Objectives
On completion of this course you should be able to:
- Appreciate the need for increased integration of the warehouse within the total logistics system
- Discuss the change in logistics philosophies from a "push" environment to a "pull" Environment
- Explore the availability of reliable, responsive, efficient, and effective third party warehouse providers and know when to best utilize them
- Discuss the demands for integrated up-line and down-line communications and the challenges of Electronic Data Interchange, automatic identification and compatible information systems
- Define the role of partnerships and the virtual integration of partner inventories
- Understand how to plan, manage, and improve the warehouse operations by applying a professional approach
Course Outline
Logistics and Warehousing
- The challenge of warehousing
- Warehousing and physical distribution
- Warehousing and manufacturing
- Logistics excellence
- Third party warehousing
- Transportation modes
Distribution and Warehousing Services
- Distribution network systems
- Customer service management
- Warehouse space and layout planning
- Personnel planning
- Achieving organizational excellence in warehouse operations
Planning, Analysis and Safety
- Facilities planning
- Simulation
- Economic analysis
- Hazardous materials management
- Environmental concerns in warehousing
- Fire protection in warehousing: an examination of codes, systems, and plans
Warehouse Design and Loading Systems
- Dock design
- Large parts storage systems
- Small parts storage systems
- Automated storage/retrieval systems
- Lift trucks
- Unit load conveyors
- Automatic guided vehicle systems
- Hoists, monorails, and overhead travelling cranes
- Auto ID systems
- RF Communication
Warehouse control and management systems
- Warehouse management systems
- Electronic data interchange
- Containers and packaging
- Receiving at the warehouse
- Order picking systems
- Stock location management and inventory control
- Shipping systems
- Warehouse maintenance
- Loss control
