Warehouse Management for Warehousing and Distribution Professionals in the eCommerce Era

Supply chain overview
The role of warehouses
Types of warehouses
Private warehousing
Public warehousing
Contract warehousing
Fundamentals of warehouse operations

E-Commerce Warehouses
Workflows
Picking and packing
Wave processing
Inventory counting
Containerisation
Mobile communication
Material handling
Support for cross-docking
Sales order return management
Enhanced reservation hierarchy

‘U’ Flow Warehouse – Straight Flow Warehouse
E-Commerce Operations
Product
Space
Equipment
Circulation of goods
Personnel

Receiving and put-away
Storage
Picking – Batch picking & Order based picking
Sorting and packing goods
Shipping
Reporting

Fix location storage
Random/floating location storage
Cross-docking

Selective Pallet Racking
Drive Through Pallet Racking
Very Narrow Aisle (VNA) Pallet Racking
Mobile Pallet Racking
Double Deep Pallet Racking
Live (Flow) Pallet Racking
AS/RS Pallet Racking
Mezzanines Floor Pallet Racking
Cantilever Racking System
Shelving Storage System

Barcoding
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
Magnetic stripes
Biometrics

Hand Pallet Truck
Forklift/ Counter-Balance Truck
Reach Truck
Order Picker
Shrink Wrap Machine
Two Way Entry Pallet
Four Way Entry Pallet
Standard Storage Pallet
Plastic Pallet
Shipping Pallet

Receiving Automation
Storage and Retrieval Automation
Material Flow Automation
Automated Guided Vehicles
Monorails
Picking/Outbound Automation
Automatic Truck Loading

Warehousing Security: Internal & External Security
Warehouse Security Risk Assessment
Warehousing Safety Aspect & impact
Warehouse Safety Risk Assessment

Setting key warehouse KPIs
Understanding the best-in-class KPI for each category of KPI
How to narrow the gap of our current KPI and the best-in-class KPIs.
Step-by-step action plan to improve the KPI