7. Warehouse informs HQ of what is being sold so HQ knows what inventory is being used up and is needed…
I, the general manager of Hiram Miller Chicago branch, am considering we should have something done with our current warehouse on Jefferson Street. The basic problem is that the 60-year-old warehouse is not capable for our daily business from many aspects any more as we move into the 21st century. Due to many limitations, the shortcomings to run that warehouse are overwhelming the advantages it remains. Small size, inefficient layout, obsolete facilities, low-tech equipments and bad working environment are dragging our company down within such an intense competition nowadays.…
Your general manager, Bradley is concerned that there is a high-value inventory moving through the system, but the profits are, at best, meager for high margin items. Bradley discussed the issue of inventory volume with Lloyd to see if he knew of any reason for the miserable performance, since so many high-value items were being ordered and shipped.…
The store boasts a spacious 4,200 square feet of selling floor space. Additionally, it is conveniently located next to a railroad which allows their storage area to easily accommodate large shipments of merchandise to be stored for later sale. In their storage space, they can easily house large items…
3 new wiring closets will be needed if we build a 10 by 15 closet at 100 dollars a square foot that's 2500…
While reading chapter one "The Matthew Effect" of Outliers, readers are presented with the theory that fame and success may not be due to natural talent or ability, but more to being in the right place at the right time (and age). Gladwell supports his idea with data from various sports rosters, trying to prove his theory with a trend in professional hockey players birth months lead to their success rather than their natural talent. Readers are also given statistics from children's math and science tests claiming that, older kids score higher on standardized tests than younger kids do at the same grade level. "It locks children into patterns of achievement and underachievement, encouragement and discouragement, that stretch on and on for…
I know that we've previously discussed about the ability to separate the bottom floor into three 1,300 SF units (or some variation of it since the space was originally designed as three 1,300 SF units), if you were to build-out the first two 1,300 SF suites (to the left of the building)…
The distribution centre is responsible for bringing stock of products to the retail business by air, sea or road. Therefore they would need a van/truck or trains provided to them in order to carry the stock to the business. The finance department could cover this department’s budget and help them gain what…
Alexander and Thurston, Inc. is a mail sorting equipment company providing high quality service to their customers. The increasing pressure to live up to the service contracts let company start to rethink about their current inventory control strategy from both their distribution center (DC) and facility. The challenge of this company is to reduce their inventory level while maintaining the high fill rate and further improving their service level.…
The second issue that we discussed was that staff are seen to be unhelpful. That checkout operators do not know the location of items, people are still seen to be stacking shelves after the store has opened for the public and that younger employees are offhand with dealing with the public. For the solution of this first problem about people carry on stacking the shelves we came to a clean conclusion of started stacking shelves earlier and for them to train to stack the shelves faster. The solution to the checkout operators we were torn between two. One idea was that we give a sheet of paper to the checkout operators outlining where most of the goods in the store are located. The other idea we had was that we have a touch screen computer in which you type in the key words of the item and it will tell you its location. We said that initially it would cost quite…
One problem I find is their lack of experience operating under smaller stores. This is a whole new different ballpark the management team would have to adjust to. Since they are dealing with smaller area space, deciding which inventory to shelf becomes an even more critical task. Which products can entice customers to buy? Do the products that yield the greatest margins get priority? What would attract customers to the store? And so on. A smaller space also means greater storage and related inventory costs. Do they have an accurate and timely inventory information system to track which inventories need to be restocked? Also, most of the outdoor and sports products that Canadian Tire sells are seasonal; again, inventory management is vital.…
The store’s shelves were disorganized and empty with limited selection. Inventory did not arrive into the stores quickly and shelves was not filled to meet demands of customers. There was no proper mix of inventory and there were many complaints from customers.…
I interviewed Christine Fitzgerald, Principal at Tsebii’nidzigai Elementary School (TES). TES is K-6, with enrollment of 300 students, two thirds are English language Learners, 98% free and reduced lunch, 60% McKinney-Vento Homeless, and 99.5% Navajo. The other .5% is African American and Caucasian.…
Swarthmore College Professor Barry Schwartz published an op-ed in last Sunday’s New York Times entitled, “Rethinking Work.” The essay begins by noting that a “survey last year found that almost 90 percent of workers were either “not engaged” with or “actively disengaged” from their jobs.” So 9 out of 10 “workers spend half their waking lives doing things they don’t really want to do in places they don’t particularly want to be.” But Why?…
Hudson Corporation should liquidate the divisions which are not doing well such as the Mervyn's division (Asset Sale). Mervyn's performance in the recent years has been disappointing. Revenue declined 3.2 percent because Mervyn's clothing line was bland and narrow. According to selected data for Mervyn's Division, its operating profit was 280 ('97), 153 ('96), 100…