On completion of this course you should be able to: 

• Appreciate the need for increased integration of the warehouse within the total logistics system
• Discuss the change in logistics philosophies from a "push" environment to a "pull" Environment
• Explore the availability of reliable, responsive, efficient, and effective third-party warehouse providers and know when to best utilize them
• Discuss the demands for integrated up-line and down-line communications and the challenges of Electronic Data Interchange, automatic identification and compatible information systems
• Define the role of partnerships and the virtual integration of partner inventories
• Understand how to plan, manage, and improve the warehouse operations by applying a professional approach

COURSE OUTLINE

Logistics and Warehousing

• The challenge of warehousing
• Warehousing and physical distribution
• Warehousing and manufacturing
• Logistics excellence
• Third party warehousing
• Transportation modes

Distribution and Warehousing Services

• Distribution network systems
• Customer service management
• Warehouse space and layout planning
• Personnel planning
• Achieving organizational excellence in warehouse operations

Planning, Analysis and Safety

• Facilities planning
• Simulation
• Economic analysis
• Hazardous materials management
• Environmental concerns in warehousing
• Fire protection in warehousing: an examination of codes, systems, and plans

Warehouse Design and Loading Systems

• Dock design
• Large parts storage systems
• Small parts storage systems
• Automated storage/retrieval systems
• Lift trucks
• Unit load conveyors
• Automatic guided vehicle systems
• Hoists, monorails, and overhead travelling cranes
• Auto ID systems
• RF Communication

Warehouse control and management systems

• Warehouse management systems
• Electronic data interchange
• Containers and packaging
• Receiving at the warehouse
• Order picking systems
• Stock location management and inventory control
• Shipping systems
• Warehouse maintenance
• Loss control

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.