The goal of this assignment is to demonstrate that you are able to build a logistics network. You will imagine that you run a company that markets a product on Amazon and you need to stock your product at various locations throughout the United States. A successful assignment will illustrate that you are able to use transportation modes, warehouses and and overall understanding of efficiency to create a logistics network that could be implemented in real-life. Step-By-Step Assignment Instructions 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: 1. An image file (.jpg or .png) containing a map of your proposed logistics network. 2. 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: 1. A description of your product. 2. Documentation of your warehouse locations and the time to customers. 3. 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: 1. 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 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. 2. 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 In case you are not sure how it could look, here is an example of a map I created. 3. 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. 4. 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 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): 1. What did you find most surprising in this assignment? 2. What was the most difficult part of this assignment? 3. Which part of the assignment was the most fun? List of City Halls.pdf PDF File List of Amazon Distribution Centers.pdf PDF File Guidelines for the assignment: Follow these instructions to understand the required format of your assignment. There will be step-by-step prompts asking you to either upload or write out the specific steps of the assignment. Grading Criteria Overview Your assignment will be graded based on a successful demonstration of the concepts covered in this course. Specifically, you will be assessed on your ability to put together a cohesive logistics network. You will be required to include at least a map of your warehouse network, a table showing your lead time calculations, and an overall justification of the viability of your logistics network. We recommend that you also think about what the implications are of the network that you have designed. That part is to create an exchange between you and your peer reviewers, rather than an objective evaluation. Please don't penalize grades based on transit times or the number of warehouses. There are many different logistics networks and the goal of the assignment is to go through the steps, rather than picking one specific example. Example Submissions Here are some examples to help you understand what your assignment should look like. This example is a good illustration of a map depicting three warehouses I created: Notice how the using a warehouse in California would not be very efficient? We should move the west coast warehouse to Texas to remedy this problem. City Address New York City, New York City Hall Park, New York, NY 10007 Los Angeles, California 200N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 Chicago, Illinois 121N 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 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 Roobards Ln Louisville, KY 40218 \#CVG1 1155 Worldwide Blvd. Hebron, KY 41048 \#CVG2 1600 Worldwide Blvd. Hebron, KY 41048
