This Warehouse Management training course enable Supply Chain Professionals to understand how to improve the operations of any warehouse by implementing lean operating processes, by intelligently managing inventory space, and by establishing a performance management program that ensures continuous improvement. An effective warehousing strategy can be a powerful competitive tool.
Best-practice warehouses deliver superior managing inventory space and return on investment by functioning as a tightly-integrated part of a company’s value chain.
The purpose of this course is to show how to implement all of the essential tools for the effective space management of warehouses and stores. This Coventry Academy training course includes how to evaluate procedures and how to improve methods by implementing world standard methods of Warehouse Space Planning.
This Coventry Academy Warehouse training course will feature:
Locating, structuring and operating the warehouse
Implementing Lean principles in the warehouse space analysis
Crafting an inventory strategy using Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) segmentation
Role of the warehouse space management and planning in the value chain
What are the goals?
By the end of this Coventry Academy training course, participants will be able to:
Develop an understanding of the role of warehouse in the end-to-end supply chain
Learn best practices for warehouse space planning and operating processes
Develop an inventory strategy in the warehouse
Leverage space information technology to improve inventory visibility
Develop a performance management program to and drive positive change
Who is this training course for?
This training course will benefit a number of participants from different parts of the organisation including those who have an intermediate knowledge of the supply chain but will greatly benefit:
Warehouse professionals
Procurement, buyers and purchasing professionals
Production and manufacturing professionals
Logistics professionals
Supply chain generalists
Course Outline
Day One: Warehouse Infrastructure Strategies
Warehouse location strategy
Options in warehouse layout and design
Classes of warehouses
Warehouse automation
Information Technology (IT) in the warehouse
Industry variations
Day Two: Layout Options
Receiving Options
Storage Options
Picking / Assembly Options
Dispatching Options
Using the Floor and the Height Space
Organising for Flow
Day Three: Inventory, Analysis, Methods and Equipment
Loading Bays
Selecting Fork Lift Trucks
Selecting Racking
Implications for Warehouse Layouts
Operational Timings and Planning
The Use of IT within the Warehouse
Day Four: Warehouse Layouts and Productivity
Different Types of Layout with Advantages and Disadvantages
Planning for Flow in the Warehouse
Calculations for Storage
Calculations for throughput and Productivity
Checklists to help on deciding the best option to take back to the participants’ workplace
Day Five: Create a World-Class Warehouse with Performance Management and Metrics
Contemporary trends in warehousing
Warehouse best practices and benchmarking
The role of performance management in the warehouse
What should you measure?
Establish an executive dashboard using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Identifying, prioritizing and implementing improvements
The certificate
Coventry Academy Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course