Warehouse Management & Inventory Control
This course equips participants with expert strategies to transform warehouse competency. It focuses on optimizing operations and maintaining real-time inventory accuracy for efficient supply chain management.
Programme Overview
In today's VUCA business environment, efficient warehouse management and inventory control are critical for survival and growth. Companies face mounting pressure to deliver products faster, with greater accuracy, and at lower costs. However, many organizations struggle with stock inaccuracies, delayed shipments, and operational bottlenecks that erode customer trust.
This course equips participants with the latest tools, techniques, and best practices to optimize warehouse operations and maintain real-time inventory accuracy. Learn to streamline processes, leverage technology, and foster accountability to ensure customers receive the right product, at the right time, every time.
Learning Outcomes
Gain a comprehensive understanding of modern warehousing practices.
Enhance operational efficiency through effective inventory control.
Learn to optimise shipping and preparation processes.
Develop skills to track and analyse key performance indicators (KPIs).
Implement performance measurement strategies to ensure continuous improvement.
Build expertise essential for streamlined warehouse management.
Who Should Attend?
This course is designed for all employees involved in Warehouse, Inventory management, Materials management, Shipping, Operations, Quality and Accounting.
Course Outline
Day 1 (9:00 AM to 5:00 PM)
Module 1: Warehousing Management
Warehouse Activities
Warehouse floor plan and Layout
Staff and Goods Safety compliance with OSHA
Warehouse Technology and Automation
Group Activities - Challenges of Warehouse Operation?
Module 2: Warehouse Operation
Equipment and Tools in the Warehouse.
Real-time data capturing into the system.
Efficient Picking and reduce of travel time.
Work with integrity and motivation
Group Activities - How many types of tools/equipment are available in Warehouse?
Module 3: Inventory Control
Type of Inventory and their purpose(s)
Inventory Accuracy & Annual PI
Inventory Reduction
Stock Replenishment Models
Group Activities - Tactics to ensure inventory accuracy.
Day 2 (9:00 AM to 5:00 PM)
Module 4: Shipping Preparation
Different Mode of Shipment
Documents for Shipment (& payment purposes)
Importance of the types of packing and labelling
Understand Incoterms
Group Activities - what are the different documents and what are their purpose?
Module 5: Track KPI for improvements
To identify bottlenecks in the warehouse operation
Transporters & Haulier delivery and collection Performance
Quality culture for best Customer Experience
Explore the main KPI in warehouse & Inventory.
Group Activities – Which processes in the Warehouse is considered bottleneck?
Module 6: Performance Measurement
Effective Problem Solving in Lean Methodologies
Cross Functional Collaboration
Review of the SOP and Work instruction
Dashboard for Warehouse and Inventory
Group Discussion – “Think out of Box” culture for decision making