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MAJOR FUNCTION SUB-FUNCTION SERVICES PLAN Warehousing and Storage Distribution Reserve

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MAJOR FUNCTION SUB-FUNCTION SERVICES PLAN
Warehousing and Storage Distribution Reserve storage, pick and pack consolidation of delivery Cross-docking Immediate delivery of finished good directly to customer Transhipment Sorting ready packed orders.
Inventory Management Inventory Control Monitor stock control, stock replenishment
Control finished good inventory
Transport In land/Air freight Moving products at minimum cost ,Load vehicles sent directly to customer

Table 1 3PLs services (Power et al, 2007) and (Andersson et al 2002)

4.1.2 Define Operational Model
The role that 3PL companies would perform for UB company in the future would likely move away from traditional tasks such as warehousing and transportation, to …show more content…

In addition to those requirements Vijayvargiya et.al (2007) suggested to use the Analytical Network Process (ANP) (figure 2) tool as for final selection of 3PLs potential vendors. This tool classified the 3PLs providers based on criteria “compatibility, cost, quality and reputation”. The proposed model provides guideline to the firm to classify the suppliers.

Figure 2: ANP (Vijayvargiya et al, 2010)

4.1.5 Transition Plan
The current logistic workforces will be intimately involved with the transition function plan since they are more knowledgeable about the structure process of logistic flow. (Gebauer& Friedli, 2005). In the case UB Company, the transition plan should consider not only availability of resources but also the effect of transition plan to other operational function as well. (Tas & Sunder 2004) Execution of new process transition require in depth knowledge on the process flow. To continue this direction, the firm may offer pre-posting training for the workforces to gain better understanding on the new

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