Analyzing Bosch's Warehousing Needs: A Logistics & Supply Chain Report

This report examines the warehousing needs of Bosch as it moves starter motors from Germany to a customer in New Zealand. It emphasizes the importance of efficiency in Bosch's supply chain and identifies managerial issues in warehouse management, including facility layout and inventory accuracy. The report also discusses crucial design factors and different types of warehouses, highlighting how these elements can reduce customer and owner expenses while ensuring product protection and value increase. Furthermore, it integrates warehousing and logistics, emphasizing the importance of transport facilities and market proximity to reduce costs. The conclusion stresses the need for Bosch to design a proper supply chain with warehouses that facilitate the storage and movement of products, especially when dealing with international deliveries and customs clearance.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
 The report focusses on the warehousing needs for Bosch
company when moving starter motor from Germany to a
customer in new Zealand.
 Bosch company should ensure efficiency in the supply chain.
 The report identifies the managerial issues in warehouse
management, the design factors and types of warehouses.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
 The warehousing activities require the consideration of various
factors to reduce the customer and owner expenses.
 The warehouses should allow the customers to transport the
products quickly without delays

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
 The warehouses should ensure that the products increase in
value.
 The warehouses should have protective tools to prevent theft and
damage of the products.
 The warehouse owners should consider actions that reduce the
expenses to increase revenues.

INTRODUCTION
 Bosch company operates in Germany and involves in the
production of high-quality starter motors.
 The company involves in the supply of motors to the customers
in local and international markets.
 In the report, the company delivers to a customer in New
Zealand.

INTRODUCTION
 The movement of the starter motor from Germany to new
Zealand should not incur challenges.
 The customer expects the products to arrive in the right quality,
quantity, cost and time.

PURPOSE OF WAREHOUSES
 Warehouses play various roles in the supply chain.
 The roles allow efficiency in the storage of products before
delivering to the consumers (Mark Pagell, 2018).
 The purpose of warehouses include such as:
1. Protection of goods
2. Storage
3. Risk bearing
4. Financing

Types of warehouses
 The types of warehouses include such as private, public, bonded
and cooperative warehouses (Ishola, 2016).
 The warehouses differ according to the ownership.

IMPORTANT FACTORS IN
WAREHOUSE DESIGN
 The warehouses require consideration of various factors to
ensure efficiency.
 The factors ensure proper movement of good stored in the
warehouse (Mark Pagell, 2018).
 The warehouse managers should ensure the incorporation of the
factors during the construction.

INTEGRATION OF WAREHOUSING
AND LOGISTICS
 The warehouses should develop warehouses that enable smooth
and efficient movement of products to the market (Wagner,
2018).
 The logistic considerations include such as the availability of
transport facilities and nearness to the market (Mark Pagell,
2018).
 The consideration of logistics plays a role in the reduction of
costs.

MANAGEMENT ISSUES
 The management of warehouses poses various challenges to the
management (Smith, 2018).
 The issues include such as:
o facility layout
o Inaccurate inventory

FACTORS THAT IMPACT ON COST
EFFICIENCY
 Various factors in warehousing affect the costs incurred in the
warehousing activities (Mark Pagell, 2018).
 Some actions cause an increase in costs while others reduce the
expenses.
 The factors include
 Location
 Handling equipment