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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
  • Design & layout of stores
  • Receipts process - goods inward
  • Holding & maintaining stock
  • Order picking & assembly
  • Issue and despatch

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)
  • 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)

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
  • Overview and definition of logistics
  • Systems approach
  • Materials management
  • Cost benefit
  • Technology & Economics
  • Strategic Advantage
  • The Human Element
  • Organisation