Advanced Stores and Inventory Management
Start Date | End Date | Venue | Fees (US $) | ||
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Advanced Stores and Inventory Management | 19 Oct 2025 | 23 Oct 2025 | Muscat, Oman | $ 4,500 | Register |
Advanced Stores and Inventory Management | 16 Nov 2025 | 20 Nov 2025 | Muscat, Oman | $ 4,500 | Register |

Advanced Stores and Inventory Management
Start Date | End Date | Venue | Fees (US $) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Advanced Stores and Inventory Management | 19 Oct 2025 | 23 Oct 2025 | Muscat, Oman | $ 4,500 |
Advanced Stores and Inventory Management | 16 Nov 2025 | 20 Nov 2025 | Muscat, Oman | $ 4,500 |
Introduction
Inventories can reach many millions of dollars. You need a good warehouse to store, keep, and protect all those millions of dollars. In this course, we will discuss the best and the latest methods to store and protect high-value inventories. We will also discuss the best characteristics of a modern warehouse. Knowing what you have and how much you have are the keys to proper warehousing management. We will explore the various methods to achieve record accuracy and successful cycle counting. A scientific method of auditing the warehouse will be applied.
Objectives
- Explain the challenges, objectives, and functions of warehousing
- Perform ABC inventory classification and cycle counting and calculate record accuracy and discrepancies
- Describe the different types of storage and material handling systems
- Improve supervisory skills and deal more effectively with warehouse staff issues
- Develop better skills for housekeeping and safety within the warehouse
- Measure warehouse productivity using the right Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and conduct a scientific audit of the warehouse
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Training Methodology
This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practice. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations. The online course is conducted online using MS-Teams/ClickMeeting.
Who Should Attend?
Those involved in warehousing (store) activities, both at the operational and supervisory levels. The course is also appropriate for anyone interested to know more about the interaction between warehousing and other materials management functions (purchasing, inventory control, and distribution).
Target Competencies
- Warehouse operations
- Customer service
- Record accuracy
- Staff relations
- Safety management
- Warehouse auditing
Course Outline
Introduction to warehousing management
- Objectives of warehousing
- The modern warehouse
- The warehousing cycle
- Problems and challenges in warehousing
- Warehousing and inventory costs
- Customer service in warehousing
Inventory classification and record accuracy
- Types of inventory
- The ABC classification
- Uses of the ABC classification
- Inventory record accuracy
- Reasons for poor accuracy
- Periodic and cycle counting
- Systems and methodology of counting
- Knowing what is inside the warehouse
- Knowing how much is inside the warehouse
Storage and material handling systems
- The layout of the warehouse
- Size and shape of the warehouse
- Storage utilization and organization
- Types of storage systems
- Fixed versus random location
- Material handling equipment
- Material handling equipment checklist
- Improving the receiving/issuing material operations
Dealing with staff-related warehousing issues
- Key roles of the warehouse manager
- Staff management issues
- Corrective guidance techniques
- Qualities of a good warehouse employee
- The motivation of warehouse employees
Safety in the warehouse
- Good housekeeping inside the warehouse
- Identifying safety hazards
- Unsafe acts and conditions
- Causes of damage
- Planning for safety
Productivity and audit of a warehouse
- Definition of productivity
- Causes of lost time
- Warehousing key performance indicators
- Objectives of the warehouse audit
- Components of the audit
- Steps to follow before, during and after the audit