Engineering the Warehouse

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Overview

Engineering the Warehouse

Course Description

The requirement for high levels of customer service, increasing numbers of Stock Keeping Units (SKUs), and high labor costs have dramatically increased the complexity of warehouse operations. It is no longer sufficient to manage a warehouse based on a simple, arbitrary “ABC” classification of SKUs, which treats all those in a category as if they were identical. Instead, each decision, such as where to store or where to pick product, must be based on careful engineering and economic analysis.

This course is also available as a private or corporate offering. Visit the Supply Chain and Logistics Corporate Training page to learn more.

Course Content

MANAGEMENT OF WAREHOUSE FUNDAMENTALS

  • Space and time (labor hours)

STORAGE POLICIES

  • Dedicated and shared
  • What are their uses

WAREHOUSE ANALYTICS

  • How to discover opportunities for improvement through data-mining

PALLET OPERATIONS AND LAYOUT

HOW TO SIZE AND STOCK A FORWARD AREA FOR SPLIT-PALLET PICKS

HOW TO SIZE AND STOCK A FORWARD AREA FOR SPLIT-CASE PICKS

ORDER-PICKING IN HIGH-VOLUME AND IN LOW-VOLUME ENVIRONMENTS

BENCHMARKING WAREHOUSE PERFORMANCE

MAINTAINING INVENTORY ACCURACY

WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

ISSUES AND TRENDS IN AUTOMATION

Requirements & Materials

Materials

Provided

  • E-copy of the book Warehouse & Distribution Science
  • Access to an accompanying suite of software to perform warehouse analytics and optimization

Session Details

  • Special Discounts: All residents of the State of Georgia are eligible for a 50% discount while funds last thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration. Use of this discount is subject to verification of GA residency. Enter coupon code SCL-GAAIM at checkout (cannot be combined with other discounts).

    Non-Georgia residents can register and pay for all required courses in a Supply Chain & Logistics certificate and receive a discount of 17% off per course. Enter coupon code SCL-Cert at checkout. Review coupon instructions for more information.

    If you have 3 or more participants from your organization, please contact us for volume discounts at course@scl.gatech.edu.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for supply chain and logistics consultants, supply chain engineers and analysts, facility engineers, and warehouse supervisors and team leaders.

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What You Will Learn

  • Warehouse performance
  • Modern warehouse trade-offs
  • Size and stocking optimization
  • Order-picking best practices
  • Automation
Supply chain professionals collaborating in warehouse

How You Will Benefit

  • Exchange space for time (or vice versa) to better meet business objectives.
  • Understand when to use dedicated storage and when to use shared storage.
  • Identify the most convenient locations in a warehouse based on an economic model.
  • Identify patterns in customer orders and exploit these to speed fulfillment.
  • Evaluate warehouse performance.
  • Optimally size and stock a forward pick area.
  • Understand the best practices in order-picking.
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I am really impressed with the scope of subjects covered and the practical case studies in diverse sectors from health, education, and other public sector projects.

- Kenny Onasanya
Team Lead

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