Warehouse Management Strategy, Implementation & Control
Course Details
Objectives
• Develop an understanding of the role of warehouse in the end-to-end value chain
• Learn best practices for warehouse operating processes
• Leverage information technology to improve visibility
• Develop an inventory strategy that optimizes the firm’s investment in the warehouse
• Understand the regulatory and personnel dimensions of warehouse operations
• Develop a performance management program to give executives visibility and drive positive change
Outline
Warehouse Infrastructure Strategies
• Warehouse location strategy
• Options in warehouse layout and design
• Warehousing equipment
• 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
• Item tracking and visibility
• Cycle counting, conducting a physical inventory
• Warehouse safety, regulation and audits
• 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
• Establishing a baseline
• The role of performance management in the warehouse
• What should you measure?
• Create a “cascading” metrics program that aligns employee performance with corporate goals
• Establish an executive dashboard using key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Identifying, prioritizing, and implementing warehouse improvement projects
Who Should Attend ?
• Warehouse and distribution professionals
• Procurement, buyers and purchasing professionals
• Production and manufacturing professionals
• Logistics professionals
• Supply chain generalists
