Chapter 1: Warehouse Management in Supply Chain Management
- The vital role that a warehouse plays in supply chain management
- Responsibilities of a warehouse manager in ensuring efficient operations
- Critical decisions involved in managing a warehouse effectively
Chapter 2: Warehouse Process
- The 12 key processes in warehouse management that drive success
- Understand how warehouse activities contribute to the total cost of operations
- The role of a Warehouse Management System (WMS) in optimizing warehouse processes
Chapter 3: Warehouse Layout
- Understand how space allocation and various factors determine the size of a warehouse
- Different types of warehouse layouts and their objectives
- The flow of merchandise and common areas within a warehouse
Chapter 4: Performance Management in Warehouse
- Different types of costs in a warehouse and measures of effectiveness for inventory management
- Understand how to choose the right performance measures and new performance metrics
- Benchmarking and balanced scorecard for performance measurement
- The importance of sustainability in the warehouse, including environment and waste management
Chapter 5: Inventory Management
- The importance of effective inventory management
- Various frameworks for inventory management
- Forecasting models and techniques to optimize inventory levels
- Special classes of items and how to manage them efficiently