Group In-Class Exercise
Distribution Centre Design
Task
- This is a group In-Class assignment, which will be assessed
(8%). In your group, you are required to produce a distribution
centre design to accommodate the following detailed scenario.
Scenario
- Sector – Retail
- Operating hours – 2 shifts, 8 hours a day Mon-Fri, 6.30am –
11.30pm - Volumes – relatively constant, seasonal 20% peaks in Apr/May
and Oct/Nov. - Growth – 5% per annum.
- Design timeline – 5 years
- Products – 5,000 SKU’s
- 60% Palletized.
- Each SKU has 1 pick location and an average 5
replenishment/storage locations. - Each pallet is ‘Standard US’ (40 inch x 48 inch) built 48
inches high.
- Each SKU has 1 pick location and an average 5
- 30% Shelving. Each SKU has an average dimension of
12 inch x18 inch x10 inch and an average quantity holding of 20
items, no replenishment locations. - 10% Bulk. Each SKU has an average dimension of 5
foot x 6 foot x 8 foot and an average quantity of 4 items, no
replenishment locations.
- 60% Palletized.
- Storage:
- Racking – 5 levels high, 96 inch bay width (2 pallets), and
depth is 42 inch with 8 inch gap between back-to-back
racking. Assume 200 foot lengths of racking and 13 foot aisle
width. - Shelving – 10 foot high, 48 inch deep, configurable
shelves. Assume 4 foot walkways between back to back shelving
units. Assume 50 foot lengths of shelving
- Racking – 5 levels high, 96 inch bay width (2 pallets), and
- Office Requirements – 20,000 sq/ft (Management, HR, Clerical,
etc.) - Ceilings – 40 foot clear
- Aisle widths – 13 foot
- Walkway widths – 4 foot
- Mechanical Handling Equipment:
- Pump Jacks – 10
- Single pallet Walkies – 20
- Double pallet Walkies 10
- Forklift Trucks – 15
- Other space considerations:
- Battery Changing
- Maintenance
- Returns/Inspection area
- Security
- Janitorial
- Staff Changing Rooms
- Washrooms
- Cafeteria
- IT
- Forklift and MHE parking
- Cardboard compactor
- Plastic wrap compactor
- Trash
Report
- Submit soft copy to Brightspace (D2L – Warehouse Design AICE)
by 11.59pm Fri 1 Oct 2021, the report is to be formatted in Excel,
use cells to indicate scale. Expectations are that the report
will provide answers to the fundamental questions:
- What is the square footage storage requirements for: Racking,
Shelving, and Bulk. - How many square feet does the DC need to be to accommodate
peaks and annual growth over the 5 year design timeline; the
estimated space requirements for Racking, Shelving, and Bulk should
be provided (only consider the actual space for storage, not the
walkways and aisles). i.e. what is the expected storage
percentage of a typical DC? - A DC plan showing the layout of the DC to scale with racking,
shelving, and other requirements clearly shown with some commentary
on why they have been allocated that space.
Please ensure all group members are
identified on the first page with SAIT registration numbers.
Standard grading rubric for SCM Case Analysis applies.
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