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    The document outlines a course on warehouse operations and management over 5 modules. Module 1 covers warehouse operational principles like the role of warehouses, design considerations, and operations. Module 2 discusses warehouse technology, automation, costs and outsourcing. Module 3 focuses on inventory management principles such as demand analysis, classification, and replenishment methods. Module 4 covers stock control, verification, and reporting processes and roles. Finally, Module 5 examines human resource management responsibilities in warehouses.

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    CIWIM

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    The document outlines a course on warehouse operations and management over 5 modules. Module 1 covers warehouse operational principles like the role of warehouses, design considerations, and operations. Module 2 discusses warehouse technology, automation, costs and outsourcing. Module 3 focuses on inventory management principles such as demand analysis, classification, and replenishment methods. Module 4 covers stock control, verification, and reporting processes and roles. Finally, Module 5 examines human resource management responsibilities in warehouses.

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    The document outlines a course on warehouse operations and management over 5 modules. Module 1 covers warehouse operational principles like the role of warehouses, design considerations, and operations. Module 2 discusses warehouse technology, automation, costs and outsourcing. Module 3 focuses on inventory management principles such as demand analysis, classification, and replenishment methods. Module 4 covers stock control, verification, and reporting processes and roles. Finally, Module 5 examines human resource management responsibilities in warehouses.

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    CIWIM

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    Prasanth Prabhakaran
    The document outlines a course on warehouse operations and management over 5 modules. Module 1 covers warehouse operational principles like the role of warehouses, design considerations, and operations. Module 2 discusses warehouse technology, automation, costs and outsourcing. Module 3 focuses on inventory management principles such as demand analysis, classification, and replenishment methods. Module 4 covers stock control, verification, and reporting processes and roles. Finally, Module 5 examines human resource management responsibilities in warehouses.

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    Course Outlines:

    MODULE 1

    Warehouse Operational Principles

    • The role of the warehouse in the modern supply chain

    - Why do we need to hold stock?

    - Types of warehouses

    - Warehouse challenges

    • Factors determining the location and number of warehouses

    • Warehouse design

    - Space calculations

    - Receipt and dispatch areas

    - Storage areas

    - Aisle width

    - Storage equipment

    - Warehouse operations

    MODULE 2

    Warehouse Technology

    • Warehouse technology

    - Choosing warehouse management software

    - What to look for in a system

    - Selecting a partner

    - Implementation

    - Software as a Service (SaaS) and cloud computing

    • Contingency planning and risk

    • Warehouse mechanical handling equipment and automation

    • Reverse logistics
    • Warehouse costs

    - Return on investment (ROI)

    - Traditional versus activity based costing systems

    - Traditional costing methods

    - Activity based costing

    - Charging for shared user warehouse services

    - Logistics charging methods

    • Warehouse outsourcing

    - The future of outsourcing

    • Warehouses and the environment

    - Legislation

    - Warehouse energy usage

    - Energy production

    - The environment and waste

    - Mechanical handling equipment

    MODULE 3

    Inventory Management Principles

    • Analyzing requirements

    • Product classification

    • Demand analysis

    - Inventory planning for independent and dependent demand

    • Product coding

    • ABC analysis

    • Item groupings for inventory management

    - Replenishment methods

    - Relating replenishment methods to ABC classes and type of demand

    • Inventory management essentials


    - Modeling demand

    - Reorder point system

    - Periodic review system

    • Inventory costs and service

    - Service level

    - Stock value

    - Stockholding cost

    - Ordering cost

    • Lead time

    • Demand forecasting

    - Understanding the context

    - Simple moving averages

    - Measuring forecast accuracy

    - Adjusting the forecast using extra information

    • Setting the inventory management parameters

    • Inventory and statistics

    - Mean absolute deviation of demand

    MODULE 4

    Stock Control, Verification and Reporting

    • Stock record transactions

    • Inventory receipts

    - Checking the purchase order and the contents of the delivery

    - Recording receipt in the inventory management system

    • Inventory issues

    - Physical issue

    - Allocation

    Stock management
    • Identifying inventory

    - Raw materials

    - Work in progress

    - Finished goods

    • Surplus and obsolescent stock

    - Definitions of surplus and obsolescent stock

    - Preventing surplus

    - Variety reduction

    - Disposal policy

    • Stock control and records

    - Overall objectives of stock control

    - Stock records

    • Stock accuracy

    • Stock checking programs

    - The annual count

    - Continuous or perpetual inventory counting

    - Periodic checking

    - Spot checking and accuracy audit

    - Resolving differences and improving future accuracy

    • Physical counting of stocks

    - General and specific processes

    • Role of inventory manager or stock controller

    • Performance reporting

    - Total investment in the stock

    - Value of average stock level

    - Stock turns and stock cover

    - Availability or service level

    - Data accuracy

    - Non-mover analysis
    - Back orders

    - Shortages and reasons for shortages

    MODULE 5

    Human Resource Management

    The role of the warehouse manager

    - The role of the warehouse supervisor

    • People management

    - Challenges

    - Staff retention and recruitment

    - Training

    - Grievance and discipline

    • Resource planning

    • Performance management

    - Why do we need to measure?

    - How to choose the right performance measures

    - Traditional performance measures

    - New performance metrics

    - Hard and soft measures

    - Integrated performance models

    - Benchmarking

    - Balanced scorecard

    • Health and safety

    - Risk assessments

    - Layout and design

    - Racking check list, fire safety, slips and trips, manual handling, working at height, vehicles

    - First aid

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