The fundamentals of effective warehouse management

• How does your warehouse fit into the organization’s corporate strategy?
• How your warehouse fits into the overall supply chain of the company?
• What are the key functions & operations of a typical warehouse?
• Warehousing equipment: Ensuring the right tool for the right job

Storage equipment

• Conveyor equipment
• Forklift equipment
• Manual equipment

Effectively managing your OHS obligations in the warehouse

• What are the health and safety responsibilities for the employer?
• How can an effective health and safety program benefit your organization?
• What can you do to ensure organizational buy in?

Designing effective warehouse layout

• What issues do you need to consider for optimal layout?
• What are potential problem areas?
• Making the trade-off – space and time issues
• Practical exercise: Designing an effective warehouse layout

Tools to optimize warehouse performance

• Visual Performance methods
• Lean tools

Managing the flow of information and identifying key performance indicators in your warehouse

• Practical exercise: Managing the performance of your warehouse
• What information is important to your warehouse and why?
• Developing KPIs
• What are the key issues and challenges of measuring performance?
• What are the roots of poor performance and how can you improve upon them?
• Productivity evaluation techniques

Inventory management

• What is inventory management?
• Managing and controlling inventory
• Identifying areas where inventory can get out of control
• Cycle counting process

Managing and motivating your warehouse and staff

• Understanding motivation and its impact on your staff
• Measuring your staff satisfaction
• How can you increase the involvement of staff?