Warehouse Operations Management

INTRODUCTION:

Efficient Warehouse Management gives a cutting edge to most organizations as it monitors progress through the warehouse. As a result, organizations are constantly trying to find ways to improve performance, productivity and warehouse operations to gain maximum efficiency for minimum cost and overall customer satisfaction. This course as a key part of the Supply chain will expose participants on best practices for data collection on the physical warehouse infrastructure, materials, inventory as well as defining the strategies required to operate the warehouse.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

To efficiently control the movement and storage of materials within the warehouse and process its associated transactions, improve inventory accuracy as well as increase storage capacity, manage greater flexibility of warehouse operations by providing a basis for the maintenance of inventory records and to contribute to the profits of the organization by keeping the customers satisfied through the meeting of delivery schedules.
COURSE MODULES AND AGENDA (WHAT WILL BE COVERED):

1.    Introduction to Supply Chain and Logistics

-    Supply Chain (Definition)
-    Elements of Supply Chains
-    Key Supply Chain processes
-    Supply Chain operations model
-    Supply Chain Management (Objectives and benefits)
-    Logistics Planning hierarchy (Strategic, Tactical and Operational)
-    Key operations in Logistics Function
-    International Logistics
-    Third party Logistics (3PL) and Outsourcing
-    Reverse Logistics
-    Integrated Logistics

2.    Challenges addressed by Logistics and Supply Chain Management:

-    Distribution network
-    Distribution strategy
-    Information dissemination
-    Trade-offs in Logistics
-    Cash flow

3.    Inventory management and Control:

-    Definition, function and objectives of Inventory control
-    Range and variety of inventories
-    Associated costs of Inventories
-    Techniques for managing inventories (JIT, TQM and EOQ)
-    Recent developments in Inventory planning
-    Safety Inventory: Factors to determine safety inventory
-    Effects of over stocking and under stocking
-    Inventory replenishment systems (Fixed order quantities, Periodic review systems and ABC or Pareto Analysis)

4.    Warehouse Management:

-    Strategic issues affecting warehouses
-    Responsibilities, objectives and functions of warehouses
-    Warehouse key decision factors
-    Lay-out of Warehouses
-    Safety, health and environment in warehouses
-    Centralized and Decentralized warehouse systems
-    Warehouse operations strategy
-    Types of warehouses
-    Preventive measures to promote safety and security of inventories in the warehouse

5.    Materials handling and storage equipment:

-    Hand operated and power driven equipment
-    Racks and Pallets
-    Palletization and Unitization
-    Dunnage

6.    Stock taking:

-    Definition and Objectives of Stock-taking
-    Causes of stock discrepancies and locating discrepancies
-    Investigating Discrepancies
-    Types of discrepancies
-    Operational discrepancies

7.    Packaging, Transportation and Distribution

8.    Building and aligning capabilities

TARGET AUDIENCE:

-    Supply Chain Managers/Supervisors/Officers, Stores/Warehouse Managers, Transport Managers, Warehouse supervisors/Officers, Operations Managers, Logistics Managers, Inventory Managers, Procurement/Sourcing Managers, Planning Managers, Production Managers, Finance Managers, Shipping Managers/Supervisors/Officers, Fleet Managers and Finance Managers
-    Appropriate for a wide range of industries: FMCG, Telecoms, Manufacturing, Production, Banks, Government Parastatals

Duration: 2 days
Lagos: Sept 20-21
Fee: N 105,000