Introduction
Warehouses are often seen as a necessary evil: places that stop the flow of goods and thus increase costs without adding value. Excellence in Warehouse Management covers everything you need to know to manage warehouse operations as part of a streamlined and holistic system, fine-tuned to serve the customer and drive the bottom-line. With thinking points, self-assessment exercises and case studies that the program challenges you to consider your own operations in a new way, and plot a course into the future.
On completion of this program you should be able to:
Program Outline
The Role of Warehousing and Stores
Inventory, Stock Analysis and Classifying Products
Stock Control
The Warehouse and Operational Principles
Equipment
Warehouse Information Communications Technology
Regulations
Productivity, Cost and Service
Outsourcing
People Management
Developments and Trends