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Optional Stores & Warehousing Courses
Stores & Warehousing 1
Introduction to Stores and Warehousing (A 1 day course introducing the role and purpose of Warehouse operations within the Supply Chain Business process).
Entry Level : Suitable for staff with or without some experience of warehousing management and also for customers of the Warehouse
Content includes :
- The place of the warehouse in the supply chain
- Handling and storage equipment
- I.T.
- Finance & Performance indicators
- Human resource issues
- Health and Safety
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- Design & layout of stores
- Receipts process - goods inward
- Holding & maintaining stock
- Order picking & assembly
- Issue and despatch
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Stores & Warehousing 2
Introduction to Inventory Management & Basic Stock Control (A 1 day course introducing the main concepts of stock control).
Entry Level : Suitable for staff with or without some experience of warehousing stock control and or staff in other functions with an interest in this area.
Content includes :
- Introduction to stock control
- Who are the customers?
- Cost benefit analysis decisions
- Traditional types of stock control
- "When to Order" (Lead time)
- Standardisation & variety reduction
- The application of Zero Inventory
- Distribution resource planning (DRP)
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- Stock Control and Warehouse management
- Reasons for holding stock in various organisations
- Categories of stock
- Classification and coding
- Understanding Pareto analysis (A, B, C Analysis)
- Reducing and controlling inventory
- Materials requirements planning (MRP)
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Stores & Warehousing 3
Introduction to Logistics (A 1-day course introducing the main concepts of Logistics).
Entry Level : Suitable for staff with or without some experience of stores and warehousing management and also for customers of the Warehouse
Content includes :
- Introduction
- Total cost analysis
- Marketing channels
- Distribution
- Energy & Environment
- Strategic Objectives
- Boundary Spanning
- Information
- Risk assessment
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- Overview and definition of logistics
- Systems approach
- Materials management
- Cost benefit
- Technology & Economics
- Strategic Advantage
- The Human Element
- Organisation
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