You have recently been placed as a Supply Chain manager at Zamba Ya Afrika holdings. The following scenario and case study have been presented to you.

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Zamba Ya Afrika holdings operates as a conglomerate, head-quarted in South Africa,with prestigious objectives to directly supplying potable water, food and logistical services to its main customers in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the rest of SADC region.

Zamba Ya Afrikas customer focused objectives requires the Supply chain teams to develop strategic logistics plans which demand a thorough understanding and appreciation of corporate strategies and marketing plans. The logistics team has to ensure that water, food and logistics services reach the customers on time, and that fewer goods are damaged, and less waste are experienced.

The logistics team ought to ensure the identification of the total costs associated with alternative logistics systems in order to identify the lowest cost network that meets corporate, marketing and customer requirements.

The Logistics team will have to develop warehousing strategies with layouts and designs that support cost saving objectives as well as storage system that will minimise the handling of the goods. The storage system should be focusing on movement and not storage.

Effective packaging of different brands of water, beverages, food must be considered.

The packaging of any product should be cost efficient, light in weight, and strong enough to handle the rigours of international transportation as well as environmental changes and technological innovations.

The packaging process should consider inputs from end-users.

Transportation activities are key component in the movement of various bottles, different warehousing equipments, as well as logistics activities, from various manufacturers in South Africa, Kenya, China, Europe as well as The United arabas Emirates; to various factories and assembly points in the DR Congo in order to be processed.

Transportation activities should ensure effective and efficient movements of finished goods downstream any supply chains.

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QUESTION 1 (20 Marks)

The Logistics team will have to develop warehousing strategies with layouts and designs that support cost saving objectives as well as storage system that will minimise the handling of the goods. The storage system should be focusing on movement and not storage.