted the money system which is still in use today.
Reasons:
People understood that if perishables were not consumed, they would perish or decay
Non-perishables like silver, diamond and gold are more valued, yet they are not a necessity in terms of supporting a human life
Everyone had a right to possess as many goods as possible depending on how hard he or she was willing to work for them
Bushels of apples or acorns were equivalent to a significant value as long as they were consumed before going bad.
It was, therefore, not ethical to for one to take more than his or her share. This was equivalent to robbing others in the community. The same applies in the event that the individual hoarded more goods than what was sufficient for him or her
It would have been better if the individual shared the goods with somebody else instead of decaying
These events led to barter trade in the sense that it was better to exchange commodities instead of letting them go bad.
Perishable goods were exchanged for non-perishable ones ensuring that necessity goods benefited an individual who needed them most.
Analysis:
Locke describes how systems of trade emerged on the basis of not wasting commodities thus attaching some significant value to them. It made a lot of sense to exchange goods for other goods instead of letting them spoil. The author’s argument is correct in the sense that goods were exchanged to enhance survival. People sort to acquire what they needed by giving up what they did not need or what they had in excess. The reasons to support the thesis are right since they clearly explain the necessity of subsistence in the life of a human being. Locke has to believe in the theory of survival for the fittest especially when he mentioned that man was allowed to own as much as he could work for. Locke also has to believe in change which is brought about through evolution. This is evident by how barter trade was replaced by the money system. Finally, he has to believe in the ultimate value of goods provided by nature thus the need for proper use or utilization.
Reference
Locke, J. (1976). The Correspondence of John Locke. Oxford: Clarendon Press. Print.