Supply Chain Plan Report

Supply Chain Plan Report Author’s Name Institutional Affiliation Supply Chain Plan Report Introduction The supply chain of the company Strategic Warehouse Management in the country of Australia needs to be focused a lot as the company is USA based and the differences may affect the operations and other strategies. The supply chain management and the warehousing can mutually enhance the performance of the company if integrated with the use of effective technology and software. The supply chain refers to every possible element included in the business operations. In this report, the entire supply chain plan of Strategic Warehouse Management Inc., which is a USA based organization, is presented. The company wants to start its operations of establishing a warehouse in any city of Australia. Considerations of Design and Structure of Warehouse The organizational design and structure play a very important role in the successful accomplishment of the business operations in any company. In the case of Strategic Warehouse Management Inc. (SWM), there is a need to consider all the possible element of organizational design, culture, and structure. The reason for this concentration is the differences between the American and Australian cultures and organizational settings. The CEO of the warehouse needs to focus on all the possible elements of the organizational design and structure, which can affect the business operations and thus the entire supply chain (Wibowo, 2018). The warehouse is the facility having a proper environment for keeping the stored goods and other construction materials in the premises of Australia. The warehouse in the Sydney, Australia should be designed in a way to accommodate loads of construction materials, associated handling equipment, the shipments required for the construction of heavy buildings, trucking, and many other relevant items. Therefore, the CEO needs to design the warehouse, which can compensate all of these required items in their particular warehouse in Sydney. There is a need of concerning certain warehousing attributes, which play an important role in the goods keeping in the building (Wibowo, 2018). The list of important considerations for the warehouse design is given here; * The facility of a warehouse in Sydney should accommodate the possible changes in business growth, and size of operations within the building. The available warehouse space should be easily modified to new functions such as any new implantation of technological innovation in warehouse management. * The warehouse design and structure should address construction material handling technologies and business performance, such as "just-in-time" inventory storeroom. * The structure and design of the warehouse in Sydney should be designed with fire protection capacity to provide accommodation cargo space of construction materials with a larger fire hazard. * The managers should take care of the usage of available space in the warehouse facility that provides maximum utilization of the available space while having sufficient movement paths for employees and material handling equipment. * While designing the structure of the warehouse, there is a need for proper floor types, which are an imperative deliberation for the management to support the movement of heavy loads of construction material. * The usage of energy conserving and efficient systems are highly recommended because they can facilitate the cost saving in the supply chain of Strategic Warehousing Management Inc. * At last, the safety and security measures with every regard is highly recommended because, in this manner, the workplace safety builds up the trust level of its employees. Workforce Management in Warehouse After finalizing the organizational design and structure, there comes the turn of making decisions about workforce management. The human resource is now considered as the most important and influential resource or even considered as the capital. The human resource is an equally considerable factor while designing the organizational culture within the new premises of Sydney, Australia. The CEO should focus on certain attributes and factors, which can affect the demand and supply of the workforce in the country. There is a need for the well-trained, well-motivated labor force to run an aggressive warehouse operation in the country of Australia. When workers comprehend their job and know very well how to do it perfectly, they help a company to operate efficiently and effectively (Nagalingam, 2017). When the managers evaluate their hard-working performance and then reward personnel, who go beyond expectations, which also help in the growth and development of the warehouse. In order to have effective workforce management, the managers at the warehouse of SWM Inc. should arrange the training programs for the employees. These training programs are meant to characterize the demand for work, which is expected from the employees. There is a need for developing the standard or the benchmark procedures for the employees so that they may have a path to follow, a direction to move for future growth. The CEO of the warehouse needs to focus on all the possible elements of the organizational design and structure, which can affect the business operations and thus the entire supply chain (Wibowo, 2018). The warehouse is the facility having a proper environment for keeping the stored goods and other construction materials in the premises of Australia. The efficient workforce can successfully manage the business operations at SWM Inc.’s new warehouse in Australia. The employees should be trained enough to support the change management and thus to accept the new and innovative technologies in the warehousing system with time. Key Factors Affecting Warehousing in Australia There are several factors, which can affect the efficiency and effectiveness of the business operations while the management decides to go beyond the boundaries. Similar is the case with the management of SWM Inc., which is a USA based company, and now starting the operations of the warehouse facility in the territory of Australia. The Australian market is a technology friendly market, which facilitates business operations by introducing newer technologies with time. There is a new Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS) which is reshaping how the warehouses store and keep goods and raw materials (Bentahar, 2018). AS/RS have become a means to manage and immediately state the management of construction material, providing a significant link in the chain of information systems that control work-in-process, within the supply chain of the warehouse facility. This technology-friendly environment can affect the company policies of the warehouse management belonging to the USA culture. In addition to it, the labor market demand and supply can also affect the organizational culture of the warehouse facility. The labor market is quite stable, having a constant supply of proficient workforce globally in the Australian market. The CEO of the management of SWM Inc. should manage the...