Descriptions

• • This is a course on managing warehouses in order to maximize their productivity and contribution to operating effectiveness and efficiency, particularly in the area of logistics.
  • The course leads to an identification of a set of strategies and best practices that have been proven to work in the area of warehouse management. It is intended for warehouse managers and supervisors, materials managers, plant managers whose plants have supporting warehouses, and managers of distribution centers and depots.

Introduction

Traditionally, a warehouse had been regarded as a passive storage facility for inventories of raw materials, supplies, spare parts, or finished goods. Today, however, new roles are being assigned to warehouses, such as rearranging delivered goods into customer-specific product packages. Some are even performing certain functions that would normally be associated with manufacturing plants, such as final assembly, finishing, and repacking. All are expected to add value to a company’s supply chain.

Course Description

This is a course on managing warehouses in order to maximize their productivity and contribution to operating effectiveness and efficiency, particularly in the area of logistics. The course leads to an identification of a set of strategies and best practices that have been proven to work in the area of warehouse management.

It is intended for warehouse managers and supervisors, materials managers, plant managers whose plants have supporting warehouses, and managers of distribution centers and depots.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the participants will have been able to:

1. Identify the strategic issues involved in warehousing and how they impact on operational effectiveness and efficiency
2. Learn the key success factors for ensuring that warehouses add value to the company’s supply chain
3. Describe the best practices in warehousing that have been proven to work in other organizations
4. Apply the principles and concepts to the design, implementation, and improvement of their organization’s warehouse management practices