Excellence in Warehouse Management How to

Warehouses have been described as places where buyers keep their mistakes. They are also seen as a 'necessary evil': places that stop the flow of goods and thus increase costs without adding value.

Stuart Emmett is a trainer, consultant and mentor, operating through learnexchange.com, his background is in managing warehouses.

He has written 3 books, various learning and technical material and a wide range of articles. Stuart is joint writer of Learning Material for e-learning (which won the 2000 Institute of Logistics and Transport Award for Excellence in Information, Communications and E-commerce).

1.0. The role of warehousing and stores.

Warehousing and the supply chain.

Definitions.

Strategic aspects.

Customers.

Warehouse location.

A case study on temperature controlled food distribution.

World class warehousing.

2.0. Inventory, Stock analysis and classifying products.

Product classification.

Demand analysis.

Product coding.

ABC analysis.

Product handling groups.

Inventory management.

Inventory costs and service.

Lead time.

Demand forecasting.

Inventory and statistics.

How much stock to hold.

Replenishment methods.

Model for planning inventory.

3.0. Stock control.

Stock inaccuracy.

Stock checking.

Security and preventing loss.

4.0. The warehouse and operational principles.

Warehouse structure.

Warehouse operations.

Receiving.

Location methods in the warehouse.

Picking options.

Dispatching activity.

Organising for flow.

5.0. Equipments.

Fork trucks.

Racking/shelving.

The aisle width decision.

6.0. Warehouse Information Communications Technology (ICT).

Importance of information.

Decision making and ICT.

Improvements with ICT.

Warehouse ICT applications (IMS/WMS/Automation /Automated data collection).

Systems implementation.

7.0. Regulation.

Health and safety at work.

Management of health and safety.

Administration and enforcement.

Warehouse health and safety risks.

8.0. Productivity, cost and service.

Framework for analysis.

Key cost and productivity drivers.

Understanding productivity.

Determining pricing and charges.

Customer service.

Added value.

Warehouse layouts.

9.0. Outsourcing.

User's viewpoints.

Advantages and disadvantages.

Selecting third parties.

Managing third parties.

10.0. People management.

Company culture.

Work objectives and performance.

Discipline and grievance.

Behaviour.

Motivating people.

Empowering.

Team's development.

Communication.

Managing change.

Warehouse picking operatives.

11.0 Developments & trends.

Supply chain impacts.

Global logistics.

Reverse logistics and customer returns.

Risk.

Roads.

Legislation.

Technology.

People development.

Political influences.

The supply chain.

Warehouse Ideals.

Appendix one: Abbreviations.

Appendix two: Further information.

Appendix three: References.

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