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Logistics & Supply Chain Management
CIWIM – Certified International Warehouse & Inventory Manager
- Overview
- Course Outline
- Association
Course Objectives
Upon completing this warehouse and inventory management certification, participants will be able to:
- Understand the different types of warehousing and inventory
- Use modern Warehouse Management System effectively
- Execute warehouse operations successfully
- Keep a systematic track of all inventory records
- Comprehend the principles of material handling
- Implement sustainable warehouse practices
- Manage uncertainties associated with inventories efficiently
Target Competencies
- Importance of Inventory and Warehousing
- Managing inventory uncertainties
- Inventory records management
- Warehouse functions
- Modern Storage Systems
- Warehouse performance management
- Sustainable warehouse practices
Course Outline
Module 1 – Introduction to Warehousing and Inventory
- Definition of Inventory
- Importance of Inventory and Warehousing
- Warehouse location
- Types of Warehouses
- Strategic Warehousing
- Distribution Centres and Cross Docking
- Role of Warehousing and Inventory Manager
Module 2 – Warehouse Operations
- Warehouse functions – Receipt, Inspection, Storage and Retrieval
- Warehouse Design and Layout
- Packaging and Shipping
- Safety and Security in Warehousing
- Legal and Regulatory Compliance
- Scrap Disposal
Module 3 – Materials Handling
- Principles of Material Handling
- Material Handling Equipment
- Unitization and Palletization
- Automation in Warehousing-Pick-to-light, Put-to-light, Use of Robots
- Modern storage systems
Module 4 – Inventory Management
- Types of Inventory
- Costs Associated with Inventory
- Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
- Limitations of the EOQ Approach
- Selective Inventory Control Techniques like ABC, VED, FSN etc.
- Vendor Managed Inventories
Module 5 – Managing Uncertainties
- Uncertainties associated with Inventory
- Lead time – internal and external
- Service level
- Re-order level
- Buffer stock
- Replenishment systems
Module 6 – Managing Inventory Records
- Inventory Record Keeping
- Stock Counting methods
- Managing Discrepancies and Surplus
- Managing Obsolescence
- Inventory Valuation – FIFO, LIFO, Weighted Average etc.
Module 7 – Managing Warehouse Performance
- Measuring Warehouse Performance – Key Metrics
- Managing Outsourced Warehouses
- Warehouse Management System
- Warehouse Communications
- UPC
- RFID
- Risk Management in Warehousing
Module 8 – Sustainability in Warehousing
- Sustainability – The Triple Bottom line
- Sustainable Warehouse Practices
- Health, Safety and Environment
- Energy Efficiency
- Reverse logistics
IPSCMI, the International Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Institute, is a globally reputed professional certification institute in the United States offering multiple supply chain courses including specialization course for Warehouse and Inventory Management throughout the world in all modes of instruction.
Blue Ocean Academy has an exclusive tie-up with the US-based International Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Institute (IPSCMI) to offer CIWIM in the UAE and other GCC countries. Upon course completion, students receive a Certificate from IPSCMI.
- Overview
Course Objectives
Upon completing this warehouse and inventory management certification, participants will be able to:
- Understand the different types of warehousing and inventory
- Use modern Warehouse Management System effectively
- Execute warehouse operations successfully
- Keep a systematic track of all inventory records
- Comprehend the principles of material handling
- Implement sustainable warehouse practices
- Manage uncertainties associated with inventories efficiently
Target Competencies
- Importance of Inventory and Warehousing
- Managing inventory uncertainties
- Inventory records management
- Warehouse functions
- Modern Storage Systems
- Warehouse performance management
- Sustainable warehouse practices
- Course Outline
Course Outline
Module 1 – Introduction to Warehousing and Inventory
- Definition of Inventory
- Importance of Inventory and Warehousing
- Warehouse location
- Types of Warehouses
- Strategic Warehousing
- Distribution Centres and Cross Docking
- Role of Warehousing and Inventory Manager
Module 2 – Warehouse Operations
- Warehouse functions – Receipt, Inspection, Storage and Retrieval
- Warehouse Design and Layout
- Packaging and Shipping
- Safety and Security in Warehousing
- Legal and Regulatory Compliance
- Scrap Disposal
Module 3 – Materials Handling
- Principles of Material Handling
- Material Handling Equipment
- Unitization and Palletization
- Automation in Warehousing-Pick-to-light, Put-to-light, Use of Robots
- Modern storage systems
Module 4 – Inventory Management
- Types of Inventory
- Costs Associated with Inventory
- Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
- Limitations of the EOQ Approach
- Selective Inventory Control Techniques like ABC, VED, FSN etc.
- Vendor Managed Inventories
Module 5 – Managing Uncertainties
- Uncertainties associated with Inventory
- Lead time – internal and external
- Service level
- Re-order level
- Buffer stock
- Replenishment systems
Module 6 – Managing Inventory Records
- Inventory Record Keeping
- Stock Counting methods
- Managing Discrepancies and Surplus
- Managing Obsolescence
- Inventory Valuation – FIFO, LIFO, Weighted Average etc.
Module 7 – Managing Warehouse Performance
- Measuring Warehouse Performance – Key Metrics
- Managing Outsourced Warehouses
- Warehouse Management System
- Warehouse Communications
- UPC
- RFID
- Risk Management in Warehousing
Module 8 – Sustainability in Warehousing
- Sustainability – The Triple Bottom line
- Sustainable Warehouse Practices
- Health, Safety and Environment
- Energy Efficiency
- Reverse logistics
- Association
IPSCMI, the International Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Institute, is a globally reputed professional certification institute in the United States offering multiple supply chain courses including specialization course for Warehouse and Inventory Management throughout the world in all modes of instruction.
Blue Ocean Academy has an exclusive tie-up with the US-based International Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Institute (IPSCMI) to offer CIWIM in the UAE and other GCC countries. Upon course completion, students receive a Certificate from IPSCMI.