•   By the end of this course delegates will be able to:

  • Develop an understanding of the role of warehouse in the end-to-end value chain.
  • Learn best practices for warehouse operating processes.
  • Leverage information technology to improve visibility.
  • Develop an inventory strategy that optimizes the firm’s investment in the warehouse.
  • Understand the regulatory and personnel dimensions of warehouse operations.
  • Develop a performance management program to give executives visibility and drive positive change.
  • Understand warehouse infrastructure strategies.
  • Understand key warehouse processes, their inter-relationship, and how they impact the flow of goods.
  • Develop best-in-class inventory control.
  • Employ Lean in the warehouse to ensure continuous improvements and deliver operational and financial results.
  • Establish a more flexible and responsive warehouse operation.
  • Deliver cost savings and speed cash flow.
  • Create win-win outsourcing relationships.
  • Leverage IT infrastructure for maximum advantage
  • Establish a performance management program and metrics that align directly to corporate goals.

This interactive Training will be highly interactive, with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas and will include.

• Lectures
• Workshop & Work Presentation
• Case Studies and Practical Exercise
• Videos and General Discussions

• Warehouse Infrastructure Strategies

  • Warehouse location strategy
  • Options in warehouse layout and design
  • Warehousing equipment
  • Classes of warehouses
  • Warehouse automation
  • Information technology (IT) in the warehouse
  • Industry variations

  Warehouse Operating Processes and Principles

  • Key functional processes from receiving to picking and shipping.
  • Optimizing the flow of goods across processes
  • Advanced processes – break-bulk, cross-docking, mixing, assembly.
  • Item tracking and visibility
  • Cycle counting, conducting a physical inventory.
  • Warehouse safety, regulation and audits
  • Implementing Lean principles in the warehouse
  • Continuous improvement and managing change.

  Inventory, Analysis, and Product Classification

  • The function of inventory
  • Inventory accuracy and control
  • Handling WIP (Work-In-Progress) inventory
  • Three-dimensional inventory classification and segmentation (ABC)
  • Using inventory classification to drive efficiency.
  • Replenishment methods and strategies

  Leveraging Your Resources and Developing New Capabilities

  • Managing and incentivizing your people
  • Employee training and evaluation
  • The IT environment: your enterprise and the warehouse
  • Role of the warehouse in the value chain
  • Outsourcing: risks and opportunities
  • Supplier collaboration models and strategies

  Create a World-Class Warehouse with Performance Management and Metrics

  • Contemporary trends in warehousing
  • Warehouse best practices and benchmarking
  • Establishing a baseline
  • The role of performance management in the warehouse
  • What should you measure?
  • Create a “cascading” metrics program that aligns employee performance with corporate goals.
  • Establish an executive dashboard using key performance indicators (KPIs)
  Finding, prioritizing and implementing warehouse improvement projects