Warehouse Management

Warehouse Management
Anna Trzuskawska - Grzesiska

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Objective
The objective of the lecture is to trigger a student thought process in understanding the concept of warehouse management.
During the lecture the students will discuss: the role of the warehouse in a company and in a supply chain the logistic processes in the warehouse, material and products flows in the warehouse, practical aspects of the warehouse management. The lecture will leverage the students knowledge and experience by encouragement for sharing them but it will also use case studies about different companies.

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Scope
1) Introduction to logistics a. The role of logistics c. Logistics processes in a company / supply chain d. Information in logistics systems 2) Warehouse within a company / supply chain a. The roles & functions of a warehouse in a company / supply chain b. Warehouse operations influence on the company results c. Measures and metrics of warehouse operations 3) Logistic in warehouse a. Logistic process within a warehouse b. Identification and classification of materials c. Localization of materials in a warehouse

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Scope
4) Materials and products in the warehouse a. Managing the material/products turns in warehouse (FIFO/LIFO), b. Warehouse documentation, c. Information flows in the warehouse
Incoming information Outgoing information Processing and converting information

d. The information systems in the warehouse

ERP WMS Bar code RFID

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Scope
5) Practical aspects of warehouse management
a. Problems and issues in receiving processes b. Problems and issues in shipment processes c. Cycle count d. ABC classification

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Schedule
Lectures take place every second week.

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Rating / grades

Points & Grades:

100-93 92-85 84-77 76-69 68-61

5 4,5 4 3,5 3 2

A B C D E F max: 60 points max: 40 points

TASK

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Design of warehouse processes Extra points for tasks during the lectures

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Vocabulary
1. Goods flow
2. Inbound / Outbound 3. Vendor 4. Sales Order 5. Pick list 6. Packing list 7. Stock 8. Order lines 9. Shipment documents 10. Invoice 11. Transaction 12. Supply chain 13. Distribution Center 14. Inventory 15. Shipment 16. Delivery 17. Cycle count 18. SKU 19. LSP / 3PL

20. Inventory accuracy

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Warehouse Education and Research Council http://www.werc.org/

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Warehouse
In the past, warehouse management could focus solely on controlling the movement and storage of materials within an warehouse operation and processing the associated transactions of picking, packing, shipping and receiving. However, todays systems must integrate warehouse operations, so that visibility extends beyond the four walls of the warehouse and to the rest of the value chain.

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Project

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Project

Identify and characterize a company, Specify warehouse processes, Identify a business problem / inefficiency in the warehouse, Define root causes of the problem, Propose action plan to improve, Describe expected impact on company performance after implementation.

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