M/s DRP Ltd. is a clearing and forwarding agency representing various FMCG brands in India. Over a period of time, they were a much sought-after C\&F agency. For stocking the goods, they have hired a building, which at a later stage they bought and set up their warehouse for captive purpose. Enough land was available for expansion and they constructed more warehouses, which they were leasing for other organizations. All the warehouses had state-of- the- art facilities. M/s DRP Ltd. has grown from a C\&F agency to a Service Provider. For this transformation they had the services of a Professional Consultant. (a) What are the types of warehouses you have seen in this case-Explain? (b) What do you understand by state-of-the-art facility in a warehouse? (c) Enunciate the steps taken by the Consultant to help M/s DRP Ltd. in setting up the warehouses? [Refer Chapters 7 to 12]