Global Learning for Operational Leaders
Course PSCM-013
Warehouse Management: Strategy, Implementation & Control
Effective warehouse management is essential for improving service levels, controlling costs, maintaining inventory accur... The outline covers Warehouse Infrastructure Strategies, Warehouse Operating Processes and Princi...
- 5 daysClassroom or online
- 17Upcoming dates
- 9Cities
- €1,845Fees from
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Introduction
Course overview
Effective warehouse management is essential for improving service levels, controlling costs, maintaining inventory accuracy, and supporting supply chain performance. Modern warehouses must balance speed, efficiency, technology, and workforce productivity while adapting to changing customer demands. This course provides participants with practical tools to design warehouse strategies, optimize operations, manage inventory, and implement world-class performance systems.
What you will achieve
Learning objectives
- Develop effective warehouse strategies and infrastructure plans
- Improve warehouse layout, flow, and operating efficiency
- Strengthen inventory control and accuracy
- Apply Lean and continuous improvement principles
- Optimize people, technology, and outsourced resources
- Build supplier collaboration and value chain integration
- Measure warehouse performance using KPIs
- Create improvement plans for world-class warehouse operations
Who should attend
Target audience
- Warehouse Managers
- Logistics Supervisors
- Supply Chain Professionals
- Inventory Controllers
- Operations Managers
- Distribution Center Staff
- Anyone involved in warehouse operations and planning
Methodology
Learning approach
- This course uses an interactive and practical approach through presentations, case studies, warehouse process mapping, group discussions, KPI workshops, practical exercises, and real workplace examples.
Complete course outline
Five focused days of learning and application
The timings provided are estimates and may vary depending on the number of participants and the discussions taking place during the sessions. They are indicative only and do not constitute a binding commitment.
Day 1
Warehouse Infrastructure Strategies
- Warehouse location strategy
- Options in warehouse layout and design
- Classes of warehouses
- Coffee break
- Classes of warehouses (continued)
- Warehouse automation
- Information Technology (IT) in the warehouse
- Industry variations
Day 2
Warehouse Operating Processes and Principles
- Key functional processes from receiving to picking and shipping
- Optimizing the flow of goods across processes
- Advanced processes: break-bulk, cross-docking, mixing, assembly
- Cycle counting and conducting a physical inventory audit
- Coffee break
- Cycle counting and conducting a physical inventory audit (continued)
- Implementing Lean principles in the warehouse
- Continuous improvement and managing change
Day 3
Inventory, Analysis, and Product Classification
- Function of inventory
- Inventory accuracy and control
- Handling WIP (Work-In-Progress) inventory
- Coffee break
- Handling WIP (Work-In-Progress) inventory (continued)
- Three-dimensional inventory classification and segmentation (ABC)
- Using inventory classification to drive efficiency
- Replenishment methods and strategies
Day 4
Leveraging Your Resources and Developing New Capabilities
- Managing and incentivizing your people
- Employee training and evaluation
- The IT environment: your enterprise and the warehouse
- Coffee break
- The IT environment: your enterprise and the warehouse (continued)
- Role of the warehouse in the value chain
- Outsourcing: risks and opportunities
- Supplier collaboration models and strategies
Day 5
Create a World-Class Warehouse with Performance Management and Metrics
- Contemporary trends in warehousing
- Warehouse best practices and benchmarking
- Role of performance management in the warehouse
- What should you measure?
- Coffee break
- What should you measure? (continued)
- Establishing an executive dashboard using KPIs
- Identifying, prioritizing, and implementing improvements
Course FAQs
Questions about this course
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What does Warehouse Management: Strategy, Implementation & Control (PSCM-013) cover?
This course covers Procurement and Supply Chain Management through a structured five-day outline focused on practical application, discussion, and implementation planning.
When is the next available session?
The next scheduled session starts on 9 - 13 November 2026. See the course schedules section for the available dates and delivery formats.
Who should attend this course?
Warehouse Managers, Logistics Supervisors, Supply Chain Professionals
Is bilingual course delivery available?
Yes. All course materials and presentations are provided in English, while bilingual explanation and discussion support may be available depending on the selected location and trainer availability. For example, when attending a course in Istanbul, you may request a Turkish-speaking trainer to explain the English course content in Turkish. Arabic explanation support may also be requested at this location. Other languages are available in selected cities. You can choose your preferred language support as an optional preference during registration.
How can I register for a session?
Use any Register button next to the available course dates to open the participant registration page and submit your booking request for the selected session.
Is this course available online as well as classroom-based?
Check the course schedules section for currently published classroom and Online / Live sessions.
Where are classroom sessions delivered?
Current classroom venues include Munich, Kuala lumpur, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Dubai, Barcelona, Istanbul, Geneva.
How long is the training programme?
The programme runs for five days from 09:00 to 14:00, which gives 25 contact hours, including a daily 30-minute break (22.5 hours of instruction).
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