Assignment Topic:

You are the seller of a product on Amazon.com. This product represents your country, region, city, etc. or something you really enjoy. In order to start selling the product, you will have to design a logistics network. Now, let's get started!

How to submit:

The format of your work must adhere to the following guidelines...

You will be required to submit your assignment using two files. These are:

An image file (.jpg or .png) containing a map of your proposed logistics network.

A table showing the transit times from your warehouse to each sample customer (please save the file as .pdf).

Make sure to include the following:

A description of your product.

Documentation of your warehouse locations and the time to customers.

A justification of why your warehouse network is ideal for your product and the current economic situation.

There is no need to include any cost calculations, but if you believe there is value in that you can certainly do so to impress your fellow learners.

How to create your assignment:

Follow the instructions below to prepare your assignment:

Decide how many warehouses you will need. You can only use existing Amazon warehouses. For a list of warehouse locations, please see the document below. A good reference to the implications of more or less warehouses is an annual study on the best warehouse networks in the US. Of course there are trade-offs between having more warehouses of less warehouses. It will be up to your judgement to decide.

Once you decide on how many warehouses you will use and where they are located, I want you to visualize it on a map. You can use various tools, but I would use Google Maps as it would be freely accessible to most. Here is an example of how you can add multiple locations to a map. In case you are not sure how it could look, here is an example of a map I created.

Now let's look at possible customers. To get your product marketed, you will send a sample to the mayors of the ten largest metro areas. You hope that they will like it so much, that they will tell everyone they know. Please see the list of city halls addresses, where the mayors work.

You must also decide from which of your warehouses to send the sample to each mayor. I want you to determine the lead time from your warehouse to each customer. You can use resources by UPS and FedEx to determine the transit time from your warehouse to each customer (in days).

Please justify why your logistics network is the best you can make it for now and the forseeable future. Be sure to talk about what the expectations of your customers will be; what the current economic environment looks like; and, where you expect interest rates and fuel prices to go in the future.

Finally, please write a short memo about the following topics (ungraded):

What did you find most surprising in this assignment?

What was the most difficult part of this assignment?

Which part of the assignment was the most fun?

List of City Halls.pdf

City Address

New York City, New York City Hall Park, New York, NY 10007

Los Angeles, California 200 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

Chicago, Illinois 121 N LaSalle St, Chicago, IL 60602

Dallas, Texas 1500 Marilla St, Dallas, TX 75201

Houston, Texas 901 Bagby St, Houston, TX 77002

Washington, DC 451 Indiana Avenue NW, Washington, DC

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1401 John F. Kennedy Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19107

Miami, Florida 3500 Pan American Dr, Miami, FL 33133

Atlanta, Georgia 68 Mitchell St SW, Atlanta, GA 30303

Boston, Massachusetts 1 City Hall Square, Boston, MA 02201

List of Amazon Distribution Centers.pdf

Name Address

#PHX3 6835 W. Buckeye Rd. Phoenix, AZ, 85043

#PHX5 16920 W. Commerce Dr. Goodyear, AZ, 85338 #PHX6 4750 W. Mohave St. Phoenix, AZ, 85043

#PHX7 800 N. 75th Ave Phoenix, AZ, 85043

#TFC1 5050 W. Mohave St. Phoenix, AZ 85043

#ONT2 1910 E Central Ave. San Bernadino, CA, 92408

#ONT6 24208 San Michele Rd. Moreno Valley, CA, 92551

#ONT9 2125 W. San Bernandino Ave. Redlands, CA, 92374

#OAK3 255 Park Center Drive Patterson, CA, 95363

#OAK4 1555 N. Chrisman Rd. Tracy, CA, 95304

#SNA4 2496 W Walnut St. Rialto CA 92376

#SNA6 5250 Goodman Road, Estvale, CA 92880

#XUSD 1909 Zephyr St., Stockton, CA 95206 #BDL1 801 Day Hill Rd. Windsor, CT, 06095

