Program Code 8406 PPrrooggrraam mO Obbjjeeccttiivveess To assist the staff members to upgrade their performance through better understanding the PPrrooggrraam mO Ouuttlliinnee warehousing systems and the improvement of the to-be-established recommendation Store & Warehouse Management & Organization • Function of the store in the company context • Stores Layout • Storage Options • Types of warehouse & Different Components • The Stores Vocabulary and Stock rotation • Installing Technology for data collection and communication • Stockyards and the control of tools Introduction to Inventory Control • Types of Inventory Buffer- Cycle- Anticipation- Pipeline • • Reasons for Holding Inventory Customer Service- Ordering Costs- Set up Cost- Labor and machine Utilization -Safety Stock- Pipeline/ Anticipation supply Problems Factors affecting Inventory levels & Replenishment Quantities • • • • • • Costs • • • • Cost of Capital Invested in Stock Physical Cost to keep and protect the item Replenishment cost Stock Out Costs Demand • • • • MRP & Demand Forecasting Type of Demand (bulk or individual items) Frequency of use Regularity of use Replenishment • • Order lead-time Nature of Delivery: partial shipment- frequency of shipment- type of unit loads Inventory Control Approaches • • Fixed Input Level and Quantity Approach Fixed Interval Approach Economic Order Quantity EOQ The ABC Approach (Pareto Analysis) • • Class A: Approx. 20% of Total Items account for 80% of Stock Value (Individual Control) Class B: Approx. 30% of Total Items account for 10% of Stock Value 8406 Warehousing- 1 (Control on Family or Groups basis) • Class C: Approx. 50% of Total Items account for 10% of Stock Value (Controlled by a minimum expenditure system) Inventory System and data management • Basic Element for Data Bank for Level-By-Level Inventory Control (from raw material to finished products- and for all stores and warehouse) • • • • • • On Order Balance On Hand Balance Allocated or Committed Balance Available Balance Miscellaneous Information: Storage environment requirements, stackablilty, order picking location, and freight classification Computerized Warehouse Management System Material Handling & Creative ways for managing small storage areas • Scope of Material Handling • Benefits of Material Handling • Principles of Material Handling related to planning • Material flow principle • Simplification Principle • Gravity Principle • Space Utilization Principle • Unite Size principles • Safety Principle • Principles of Material Handling related to Equipment • Automation Principle • Equipment Selection Principle • Standardization Principle • Flexibility Principle • Dead-Weight Principle • Motion Principle • Principles of Material Handling related to Operation • Production and Inventory Control Principle • Capacity Principle • Performance efficiency Principle Warehouse wasted Space & Creative ways for managing small storage areas • Measuring what you actually use in your warehouse • Dividing warehouse according to inventory main categories • Optimizing warehouse space utilization • Top Five Space Problems for warehouse Managers • Not enough Storage Location • Not enough Pick Locations • The wrong Configuration of Storage • Poor Cube Utilization Landlocked Site Integration of stock management in the Supply Chain Cycle • Selling the first step in the Supply chain (customer - retailer..) • Distribution Transportation decision and its integration in the Supply chain Cycle • Buying & purchasing and its integration in the Supply chain Cycle • Inventory Decisions and its integration in the Supply chain Cycle • Distribution & Decisions • Just-In-Time (JIT) and in the Supply chain Cycle 8406 Warehousing- 2