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Why Attend

Warehousing operations are at the heart of the supply chain of any organization. The ability to secure the storage and flow of supplies with an eye on balancing costs with desired service levels provides a formidable challenge to the warehousing professional.

In this course, we describe the strategic role of warehousing in the broader context of supply chain management and logistics. We also detail the different warehousing activities and focus on the ones that warehousing can contribute to in the organization. In addition, we examine the operational and financial performance aspect of warehousing, with an eye on sustainability.

Event Date: 14/08/2025 – 16/08/2025

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Overview
Course Outline

Course Methodology

This course leverages a variety of learning tools, including exercises, case studies, financial problems, warehouse design and videos.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Describe the strategic role of warehouses in the supply chain
Profile and optimize warehousing activities
Identify different warehousing configurations and value adding activities
Develop key performance indicators and benchmark warehouse performance
Outline the cost and revenue aspects of warehousing
Recognize sustainable warehousing techniques and practices

Target Audience

Warehousing and supply chain professionals, in particular those at operational, supervisory and management level. The course is ideal for those seeking to complement their warehousing experience with the latest theoretical knowledge in preparation for assuming higher positions in their respective organizations.

Target Competencies

Warehouse management
Analytical thinking
Collaborative operations
Performance management
Financial analysis
Reverse logistics
Sustainable operations

Course Outline

· The strategic role of warehousing

Supply chain overview
The role of warehouses
Types of warehouses
- Private warehousing
- Public warehousing
- Contract warehousing
Fundamentals of warehouse operations
Warehouse organizations and job descriptions

· Warehouse activity profiling

Customer order profiling
Item activity profiling
Inventory profiling
Activity relationship profiling
Warehousing equipment and tools
- Forklifts
- Cranes
- Conveyors
- Tow lines
- Carousels
Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC)
- Bar coding
- Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
- Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
- Magnetic stripes
- Bio metrics

· Warehouse configuration and value-added activities

Warehousing echelons
Warehouse design
Value-adding activities
- Stockpiling, spot stocking, and assortments
- Cross-docking, break-bulk bulking, and consolidation
- Mixing
- Postponement and assembly-to-order
Reverse logistics