Why Choose this course
Excellent warehouse management will ensure that the product gets to the customer on time/in full (OTIF), to the right place, in the right condition, with the right paperwork and at the right cost.
Without proper warehouse management, this critical value add within the value chain will be misappropriated leading to missed opportunities. By participating in this course, the delegates will not only learn the world class processes, but also understand the underlying five principles of warehouse management which are: accuracy, efficiency, safety, security and cleanliness which form the golden rules on warehouse management in any organisation.
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What does this course cover?
- The goods receipt flowchart and the activities that may influence the goods receipt process
- The goods receipt documentation and goods inspection, acceptance and checking process
- The purpose of inventory counting, the counting process and challenges of inventory counting
- Inventory counting methods and the benefits of inventory counting and stock taking processes
- The picking and line feeding golden rule, labour planning, challenges, methods and best practices
- The purpose of packaging, packing principles and the concept of sustainable packaging
- Packaging functions and benefits, risky packaging and the impact of packaging within supply chains
- What is warehouse performance and warehouse performance measurement
- Essentials of an appropriate warehouse performance indicator and examples thereof
- Case studies; practical exercises and “Gamification”
Is this course for me?
Career roles we recommend this course for
- Operational Managers
- Logistics Supervisors
- Inventory Manager
Your course facilitator
Commerce Edge
Commerce Edge has been a leading provider of World Class Procurement and Supply Chain training since 2001. We have trained hundreds of public and private sector organisations and over 10,000 individuals on various aspects of World Class Procurement, Logistics, Operations and Planning in the context of the wider Supply Chain.
