Suppose you are working as warehouse supervisor with Cyan Group, a distribution network of IT products in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in their head office in Riyadh. The company has decided to have their own warehouse in Jeddah and Dammam due to the increased demand of their products in these cities. The company has given you the responsibility to design and establish a sub-warehouse in Dammam to handle some most demanded products in that area.

The management also made an agreement with a local manufacturer in Rabigh to distribute some of their products in Dammam market. The company has provided the complete list and relevant details of the products to be stocked in Dammam warehouse for your designing assignment given under.

Demand Ctn. Max. Stock Safety stock (Months) Units Sr.# Product Source /day /Ctn. /Pallet Level (Months) Units A Cyan 210 30 16 2 2 Cyan 100 24 18 3 3 C yan 160 60 20 4 4 Cyan 150 40 24 2 5 Cyan 135 36 24 3 6 AA Vendor 110 40 30 4 7 BB Vendor 180 50 24 3 8 CC Vendor 160 40 20 2 2 Size of one Pallet = 1.20M X 1.00M Maximum height of loaded pallet allowed = 2 Meters Ceiling height = Maximum 8.5 Meters Minimum clearance to ceiling and Pallet = 0.5 Meters Office space required = 12 Sq M Packing Space = 15 Sq M Equipment Parking Space = 18 Sq M Aisle Area = 50% of the Net area (Pallets + Office + Packing + Equipment parking) Cushion for Future expansion = 30% Width of the building must be = 10 Meters 2.