Warehouse & Stores Management

Course Code: PM14

Course Objective

  • Explain how to design warehouse procedures
  • Change and improve methods
  • Understand how wasteful activities/costs can be eliminated
  • Obtain added value for money with improved customer service
  • Improve internal productivity

 

Target Audience

  • This course will mainly benefit to purchasing managers, senior buyers, project managers, civil engineers, construction managers, contractors, sub-contractors, site engineers, senior management, and government agencies, architects, construction professionals, and anyone responsible for purchasing at a senior level who seeks to enhance their skills further.

 

Course Outline

Day 1 – The Role of the Warehouse & Product Classification

  • Why we need a warehouse
  • What functions they cover
  • How do they fit into the supply chain
  • The balance between sorting and storing
  • The location and capacity of warehouses
  • Supply/demand variables
  • ABC Analysis or the 80/20 rule
  • Determining product handling groups
  • Throughputs and product formats

Day 2 – Layout Options, Methods and Equipment

  • Receiving options
  • Storage options
  • Picking/assembly options
  • Dispatching options
  • Using the floor and the height space
  • Organizing for flow
  • Loading bays
  • Selecting fork lift trucks
  • Selecting racking
  • Implications for warehouse layouts
  • Operational timings and planning
  • The use of IT within the warehouse

Day 3 – Health, Safety, Security and Loss

  • Duty of care
  • Inspections and risk assessments-task analysis
  • Equipment maintenance and care
  • Raising people’s awareness
  • Minimizing internal theft
  • Minimizing external theft
  • Preventative measures will be briefly discussed

Day 4 – Productivity, Costs, and Service Levels

  • Fixed and variable costs
  • Typical costs involved
  • A model for understanding the roles of productivity, utilisation, and performance
  • Setting productivity and cost targets
  • The importance of having measurements and key indications of performance
  • Internal and external customers
  • Customer service measure
  • Customer service sampling
  • Effects of substandard service
  • Minimising errors

Day 5 – Warehouse Layouts and Productivity

  • Different types of layout with advantages and disadvantages
  • Planning for flow in the warehouse
  • Calculations for storage
  • Calculations for throughput and productivity
  • Checklists to help on deciding the best option to take back to the participants’ workplace


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Date & Location

Date : 12 February 2023

Duration : 5 days

Place : Madrid

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Date : 12 November 2023

Duration : 5 days

Place : Istanbul

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