Course Description

Warehouses and stores are often under-rated operations in organisations, yet they are essential in providing customer service. The purpose of this course is to show how to implement all of the essential tools for the effective management of warehousing and stores. This module answers many questions related to warehousing and store management:: How to evaluate procedures, how to change and improve methods by eliminating wasteful activities and excess costs, how to avoid those internal problems that limit performance, and how to improve customer service, all will be addressed with an emphasis on risk management for warehouse operations.

Course Objectives

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

• Define warehouse & risk management.
• Explain the current trends affecting warehouse
• Understand how to identify and analyze the various risks to warehouse & supply chains as all.
• Describe and apply approaches to risk management and the steps needed for its implementation
• Gives practical advices on how to create a resilient supply chain & warehouse, in the worst case, how to plan for and respond to disasters 
• Discuss up-to-date case studies such as the BP oil spill and the Chilean mining disaster
• Identify both the possible effects that disruptions can cause and how to plan for them, as well as discussing risks varying from traffic congestion to major environmental disasters.

Who Can Benefit

• Managers, supervisors and team leaders