#PHL1 1 Centerpoint Blvd. New Castle, DE 19720

#PHL7 560 Merrimac Ave Middletown, DE 19709

#TPA2 1760 County Line Rd. Lakeland, FL, 33811

#TPA1 3350 Laurel Ridge Ave. Ruskin, FL 33570

#ATL7 6855 Shannon Pkwy., Union City, GA 30291

#IND1 4255 Anson Blvd. Whitestown, IN 46075

#IND2 715 Airtech Pkwy. Plainfield, IN 46168

#IND4 710 South Girls School Rd. Indianapolis, IN 46214 #IND5 800 S Perry Rd Plainfield, IN 46168 #SDF8 900 Patrol Rd. Jeffersonville, IN 47130

#XUSE 5100 S Indianapolis Rd. Whitestown, IN 46075

#SDF1 1105 S Columbia Ave Campbellsville, KY 42718

#SDF2 4360 Robards Ln Louisville, KY 40218

#CVG1 1155 Worldwide Blvd. Hebron, KY 41048

#CVG2 1600 Worldwide Blvd. Hebron, KY 41048

#CVG3 3680 Langley Dr. Hebron, KY 41048

#LEX1 1850 Mercer Rd Lexington, KY 40511

#LEX2 172 Trade St. Lexington, Kentucky, 40511

#SDF4 376 Zappos.com Blvd Shepherdesville, KY 40165

#SDF6 271 Omega Pkwy Shepherdsville, KY 40165

#SDF7 300 Omicron Court Shepherdsville, KY 40165

#SDF9 100 W. Thomas P. Echols Lane Shepherdsville, KY 40165

#BWI1 2010 Broening Hwy. Baltimore, MD 21224

#BWI2 5501 Holabird Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224

#RNO4 8000 N Virginia St, Reno, NV 89506

#LAS2 3837 Bay Lake Trail Suite 115, North Las Vegas, NV 89030

#BOS1 10 State St Nashua, NH 03063

#EWR4 50 New Canton Way Robbinsville, NJ 08691

#EWR6 2277 Center Square Rd. Swedesboro, NJ 08085

#EWR7 301 Blair Rd. Avenel, NJ 07001

#EWR9 8003 Industrial Ave. Carteret, NJ 07008

#CMH2 6050 Gateway Court, Groveport OH 43125

#AVP1 550 Oak Ridge Road Hazleton, PA 18202

#AVP3 298 1st Ave., Gouldsboro, PA 18424

#ABE2 705 Boulder Dr Breinigsville, PA 18031

#ABE3 650 Boulder Drive Breinigsville, PA 18031

#ABE5 6455 Allentown Boulevard Harrisburg, PA 17112

#MDT1 2 Ames Drive, Carlisle, PA 17015

#PHL4 21 Roadway Drive Carlisle, PA 17015

#PHL5 500 McCarthy Dr Lewisberry, PA 17339

#PHL6 675 Allen Rd. Carlisle, PA 17015

#XUSC 40 Logistics Drive Carlisle, PA 17013

#CAE1 4400 12th Street Extension, West Columbia, SC 29172

#GSP1 402 John Dodd Rd. Spartanburg, SC 29303

#BNA1 14840 Central Pike Lebanon, TN 37090

#BNA2 500 Duke Drive Lebanon, TN 37090

#BNA3 2020 Joe B Jackson Pkwy Murfreesboro, TN 37127

#CHA1 7200 Discovery Dr Chattanooga, TN 37421

#CHA2 225 Infinity Dr NW, Charleston, TN 37310

#DFW6 940 W Bethel Road Coppell, TX 75019

#DFW7 700 Westport Parkway Fort Worth, TX 76177

#FTW3 15201 Heritage Parkway Fort Worth TX 76177

#FTW4 4601 Gold Spike Drive Fort Worth TX 76106

#SAT1 6000 Enterprise Avenue Schertz, TX 78154

#XUSB 14900 Frye Rd Fort Worth, TX 76155

#RIC1 5000 Commerce Way, Petersburg, VA 23803

#RIC2 1901 Meadowville Technology Parkway Chester, VA 23836

#BFI1 1800 140th Ave. E, Sumner, WA 98390

#BFI3 2700 Center Drive, Dupont, WA 98327

#SEA6 1227 124th Avenue Northeast Bellevue, WA, 98005

#MKE1 3501 120th Ave. Kenosha, WI, 53144