PROGRAM'S BACKGROUND

Despite every effort to eliminate warehousing and the inventory housed within, warehousing will continue to play a critical role in assuring high levels of customer service and overall logistics performance. Warehousing minimizes the effects of supply chain inefficiencies; improves logistics accuracy and inventory management; and allows product accumulation, consolidation, and customization. Warehousing & Inventory Control costs should be commensurate with the contribution to overall logistics & supply chain performance.

The principles and systems described here are common denominators of world-class warehousing & inventory control operations, and have been developed over a decade of logistics research, education and consulting project experience. The program objective is to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to develop a warehouse master plan & inventory control to support the corporation's overall logistics & supply chain strategy. 

PROGRAM'S OBJECTIVES

This Program’s Attendees Will Be More Able To:

›       Plan and control the warehousing & inventory control operations to minimize the operational costs

›       Plan to develop the warehouse & inventory control personnel

›       Be provided with a thorough understanding of the knowledge, skills and competency required to plan and control the materials at the workplace

›       Plan to deal and work with the problems and constraints related to warehousing & inventory control management

›       Increase your knowledge on good housekeeping of store & warehousing functions

›       Select the appropriate type of equipment

›       Maximize customer service and provide fast and accurate issuing

PROGRAM'S ATTENDEES

›       Those involved in warehousing & inventory control activities, both at the operational, supervisory and management levels

›       Anyone interested to know more about the interaction between warehousing & inventory control and other materials management functions (purchasing, planning, forecasting and distribution). 

PROGRAM'S OUTLINE

WAREHOUSE& INVENTORY CONTROL MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY

›       The new role of warehousing & inventory control in supply chain

›       The value & impact of higher efficiency in warehouse & inventory control

›       Management expectations & doing the job right in warehousing & inventory control

KEY WAREHOUSE FUNCTIONS & OPERATION

›       Evaluate receiving & staging operations

›       Review put away & assess storage functions

›       Improve order filling techniques

›       Different methods for order selection

›       How to control order picking

›       Identify opportunities for improvement

WAREHOUSE LOCATION & INVENTORY CONTROL  

›       Techniques for storage location

›       Use of locator system controls

›       ABC analysis

›       How to improve inventory control

›       Physical inventory & cycle counting programs

›       Establish material location & inventory control guidelines

›       Types of inventory costs & how to control

IMPROVE THE WAREHOUSE FACILITY LAYOUT        

›       Methodologies for layout planning

›       Material flow& space utilization

›       Reduce travel time & distance

›       Layout philosophies & capacity factor guidelines

›       Determine space & building requirements

›       Approaches for upgrading layout & space resources

SIMPLIFY & IMPROVE WORK METHODS       

›       Key warehouse information features

›       Preparing for technology & WMS

›       Bar coding & RFID

›       Improving & implementing operational controls

›       Work simplification & improvement methods

›       Work measurement & workload balancing

›       Warehouse cost management

MEASURE WAREHOUSE & INVENTORY MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE & PRODUCTIVITY

›       Develop meaningful performance measures

›       Controls & measures that meet expectations & match workers' capabilities

›       How to conduct a productivity analysis based on performance reports

›       Keys to optimal performance & productivity

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