The "size" of a warehouse facility?

[mina]

Hi,
Can someone tell me how much should the size of an empty premise be which will be converted into a warehouse or distribution centre to store products for a sports retailer? Please help.

[Starbucks Junkie]

Hi,
Can someone tell me how much should the size of an empty premise be which will be converted into a warehouse or distribution centre to store products for a sports retailer? Please help.

With the limited information that you have provided this will not be able to be answered in its entirety..

There are many things to consider and analyze before an effective decision can be made... for example..

What is the expected turnover of the retailer?

Is this their first warehouse or an additional site?

How many customers will be serviced from the site?

What is the expected demand by customer?

What type of products will be stored in the facility?

What rate of throughput do they have?

What are levels of anticipated stock holding to achieve your defined service level to your customers?

What configuration do your products have on pallets?

Will there be any flammable or hazardous items stored?

What type of racking will you require?

What type of MHE will the site be using?

There probably lots more questions that need to be asked, I have just alluded to some of them above, to give you food for thought.

A good book to get to read to give you more ideas is;

World-Class Warehousing and Material Handling - Edward H. Frazelle Ph.D

Available on Amazon.

SJ

[mina]

With the limited information that you have provided this will not be able to be answered in its entirety..
it is a uni assignment, so need help with suggestions.
There are many things to consider and analyze before an effective decision can be made... for example..

What is the expected turnover of the retailer?
dont know, please suggest
Is this their first warehouse or an additional site?
first warehouse
How many customers will be serviced from the site?
please suggest
What is the expected demand by customer?
please suggest

What type of products will be stored in the facility?
only cricket apparel and cricket products
What rate of throughput do they have?
please suggest
What are levels of anticipated stock holding to achieve your defined service level to your customers?
please suggest
What configuration do your products have on pallets?
not sure, suggestions appreciated
Will there be any flammable or hazardous items stored?
no
What type of racking will you require?
i would appreciate suggestion for this
What type of MHE will the site be using?
not sure
There probably lots more questions that need to be asked, I have just alluded to some of them above, to give you food for thought.

A good book to get to read to give you more ideas is;

World-Class Warehousing and Material Handling - Edward H. Frazelle Ph.D

Available on Amazon.

SJ

It is assumed it is an empty premise, which will be used as a warehouse/dc.
we have to come up with a storage system, picking operations, utilisation/packaging/labelling, MTH, WMS, level of automation in warehouse.
I would really appreciate some help in making the assumptions.
And what should the layout of the warehouse be?
Thank you.

[Starbucks Junkie]

Mina,

I would suggest that you post your University question on the forum, as with your request for so many suggestions, I find it a little hard to believe that the University would have given you a question to answer without giving you any kind of background information to aid you in finding the answer!

Bottom line, I cannot offer you suggestions as I do not have them, hence the request for the background information to the question originally asked.

[mina]

im finding it difficult to do the assignment with such limited help from the lecturers myself, thats why ive come here. ive asked a few friends, but no one is giving me the right answers, i have no idea about sqaure meters, and acre or hectures. So i would like some guidance. We are given a hypothetical situation to report on, so everything is based on assumptions.
But if its hard to believe that it is a uni asnmt, then i cant prove otherwise.

Here's the question:

"Hypothetical scenario: convert an empty premise into a warehouse/dc, that stores and manages products of a sports retailer. assumption on the facility, no of sku, product type and category, customer serv levels should be made;
you should come up with the layout, type of storage system, picking operations, unitisation,packaging, labelling, MTH,WMS, level of automation in operation."
"a layout of the facility must be designed".

[Starbucks Junkie]

Mina,

Ok, I understand..

So lets start with the basics, and what we know from the question, and lets look at the products that will be stocked in this warehouse..

I dont know much about New Zealand sport, but would imagine that Cricket and Rugby are the national sports, with Soccer a secondary sport, and then the likes of Basketball, Volleyball, Tennis, etc being peripheral sports, I could be wrong though so please advise?

So to keep it simple, choose the National sports and the secondary sport as the sports to focus on with regards to products.

Do some research into what percentage of the populace account for playing each sport, doesnt need to be exact, but this will give you a very rudimentary idea of product demand.

Next think of all the products that you feel would be associated with each sport, for example... Cricket; - Cricket Bat, Cricket Ball, Stumps, Pads, Gloves, Helmets, Boxes, Bees Wax, the list goes on..

Then think about each identified product in relation to its use, and demand within the sport.. for example, Cricket; - Crickets Bats would need to be replaced more often than Pads, Cricket Balls would need to be replaced more often than Bats...etc

When you have these answers, come back to me and we will ove to tne next steps..

Tasks for you:

1. Identify the sports that you will specialise in
2. Identify what percentage of the populace is attributed to playing each sport
3. Identify what items are associated with each sport
4. Identify the Fast, Medium, Slow moving items based on their usage and need for replacement in each sport.

Once you have these answers, we can move on..

[mina]

-Sports selected is "cricket"
1.Cricket Bags (Glove/shoe bag, Stump bag, scorers satchel, senior wheel bag, junior wheel bag, senior kit bag, junior kit bag)
2. Cricket Balls, (practice ball 2 pcs in one box, practice ball 4 pcs in one box, senior play balls 4 pcs, senior play balls 8 pcs, junior play balls 4 pcs, junior play balls 8 pcs)
3. Cricket Bat Accessories,( Bat conditioning set, extratec sheet, bat polish, toe guard, bat oil, bat mallet, bat mallet with ball, gripping cone, bat grip tape, fibreglass tape, repair kit,
4. Cricket Bats Junior, (entry level small, medium, large bats)
5. Cricket Bats Senior, (premium, light weight, players edition, easy grip pro)
6. Cricket Batting Gloves, (elite level, county level, pro level, club level: small, medium, large sizes)
7. Cricket Batting Pads, (pro pads, county pads, club pads: short leg(small, medium, large: long legs(small, medium, large) )
8. Cricket Caps Hats, (floppy hate, chappel hat:OSFA. colors; blue,green,yellow and orange)
9. Cricket Clothing, (shirts, socks,sweaters,trousers, undergarments)
10. Cricket Eyewear, (senior sun glasses, junior sun glasses)
11. Cricket Footwear, (convert spike, rubber grip; all sizes, two colors-white/grey)
12. Cricket Ground Equipment, (pitches 1.8m wide,
13. Cricket Helmets, (steel junior, steel senior)
14. Cricket Kits In2Cricket, (senior club, county, pro, elite; junior, club, county, pro)
15. Cricket Protective, (personal padding, arm guard, chest guard, all sizes)
16. Cricket Training Aids, (coaching dvd, trainer soft balls)
17.Cricket Wicket Keeping(gloves, pads, rubber)

Fast moving items: clothing, kits in2 cricket junior, cricket protective
medium moving items: cricket balls, cricket bats
slow moving items: cricket ground equipment, wicket keeping, training aids.

So i have identified the items and their usage, i hope that its what was asked.

[Starbucks Junkie]

The last thing you need to do which was one of the tasks is to identify the demand, what % of the populace play cricket, vs the population total of New Zealand

Again as said, very rudimentary but will give a general idea of demand..

[mina]

20% of the population.

[Starbucks Junkie]

and the population total is?