Warehouse Management in Practice

Completion of this course will provide an understanding of the objectives, principles and techniques of warehouse management at a level of detail suitable for the practitioner. Course assignments and attendance at the classes provide a good grounding across the full spectrum of warehouse management.

Who should participate?

This course is essential for personnel within the following departments, Marketing, Costing & Finance, Manufacturing, Engineering & Development, Materials management, Production control and Information technology.

Benefits

• List and discuss the role of the warehouse manager.
• Explain the four main processes of warehousing.
• Discuss the points to consider when planning a warehouse.
• Describe the various types of storage and handling equipment available and where each is applicable.
• Compare the differences between centralised and decentralised replenishment systems.
• List the alternative ways of moving into international distribution.
• Discuss the approaches to improve the annual stock take and to obtain high inventory accuracy.
• List and discuss the approaches to follow to reduce the risk of theft.

Content

• Warehouse management and the role of the warehouse manager.
• The four main functions of a warehouse;
  
  Receiving
  Storing
  Issuing
  Shipping product
• The issues involved when planning a warehouse layout.
• The various types of storage and handling equipment in use.
• The main aspects of distribution systems.
• The operating aspects of managing a distribution function.
• The issue of inventory accuracy and stocktaking.
• How to obtain high accuracy and cycle counting.
• Warehouse security and performance measurements.

Duration

30 hours - 3 hours per week for 10 weeks

Delivery

Facilitated and classroom based

Accreditation:

This course material is accredited with merSETA against unit standard 116280 (Demonstrate understanding of warehouse manufacturing and inventory assembly) and offers 20 credits

Entry Requirements:

• Basic literacy in English and numeracy
• A working understanding of mathematical equations is recommended.

Assessment

The program consists of a number of assessment tools. These include homework and class assignments for each session and a final examination.