By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify the storage regime and environment most appropriate to the stock in their care
• Manage, organize and operate the systems and processes to provide the best possible care for materials
• Maintain the highest health, safety and environmental standards
• Provide the highest possible level of customer service

Warehouse Layouts

• Planning for flow
• Through flow
• U-flow
• Components of an effective layout
• Short side handling
• Long side handling
• Racking styles

Getting Rid of Excess Product/s

• Throw out the junk – now!
• Move excess and out-of-season product to other storage areas
• Clean up your returned goods area
• Justify all large quantity purchases
• Reduce number of SKUs
• Bring product in one door and out the other
• Don’t bring the product in at all

Better Storage of More Products

• Lower the overhead space
• Reduce aisle sizes
• Deep pallet storage
• Eliminate empty space above product in individual slots
• Stack pallets on top of each other
• Store high cube / high movement products in one reserved area of the warehouse
• A final option – double deep pallet racking