Warehouse and Distribution Management

Warehouse is an establishment that stocks goods for sale to customers/ consumers or gathers materials for the purpose of using as an input for production processes. Enterprises build stores to ensure a balanced flow of materials in order to keep the business running. Effective Store/ Warehouse Management is a key part of the supply chain and primarily aims to control the movement and storage of materials within a Store/Warehouse and process the associated transactions, including shipping, receiving, put-away and picking.

Effective Warehouse Management system can maximize the servicing of orders on time and in full, minimize the cost of warehouse, and maximize inventory turnover (i.e. minimize the time that materials stay in the warehouse). While effective warehouse management system is in place, organization can minimize response time to demand, and errors in dispatches. It also helps to preserve quality, value and security of stored items.

On the other hand Distribution Management means the management of resources and processes used to deliver a product from a production location to the point-of-sale, including storage at warehousing locations or delivery to retail distribution points. Distribution management also includes determination of optimal quantities of a product for delivery to particular warehouses or points-of-sale in order to achieve the most efficient delivery to customers. Efficient distribution management system is needed to ensure the right products are delivered to the right location on time and at a good cost. It includes the tasks of transportation, stock control, warehousing and monitoring the flow of goods.

One must remember that Inventory plays important role for both warehouse and distribution management. Inventory is a list of goods and materials, or those goods and materials themselves, held available in stock by an enterprise. An organization’s Inventory can appear a mixed blessing, since it counts as an asset on the balance sheet, but it also ties up money that could serve for other purposes and requires additional expense for its protection.Contents of Training:

Day 01:
Introduction to program & learning objective
Warehouses or Store- Key Concepts
Objectives of Warehouse Management
How to Choose Store/Warehouse Location
Function of Warehouse
Store/Warehouse Layout
Types of Warehouse

Supply Chain Management and its main Elements
Different Levels of Stores/Warehouse
Material Management
Bill of Material (BOM)
Material Requirement Planning

Inventory and Related Issues
Inventory Stages and Types
Inventory Replenishment System
EOQ in Inventory

Safety Inventory
Lead-time Management
How to Reduce Lead-time
Learning Check
Summarize and wrap up the day

Day 02:
Introduction to program & learning objective
Distribution- Key Concept
Types of Classification of Items
Distribution Channel and Related Issues
Channel Functions

Channel Formats
Wholesaling
Retailing
Franchise

Warehouse and Stocktaking
Distribution and Transportation
Transportation: Economics of Vehicle
Safety at Warehouse and related issues
Material Management and Profitability

5S in Warehouse and Plant Management
Few More Tips
Case Studies
Learning check
Wrap up of the day