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Warehouse and distribution management

Course Cost £350 +VAT
Duration 1 DAY
  • Purpose: Develop understanding of best practices in inventory and warehouse management.
  • Target audience: Delegates from inventory-rich environments managing inventory and setting up stores operations.
  • Focus areas: Stock holding costs, warehouse layout principles, security, mechanical handling, process activities, distribution modes.
  • Course structure: Covers operational requirements, stock location, mechanical handling, process activity, and distribution modes.

Overview

This one-day course focuses on inventory and warehouse management best practices. Topics covered include stock holding costs, warehouse layout principles, security measures, stock location strategies, mechanical handling, process activities, distribution methods, and more. The course aims to enhance participants' understanding of inventory management and is suitable for delegates responsible for managing inventory in inventory-rich environments. The course can be run over a two or three-week cycle upon request.

Who should attend

Inventory Managers

Course running order

Why stock?
The holding cost of stock

Operational Requirements

Principles of warehouse layout
Internal and External storage
Site selection and layout
Storage Strategy
Receipts, Issues and Returns

Security
Disaster planning
Precautions and threat assessment

Location in stock
Fixed or random?
Fast or slow?
Large or small?
Special or normal?

Mechanical Handling
Automatic v managed
Selection Criteria
Maintenance and Replacement

Process Activity
Receipts, Picking, Despatch
Stocktaking
Annual stockcheck
Perpetual inventory checking
Housekeeping

Distribution
Modes of transport
Licensing
Vehicle selection
Route planning and scheduling
In-House v Third Party v Outsourced

Course objectives

To develop understanding of current best practice in inventory and warehouse management.

Who should attend?

Delegates from inventory rich environments with responsibility for managing inventory and for setting up stores operations.

Duration / Fees

A 1-day single manned course

Can be run over a two or three week cycle – simply ask when booking

Experts in Construction and Infrastructure Training

1000+

Training courses available

250000+

Course hours completed

50+

Expert trainers

CITB, APS, IEMA

Accreditation training centres

12

Accreditations

Testimonials

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The course was exceptional, well run in terms of delivery of information, IT online course but seamless. Very interesting examples of temporary works failures applicable to the businesses we worked in. Break out activities / group examples worked very well and were again well managed by the trainer. Fantastic course, I will recommend to others! Best course I have attended in years!

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Black & Veatch

The trainers knowledge was excellent and I liked his examples and how he could relate them to every day relatable examples that we could all understand. Coming from different industries and sectors his examples were a common ground. It was handled very well virtually and the engagement worked with his questioning and answering

Contract Management

The Pension Regulator

The training was very interactive and the tutor was excellent in engaging every course attendee and ensuring that the course content was tailored to each attendees Organisation and Company requirements

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