Warehousing Storage and System

Warehousing Storage and Systems (WSS) assignment 2

Topic 1: Fresh milk

Marigold HL Fresh Milk

Marigold HL Milk has continued to be consumer’s most trusted brand for low-fat milk, since 1988. It is available in 4 delicious variants such as Plain, Chocolate, Banana, Strawberry. Marigold HL Milk is manufactured from Malaysia Dairy Industries Pte Ltd (MDI). It was the first company in Singapore to manufacture sweetened condensed and evaporated milk before expanding its manufacturing line to pasteurized products in 1974. MDI was formed as a joint venture between Singaporean partners and Australian Dairy Produce Board, after which the Singaporean partners purchased the Australian equity resulting in total localisation. The company has since come a long way and is one of the largest manufacturers of milk in Singapore and Malaysia. MARIGOLD has been the leading provider of wholesome and nutritious products for almost 50 years. Their commitment is to provide consumers with healthy products to enhance their quality of life is reflected in the corporate slogan 'For Health. For Life’.

Warehouse ownership decision

Public Warehousing

Our public warehouse offer space lease to those companies required storage space. We offer various services such as packaging, labeling, testing, inventory maintenance, local delivery, data processing and pricing. We rent space instead of owning it as it cut down the high capital investment requirement, no property tax and good opportunity of flexibility. Company need not worry about hiring, firing employees, and the paperwork. We decided to use refrigerated or cold storage warehouses for a temperature-controlled storage environment to accommodate our fresh milk to prevent it from perishing quickly.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Public Warehousing

Advantages:

There are plenty of advantages of using a public warehouse. A main advantage of using a...