Advanced Warehouse Management

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

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

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

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

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.

FOR WHOM:
Stores, Purchasing and Logistics Personnel in the Public and Private Sectors.