Advanced Certificate in Warehouse Planning And Design

Course details

In recent years, warehousing has moved from being labour intensive to a sophisticated planning and design process involving more advanced handling and storage equipment accompanied by computerized systems. Proper manipulation of available technology and resources is vital to the productivity and sustainability of the business. This course is specially developed for Managers/Supervisors/Executives in the warehousing & distribution industry as well as Business Development Executives in Logistics. The course is also open to those who are keen to develop their careers in Warehouse Design & Operations.

Course Outline

Session 1 - Warehouse Setup and Environment Analysis

• Environmental Site of warehouse
• Environmental Considerations
• Real Estate, Land Authority Considerations
• Site of the warehouse and proximity
• required for modes of transportation

Session 2 – Warehouse Planning, Layout and Implementation

• Warehouse Planning and Layout
• Type of racking / storage schematics
• Manpower
• Material handling equipment
• Additional requirements such as X ray
• machines and blistering machines
• Simulation of warehousing operations via
• software such as Pro Model

Session 3 – Warehouse Operations Planning and Impact on Infrastructure

• Operations Planning
• Infrastructure and Operations convergence
• Warehouse management systems
• Inbound / Outbound
• Picking and packing
• Inventory analysis
• Cycle counting
• Stock takes
• Discrepancy reporting

Session 4 – Warehouse Implementation Costings and Project Management

• Implementation and Project Management
• Operating expenditure with projections
• Standard operating procedures via workshops
• Working instructions
• Staff Training