MGT496 Week 5 Final
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 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
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.
