This module equips you with the skills and knowledge necessary to become a successful warehouse manager. This course covers warehouse management basics and explains its role in modern supply chains. This understanding can bolster your skillset and boost your career.

Through this course, participants can examine warehouse technology, practices, and management systems. The course shows you how to manage people and their health and safety requirements. We break down the process of controlling inventory and managing costs into easy steps. The course includes assessments and exercises to help you track your progress.

Warehouses play an essential role in modern supply chain management. With growing global trade and soaring e-commerce sales, warehouse managers are responsible for meeting consumer demands. This course trains you to manage your warehouse with confidence and have the vital skills that can launch your career to its next level.

What You Will Learn In This Course

• Define the role of warehouses in modern supply chains
• Identify the challenges most warehouse managers face
• Compare the types of technological equipment and robotics used in warehouses
• Discuss the basic principles of logistics and outsourcing
• Explain the processes and procedures behind the dispatching of goods
• Define 'picking' and describe its role in the supply chain
• Outline ways to improve 'picking' productivity
• Recall the best methods of hiring staff and describe how to handle disciplinary issues
• Explain health and safety risks in warehouses
• List the different categories of warehouse costs
• Define 'labour expenses'
• Discuss the importance of 'slotting'

Module Content:

Part 1 – Module

1. The Basic Principles of WM

2. Technology and Trends in WM

3. Warehouse Operation Processes

4. Picking Management in the Warehouse

5. Inventory Management; Overview

Interactive: Q&A / Assessment

Part 2 – Module

6. Accounting and Finance for Inventory

7. Managing Warehouse Inventory

8. Controlling, Verifying, and Reporting Stock

9. Supply Chain and Inventory in Warehouse

10. Managing People and Personnel in the Warehouse

Interactive: Q&A / Assessment

Part 3 – Module:

11. Health, Safety, and Security in a Warehouse

12. Warehouse Cost Management

13. Warehouse and Inventory Management; Best Practices / Related ISO Standards Assessment

14. Assessment

Who Should Attend:

Supply Chain Operations Personnel, Sales & Marketing, Distribution Personnel, Heads and Warehouse Staff