QSO 330 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric

Overview: The final project for this course is the creation of a supply chain evaluation. Supply chain management (SCM) is a holistic view of a company’s efforts to source, procure, receive, store, and deliver products. These products can be raw materials for a manufacturing process, consumer goods for a retail chain, or a collection of items that will be joined in some way before ultimate delivery to the customer. In today’s global economic environment, SCM takes on an increasing level of complexity as companies attempt to reduce costs, drive efficiency, and remain compliant with the corporate social responsibilities that today’s consumers demand.

Prompt: For this milestone, you will submit an evaluation of Walmart’s transportation and warehousing networks, focusing on constraints, modes of transportation, infrastructure, and special handling requirements. You will also make recommendations to improve transportation.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

IV. Transportation: In this section, first consider the effectiveness of Walmart’s transportation network in order to then determine possible cost savings without sacrificing performance.

A. Evaluation 1. Identify constraints within the transportation network and discuss the impact they will have on the overall supply chain operation. Be

sure to provide specific examples to illustrate. 2. Analyze the transportation network and determine whether or not the correct modes of transportation are being used based on time,

cost, and quantity. B. Recommendations: Make recommendations on how to improve the transportation network given the constraints you identified using specific

examples to illustrate and justify your claims.

V. Warehousing: In this section, first analyze your client’s warehousing network in order to then determine requirements and develop recommendations for adequately meeting current and future storage needs.

A. Evaluation 1. Analyze the current warehousing infrastructure to determine if the current warehousing network adequately meets storage needs.

Additionally, consider eventual expansion requirements of Walmart’s operation. What are the constraints or restrictions involved in the possible locations?

2. Identify considerations for special handling of hazardous materials and describe their impact on warehousing for the current mix of products that Walmart’s SCM is handling, using specific examples.

Note: For this milestone, you will complete critical elements IV.A, IV.B, and V.A. As a reminder, you will need to complete additional critical elements (V.B.1–2) for this part of the final submission of your final project.

Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Your paper should be a 3? to 4?page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12?point Times New Roman font, one?inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Transportation: Evaluation: Constraints

Identifies all relevant constraints within the transportation network and discusses their impact using specific examples

Discusses constraints within the transportation network but fails to address all relevant constraints or fully discuss their impact using specific examples

Does not identify constraints within the transportation network

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Transportation: Evaluation: Modes of

Transportation

Makes valid claims about the effectiveness of current modes of transportation based on an accurate analysis of time, cost, and quantity

Discusses the effectiveness of current modes of transportation, but not all claims are valid or based on an accurate analysis of time, cost, and quantity

Does not make claims about the effectiveness of current modes of transportation

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Transportation: Recommendations

Recommends sound improvements to the transportation network that address all of the concerns and constraints identified in the transportation evaluation using specific examples

Discusses improvements to the transportation network but fails to make fully sound recommendations that address all of the concerns and constraints using specific examples

Does not discuss improvements to the transportation network

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Warehousing: Evaluation:

Infrastructure

Reasonably analyzes warehousing infrastructure to determine its adequacy for meeting current and potential future storage needs

Discusses warehousing infrastructure but fails to reasonably determine its adequacy for meeting all current and potential future storage needs

Does not discuss warehousing infrastructure

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Warehousing: Evaluation: Hazardous

Materials

Identifies all relevant considerations for special handling of hazardous materials and describes their impacts on warehousing using specific examples

Discusses considerations for special handling of hazardous materials but fails to identify all relevant considerations or to describe their impacts on warehousing using specific examples

Does not discuss considerations for special handling of hazardous materials

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Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

15

Total 100%