Introduction:
This training promises to help participants gain a comprehensive grasp and overview of warehouse management operations .In addition, you will get the knowledge and self-assurance necessary to take on more challenging positions and responsibilities within your organization and to carve out a successful professional path for yourself with this course.
Finally, taking this trainingwill provide you with knowledge that can be used to any organization or industry, which will increase your possibilities for advancement.
Course Objectives
The main objective of this Warehouse Management System and Safety training is to empower professionals with—
- a complete overview of warehouse management operations, from start to end
- the required skillset, experience and confidence to independently and successfully drive warehouse management for the organization
- the understanding and knowledge to apply advanced concepts and techniques to enhance the operations
- the confidence, knowledge and experience to effectively manage change in some or all warehouse management operation strategies
- the information, experience and eagerness to train other professionals on effective warehouse management operations
- the perspective, foresight and superior experience to forecast challenges that could affect warehouse management operations and define corrective actions in time
- a sense of pride contributing to organisational growth through leaner operations and reduced costs as well as happier customers
- the ability and confidence to work in any organization and/or industry and manage warehouse operations, thereby increasing opportunities for career growth and progression
Organizational Benefits
By professionals enrolling for this Warehouse Management System and Safety course, organizations will derive the following benefits:
- Better and more streamlined warehouse management operations by trained and experienced professionals
- Regular training of other professionals on best practices for effective warehouse management operations
- Reduction in costs, leading to higher profits and, ultimately, organizational growth
- Maintenance of quality and speed of delivery, regardless of nature and time of customer demand, thus higher client satisfaction
- Application of advanced techniques and concepts to enhance the warehouse management operations currently existing in the organization
- Better tracking and measurement of return-on-investment for any function that would be part of any new practice adopted in operations
- Better risk assessment, management and mitigation
Personal Benefits
Professionals enrolling for this Warehouse Management System and Safety course will benefit in the following ways:
- Thorough understanding and complete overview of warehouse management operations
- Increased information and knowledge to check existing warehouse management operations in one’s organization to introduce and manage changes for the better
- Greater confidence and experience to train other professionals on best practices for effective warehouse management operations
- Increased knowledge of advanced tools, concepts and techniques that can be applied to enhance the quality and speed of warehouse operations
- Enhanced skillset and capabilities to work with advanced warehouse management systems for leaner operations
- Greater ability and awareness to increase organizational growth through automation, reduced costs and increased client satisfaction
- A sense of pride and satisfaction on meeting client requirement in time and with the expected quality of goods
- Enhanced skillset and capabilities to handle warehouse management operations across any organization or industry, thus contributing to career growth and progression
- Greater knowledge and ability to successfully predict and manage challenges, thus mitigating their impact on the goods and services to customers
Who Should Attend?
- Senior members of an organization responsible for strategic decisions related to warehouse management
- Warehouse managers and supervisors responsible for overseeing end-to-end warehouse operations
- Warehouse staff and employees working at various stages of the warehousing process for an organization
- Investors and other relevant stakeholders interested in quality service and high profits from the organisation
- Auditors, quality checkers and compliance officers responsible for checking the quality of service and goods in the warehouse as well as compliance with industry standards
- Vendors and other external stakeholders involved at some of the other stage in the warehouse process
- Any other professional interested in knowing more about warehouse management operations
Course Outline
The Warehouse Management System and Safety course cover the following topics for understanding the essentials of warehouse management operations:
Module 1 – Principles of Effective Warehouse Management
- Keep optimum stock levels
- Process sales orders quickly
- Control material movement and storage
- Process associated transactions efficiently
- Link warehouse management to sales order processing
Module 2 – Importance of Warehousing
- Regular supply of goods
- Good quality
- Stock of trade
- Price stabilization
- Seasonal product availability
- Perishable good protection
- Continuous production
- Large scale production
- Quick supply
- Easy handling
- Employment creation
Module 3 – Characteristics of Ideal Warehouses
- Convenient location
- Availability of mechanical appliances
- Adequate space
- Cold storage facilities
- Proper arrangement for protection
- Sufficient parking space
- Round-the-clock security arrangement
- Latest fire-fighting equipment
Module 4 – Types of Warehouses
- Private warehouses
- Public warehouses
- Government warehouses
- Bonded storage
- Co-operative warehouses
- Distribution centres
- Cold storage
- Export and import warehouses
- Climate-controlled warehouses
- Field warehouses
- Agricultural warehouses
Module 5 – Types of Warehouse Storage Systems
- Static shelving
- Mobile shelving
- Pallet racking
- Multi-tier racking
- Mezzanine
- Vertical lift modules
- Horizontal carousels
- Vertical carousels
Module 6 – Essential Methods for Effective Warehouse Operations
- Warehouse layout
- Receiving
- Put-away
- Material handling equipment
- Picking
Module 7 – Advantages of Good Material Handling
- Reduced damage to goods
- Reduced injury by manual handling
- Reduced time for transfer of goods
Module 8 – Disadvantages of Good Material Handling
- Extra cost for maintenance
- Longer downtime in production in case of failure
- Additional cost for purchasing equipment
- Need for skilful personnel to operate equipment
Module 9 – Importance of a Warehouse Management System
- Inventory control and management
- Customer service and tracking
- Company productivity
- Return-on-investment
- Meet and exceed compliance regulations
Module 10 – Basic Steps to Warehouse Management System Implementation
- Expectations and motivations
- Risk reduction
- Business review
- Implementation schedule
- Team building
- Design and customization
- Training
- Data
- Testing
- Deployment
- Support
General Notes
- All our courses can be facilitated as Customized In-House Training course.
- Course duration is flexible and the contents can be modified to fit any number of days.
- As for Open Enrolment Courses, we offer our clients the flexibility to chose the location, date, and time and our team of experts who are spread around the globe will assist in facilitating the course.
- The course fee includes facilitation, training materials, 2 coffee breaks, buffet lunch and a Certificate of successful completion of Training.
- FREE Consultation and Coaching provided during and after the course.
Method of Instruction: Online
Course Duration: Two Weeks
Type of Certificate Issued:
Certificate in Warehouse Management System and Safety
You can choose any of the three below:
- Digital Certificate(Downloadable PDF)
- Physical Certificate with security marking shipped to your location with a price
- Framed Certificate with security markings shipped to your location with a price.
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