Warehousing Value Activities Report - OPMT 2275 Assignment 1

This report examines the crucial role of warehousing in providing relief and value during crises, specifically focusing on the impact of COVID-19. It analyzes warehousing activities across three time frames: immediate needs, short-term needs, and long-term solutions. For each timeframe, the report identifies specific value roles, such as bulk breaking, contingency protection, and smoothing operations, detailing how warehousing can support survivors and maintain supply chain resilience. The analysis considers factors like transportation modes, distribution strategies, and storage methods. The report also explores long-term strategies, including bulk buying, maintaining a source of supply, and product mixing to ensure the continuous availability of goods to customers. The report references warehousing and supply chain literature to support its findings and recommendations. This report provides a comprehensive overview of how warehousing can be adapted to meet the challenges of a crisis and support communities in need.

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The current pandemic has changed how everything operates and therefore developed
the need for the supply chain to create new ways to reach and satisfy its customers. Some
warehousing activities will provide relief to the survivors of the pandemic in immediate need
(Rogers, et al., 2019). During this time, the companies lower inventory footprints of the
finished goods by delaying assembling and labeling of the products until they receive the
customer’s orders. This strategy is cost-effective and allows flexibility of companies in their
inventory. During the next need time, frame pharmaceutical products and food staff will be
transported to the affected areas using air transport since it is the fastest means of
transportation. In the warehouse, the goods will be stored for a short period due to their
urgency
During the short term needs, warehousing plays different roles in the value
proposition. Firstly, it is bulk breaking. Warehousing breaks bulk for customers and
distributes the products to various markets. Another value role played by warehousing is
contingency protection. Warehouses store goods to lower the chance of stock out the situation
and also meet customer's demand. Lastly is smoothing, whereas the warehouse will hold
inventory to meet the variation in the market. Activities include recording of receipts of either
with a warehouse receipt or purchase order (Trieu, 2017).
In long term strategies and solutions, warehousing utilizes bulk buying economies.
Warehousing helps in storing the excess goods that are purchased to be used in the future.
This ensures the constant distribution of goods to customers. Secondly, is that warehousing
assists in maintaining a source of supply. This applies during long lead times needed for the
supply of products. Another role is product mixing. Most retailers sell a variety of products,
therefore, raising the need for a warehouse to breakbulk for goods (Rogers, et al., 2019).

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References
Rogers, W. P., Kahraman, M. M., & Dessureault, S. (2019). Exploring the value of using
data: a case study of continuous improvement through data
warehousing. International Journal of Mining, Reclamation, and Environment, 33(4),
286-296.
Trieu, V. H. (2017). Getting value from Business Intelligence systems: A review and research
agenda. Decision Support Systems, 93, 111-124.