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This 9 page paper examines the role and importance of warehousing and inventory control and management and the transportations and distribution arrangements for the Australian company Macmillan Distribution services. The bibliography cites 11 sources.
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by the strongest points. This emphasises the real need for managing the supply chain at all points. If we consider a distribution company such as Macmillan Distribution Services (MDS) the
two main areas of operations are the warehousing and inventory control and management and the transportations and distribution arrangements. Question 1; The Role of Warehousing and Inventory Management at
MDS With a range of different products there is a range of distribution needs, there are books that may need initial deliveries and then a stock from which replenishing supplies
can be made as and when they are needed over the lifetime the product is sold. There are also periodical publication that nee regular distributed the shelf life is limited
and often each issue of the publication will have only one delivery to each destination. The system at MDS is a centralised system with one warehouse located in Derrimut
in Victoria. Due to the nature of the operations the management if the warehouse and its inventory may be seen as key to the success of the company. The area
was chosen in order to be cost effective, it was attractive due to the location and access to transport as well as low rent. There are different types of
stocks held, some is stock on hand and dead stock other stock is fast moving. If we look at the way in which a warehouse can be managed and the
stocks controlled we can consider the theory and apply this to the case study. There are different ways a company may try
and approach the issues of warehouse and innovatory control. The first may be to look at ways of reducing the level of inventory held, and as such the level of
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