Requirements

Warehouse and Inventory management is a challenging problem area in supply chain management. It is important for Companies to have inventories in warehouses in order to fulfil customers demand. Instructions:

Students are required to use WALMART and identify and analyse the companys warehouse, its inventory management and control systems, and make recommendations for the system where necessary.

1. Critically analyse the type of Warehouse Layout design employed at WALMART with the aid of a diagram.

2. Determine the types of inventories they currently managed.

3. Methods of Inventory controlled.

4. Quality assurance and quality control measures employed.

5. Performance Indicators Employed.

6. Critique the execution of proper procurement procedures and documentation.

7. Critique Systems for stock replenishment. (Manual vs computerized).

8. Critically discuss and analyse how the company could use world class trends in inventory management to improve their inventory management system.

9. Critically discuss and analysis inventory and warehouse processes.

10. safety and security in the warehouse and mode of transportation.