Warehouse Management: Strategy, Implementation and Control

Warehouses and inventory management are critical for the effective management of procurement and the supply chain to enable the efficient delivery of superior customer service. Warehouses and inventory controls are often overlooked and are not thought to be an important activity, therefore, incorrect levels of inventory can be held with attendant knock on effects to costs availability and customer service.

CONTENT:

The Roles of the Warehouse

· Why we need a Warehouse

· What function they have in Supply Chain

Layout Options

· Receiving Options

· Storage Options

· Raking/Assembly Options

· Dispatching options

· Using the floor and the height space

Methods and Equipment

· Warehouse Structures

· Loading Bays

· Selecting fork lift Trucks

· Selecting racing

· implications for Warehouse Layouts

Inventory Replenishment Methods and Systems

· Basic mechanism of inventory systems

· Simple replenishment methods for example min/max

· Stock components

· Stock investment

Security and Loss

· Minimizing Internal Theft

· Minimizing External Theft

· Preventative Measures

Inventory and the Supply Chain

· Managing the Flows

· Stock control – Costing

· Stock control – Recording

· Stock control – Checking

Inventory Performance and Improvements.

FOR WHOM: Stores, Purchasing and Logistics Personnel in the Public and Private Sectors.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.

Date:

1ST BATCH                        7th – 10th May, 2019                                      

2ND BATCH                       29th Oct– 1st November, 2019