Since its inception in the early 1990's, the field of supply chain management has become tremendously important to companies in an increasingly competitive global marketplace. The term supply chain refers to the entire network of companies that work together to design, produce, deliver, and service products. In the past, companies focused primarily on manufacturing and quality improvements within their four walls; now their efforts extend beyond those walls to encompass the entire supply chain. Today, warehousing play a critical role in assuring high level of customer service and overall logistics performance. Warehousing minimize the effective of supply chain inefficiencies, improve logistics accuracy and inventory management and allow product accumulation, consolidation and customization. In a world-class warehousing the cost of warehousing are minimized while improving customer service.
By the end of this course delegates will be able to:
- Be equipped with conceptual tools and analytical frameworks to lead and deal with the challenges faced by logistics analytical frameworks to lead and deal with the challenges faced by logistics and supply chain executives
- Understand the complexities and analytics of logistics and supply chains and on developing effective operational strategies
- Maximize customer service and provide fast and accurate issuing
- Plan and control the warehousing operation to minimize the operational costs
- Guarantee safety to the warehouse personnel and facilities
- Plan to develop the warehouse personnel
- Plan to deal and work with the problems and constraints related to warehousing management
Introduction
- The components of the entire supply chain
- Building & Emphasis on collaboration and Competitive Operations & Planning and Logistics related to major functional areas required to organize the flow of products from inception through delivery to satisfy final customer needs
- Managing Supplier and Customer Relationships
- Using Information Technology to Enable Supply Chain Management
Overview of Logistics Management
- Develop an understanding of the importance of logistics in the formation of business strategy and the conduct of supply chain operations
- Develop an in-depth understanding of logistics operating areas and their interrelationship
Introduction to Warehousing Management
- Objectives and Functions of Warehousing Management
- Problems in Warehousing
- Usages of Information Technology in the Warehouse
Inventory Classification and Inventory Record Accuracy
- The ABC Classification
- Uses of the ABC Classification
- Periodic and Cycle Counting
- Systems and Methodology of Counting
Organizing the Storage and Material Handling
- Layout of the Warehouse
- Storage Utilization and Organization
- Stock Location
- Fixed Versus Random Location
- Material Handling Equipment
- How to Improve the Receiving/ Issuing Material Handling Operations
Safety in the Warehouse
- Housekeeping and Safety in a Warehousing Environment
- Safety Hazards
- Unsafe Acts and Conditions
- Planning for Safety
Dealing with People-related Warehousing Problems
- Staff Management
- Corrective Guidance
Productivity in the Warehouse
- Definition of Productivity
- Causes of Lost Time
- Warehousing Management through Performance Analysis (KPIs)
Audit of a Warehouse
- Objectives of the Warehouse Audit
- Periodic and Intermittent Audits
- Components of the Audit
- Steps to Follow Before, During and After the Audit
Heads of Department, Staff Officers, Managers and Analysts responsible for Logistics Operations & Support, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Acquisition & Sourcing, Contracting, Transportation & Fleet Management, Material, Inventory & Resource Support, Product Lifecycle Management, Logistics Planning & Policy, anyone involved in warehousing (store) activities, both at the operational and supervisory levels, anyone interested to know more about the interaction between warehousing and other logistics & materials management functions (purchasing, inventory control and distribution)