Final Project

10 Marks
This course requires you to work on a project on storage and warehouse management of a real
life company. It shall be done in a group format. You are required to choose a local/MNC/SME
company and develop a case study based on its supply chain & warehouse management. In
order to develop the case study students need to visit the chosen company for interviews.
Your case study will cover the following aspects:

 Analyze and elaborate on the company’s supply chain structure and design
 Analyze and elaborate on the company’s warehouse structure and design
 All topic studied in this course must be discussed in the project report
 Develop an existing and modified floor plan of the warehouse
 Make a prototype of the modified warehouse
 Identify any issues/problems in the supply chain and warehouse management which is
affecting overall performances.
 Problems can be in any aspect of the supply chain such as warehousing location, layout
and design, warehouse operations etc.
 Develop/suggest any implementable solutions for the identified supply chain problems.
 All groups will present their projects and prototypes in last class.
 Pictures of different sections of the warehouse can also be added in report to support your
arguments
 The length of the project report must be at least 15 pages excluding title page and
references, annexures and plagiarism report.
Structure of the Final Report
The structure of the report is as under;
o Title page
o Table of contents
o Executive summary (1 Page)
o Introduction of the company (2 Pages)
o Detailed analysis of the supply chain and warehouse management of the
company ( 5 pages)
o Research Design and Methodology (1 Page)
o Problem identification/Gap analysis (2 pages)
o Recommendations (2 pages)
o Action plans (2 pages)
o Conclusion (1 page)
o References and detail of the contact person in the company
o Annexures including documents or data from the company and questionnaire
used for data collection
o Plagiarism Report (less than 20% similarity is allowed)
 The formatting must be as Times New Roman, font Size12, line spacing 1.5, all justified
header footer 0.5 each
 Headings must be bold with font size14
 Take print on both sides of the report and slides of presentation with six slides per page
 Week Wise Break-up of the Project
Week 1 & 2:
 Selection of Group members (Maximum Three)
 Selection of Industry
 Company selection and approval from the course instructor
 Submission of interview questions
Introduction of the company
 Industry type and its detail
 History of the company
 Objectives
 Detail of products and processes
 Detail of customers
 Detail of competitors
 Detail of different departments and functional areas including supply chain management
department of the company
 Supply chain strategy of the company(efficient vs responsive)/( make to stock vs. make
to order)
Importance of doing this project
 How the project will contribute to the industry practices?
 How the project will help the company owners?
 How the project will contribute to the existing knowledge on warehouse management?
Week 3 & 4:
Detail of storage facilities
 Location strategies of the company with justification
 Detail of warehouses/storage facilities (centralized vs. decentralized)
 Detail of storage decisions (dedicated vs. shared)
 Layout strategies of the company with justification
 Factors affecting location decisions of company
 Factors affecting layout decision of company
Sourcing decisions of the company
 Sourcing activities
 Insourcing and outsourcing activities
 Detail of suppliers (International vs. Local)
 Supplier selection criteria
 Supplier selection process and strategies
 Supplier relationship management strategies
 Detail of sourcing related documents of the company
Existing Floor Plan of the company
Week 5 & 6:
Inventory management practices of the company
 Inventory holding decisions
 Inventory handling decisions
 Inventory ordering decisions
 Inventory/material handling equipment
  Inventory record accuracy strategies
 Inventory visibility and safety strategies
 Material flow chart of the company
 Information flow chart of the company
 Cash flow chart of the company
 Value chain analysis of the company

Week 7 & 8
Warehouse operations of the company
 Receiving, Put-away,
 Order-picking,
 Sharing the work of order-picking,
 Checking
 packing,
 Shipping.
Storage and handling system (palletized vs. non palletized)
Week 9 & 10:
Floor Plan (Modified)
Prototype/Model (Modified)
Week 11:
 Demand forecasting strategies
 Order fulfilment process and strategies
 Warehouse documentation
 Warehouse safety measures and strategies
Week 12 & 13:
Problem Identification, Recommendations & Action Plans
 Problem in location strategies
 Problem in layout strategies
 Problem in sourcing strategies
 Problem in inventory management and warehousing operations
 Problem in demand forecasting
 Problem in order fulfilment process
 Other problems
Week 14 & 15:
 Research Design and Methodology
 Conclusion
 Executive summary
 Detail of contact person in the company
o Name
o Designation
o Phone number & email address
o Visiting card
Final report and power point slides submission
Week 16:
Final project presentation