Competition goal

Uline is looking to add one  distribution center/ warehouse in the United States to increase its next day delivery service to more customers.  Where should Uline build its next warehouse?  Your task is to help Uline choose a location to build a new warehouse.

Participants are required to:  

• select/identify the next-best location
• visualize the current delivery times
• demonstrate what the impact would be of adding one new location

Competition Dataset

The competition dataset is accessible at this link.

Data dictionary

What to Submit

Participants are required to submit their visualization/s and the commentary to them that will inform Uline's decision. Visualization/s can be submitted as pictures or as  link to a video (in case you have built a dashboard). The commentary must be submitted as a pdf file.  The pdf must be a one-page max document that explains the following:  

• How do the visualizations address the business challenge?
• What is the location identified for Uline's new warehouse?
• Why was that location selected?

Rules

• This is an individual competition, all the work submitted (e.g., visualizations and commentary) should be your work and your work only.
• You can use any software to perform the analysis and create visualization/s to determine the next warehouse location to alleviate the longest delivery times for the most people.  
• You can perform any desired manipulation/wrangling of the data provided for the competition in order to make the data more meaningful.
• You can also use and join additional publicly available data to identify the best location (as long as the data are publicly accessible and you provide the source for them).
• Participants need to complete a short survey to be eligible to win the prizes. The survey is available at this link.
• Participants need to follow The Gateway Podcast in at least one of the following platforms:  Spotify, Apple podcasts, Google podcasts.
• You should not contact Joe or Uline for additional information on this competition.

Eligibility

Any COB student is eligible to participate in this competition as long as the rules available in the above section are followed. Failing to respect them will result in disqualification from the competition and will prevent you from winning the prizes.

Project and Submission Requirements

Follow the submission requirements in the What to Submit section above. Make sure to submit not only the visualization/s but also the commentary file. All the files or a link to files must be submitted here on Devpost.