The Course Content
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: Warehouse Operating Processes and Principles
Key functional processes from receiving to picking and shipping
Optimizing the flow of goods across processes
Advanced processes – break-bulk, cross-docking, mixing, assembly
Cycle counting, conducting a physical inventory audit
Implementing Lean principles in the warehouse
Continuous improvement and managing change
Day Three: Inventory, Analysis, and Product Classification
The function of inventory
Inventory accuracy and control
Handling WIP (Work-In-Progress) inventory
Three-dimensional inventory classification and segmentation (ABC)
Using inventory classification to drive efficiency
Replenishment methods and strategies
Day Four: Leveraging Your Resources and Developing New Capabilities
Managing and incentivizing your people
Employee training and evaluation
The IT environment: Your enterprise and the warehouse
Role of the warehouse in the value chain
Outsourcing: Risks and opportunities
Supplier collaboration models and strategies
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