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Training Course: Warehouse and Inventory Management


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PU4047

17 - 21 Mar 2025

London (UK)

Hotel : Landmark Office Space - Oxford Street

Cost : 5250 € Euro

Introduction

Warehouse and Inventory are often under-rated operations in organizations, yet they are essential in providing customer service.

The purpose of this seminar is to show how to implement all of the essential tools for the effective management of warehousing and stores. This module, therefore :

  • Shows how to evaluate procedures,

  • Shows how to change and improve methods by eliminating wasteful activities and excess costs.

  • Provides the practical skills to take back to the workplace.

  • Shows how to avoid those internal problems that limit performance.

  • Allows delegates to obtain added value for money

  • Shows how to improve customer service.

Objectives

  • Evaluate procedures

  • Change and improve methods

  • Eliminate wasteful activities/costs

  • Avoid all those internal problems that limit performance

  • Obtain added value for money

  • Improve customer service

Methodology

  • Delegate discussion and involvement

  • Case studies

  • Exercises

  • Best practice examples

  • Supportive comprehensive course manual enabling practical application and reinforcement

Organizational Impact

  • Examine the link of stock in the company operations and activities

  • Analyze the key areas of warehouse operation

  • Identify and understand key performance indicator

  • Succeed in improving operation

  • Apply the right cost and service balance

  • Gain a competitive advantage

Personal Impact

  • How to analyze warehouse operations

  • How to make productivity improvements

  • How to select and maintain equipment

  • How to conduct safe operations

  • How to reduce costs and improve service levels

  • Use a framework for continual improvement

Outlines

Day 1

The Role of the Warehouse

  • Why we need a warehouse,

  • What functions they cover,

  • How do they fit into the supply chain

  • The balance between sorting and storing

  • 12 initial questions to ask about warehousing activity

Product Classification

  • Supply /demand variables

  • ABC Analysis or the 80/20 rule

  • Determining product handling groups

  • Throughputs and product formats

Layout Options

  • Receiving options

  • Storage options

  • Picking/assembly options

  • Dispatching options

  • Using the floor and the height space

  • Organizing for flow

Day 2

Methods and Equipment

Here we specifically look at the lifting, storing, and moving equipment available for specific layout options, including:

  • Warehouse structures

  • Loading bays

  • Selecting forklift trucks

  • Selecting racking

  • Implications for warehouse layouts

  • Operational timings and planning

Day 3

Health and Safety

  • Duty of care

  • Inspections and risk assessments-task analysis

  • Equipment maintenance and care

  • Raising people's awareness

Security and Loss

  • Minimizing internal theft

  • Minimizing external theft

  • Preventative measures will be briefly discussed.

Day 4

Productivity and Costs

  • Fixed and variable cost

  • Typical costs involved

  • A model for understanding the roles of productivity, utilization, and performance

  • Setting productivity and cost targets

  • The importance of having measurements and key indications of performance

Service Levels

As Warehouses are a link in the total process of satisfying customers, this session will therefore look at:

  • Internal and external customers

  • The three key customer service measure

  • Customer service sampling

  • Effects of substandard service

  • Minimizing errors

Day 5

Warehouse Layout

  • Different types of layout with advantages and disadvantages

  • Planning for flow in the warehouse

  • Checklists to help on deciding the best option

Purchases & Stores

Training Course: Warehouse and Inventory Management


Register Now
Quick Inquiry
Discount Group Download Brochure (39)

PU4047

17 - 21 Mar 2025

London (UK) - Landmark Office Space - Oxford Street

Hotel : Landmark Office Space - Oxford Street

Cost: 5250 € Euro


  About London

The UK capital of London is a city that combines the old and the new. It is as equally famous for the latest fashion and innovation as it is for its impressive heritage. London's attractions range from the Royal Palace to the DIY atmosphere of its markets. It is also a picturesque city of parks and of course, the majestic Thames River. The city extends for miles beyond its ancient core and each neighborhood has its own charming atmosphere for visitors to explore. London also wears its status as a world city proudly and the influence of different cultures is plain to see in the food and fashion of the capital.


  Things to do and places to visit in London

With so many attractions in London, anyone can find something to delight them. Art lovers will enjoy the world-renowned museums and galleries, most of which are free. Sports fans are spoilt for choice by the city's array of football clubs. Theatre and music fans have a vast list of venues to visit, whilst shopaholics have Harrods, Oxford Street, Camden and much more to look forward to after arranging flights to London.

Some unmissable London attractions include:

  • Seeing priceless masterpieces in the Tate Britain or the National Gallery.
  • Watching the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace.
  • Visiting Trafalgar Square's famous monument.
  • Marveling at the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London.
  • Getting a bird's eye view of the city from the London Eye.
  • Tasting one of Brick Lane's famous curries.
  • Browsing the exclusive shops of Knightsbridge.
  • Visiting a market – Spitalfields for antiques, Camden for clothes or Borough Market for street food.
  • Admiring design from around the world in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
  • Looking for clues at the home of fiction's most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes.
  • Strolling through one of the lovely parks, including Hyde Park, St James' Park or Kew Gardens.
  • Eating Britain's most famous dish, fish and chips.
  • Watching the street performers in Covent Garden.
  • Enjoying the views at a South Bank cafe.
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