ABOUT OUR SEMINARS

New Directions In Distribution Warehousing

OBJECTIVES

Completion of this two day course will help participants to:

Determine the appropriate size of a new warehouse in warehouse storage units
Determine the warehouse size and configuration that will serve the business plan
Increase the space utilization in an existing warehouse
Improve picking productivity
Better control inventory

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Managers and engineers responsible for warehousing operations.

Executives who want to understand the principles of warehousing and distribution.

This seminar has also been extremely helpful to those of limited experience in the field. This course presents the latest thinking in the down to earth basics of warehousing. It offers principles that can otherwise only be learned from experience. It stresses presentation of techniques that can be evaluated in real time and money saved. These are the "how to do it" subjects that are not usually found in the available literature. Economics and practical results are stressed in a presentation that covers the basics while presenting the newest aspects of cost effective warehouse and distribution.

OUTLINE

PRINCIPLES OF SPACE LAYOUT

Utilization of the cube
Measures of Utilization
Design base development
- SKU Inventory in warehouse units
- Throughput
- Proven layout tips
Floor stacking vs racking
Rack supported buildings
Small parts storage
Location of Shipping and Receiving
Number of truck doors required

HANDLING AND STORAGE SYSTEMS

Manual systems
Mechanical systems and attachments
Automatic systems
Equipment on the market
Automatic handling/storage

MONEY SAVING LAYOUTS

More storage cube for less money in taller buildings
Equipment depreciation versus building depreciation
Rack supported buildings
Cost per load stored

STOCK SELECTION AND SHIPPING

Basic order picking methods
Advanced order picking systems
Layout of stock selection line
Checking shipments for accuracy
Packing bottlenecks
Small parts picking

ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION

The Language of Dollars
How to get capital requests approved

LOCATOR SYSTEMS

What they are
How they work
What they can accomplish
Random storage versus dedicated storage
How to design a locator system

WAREHOUSE MICROCOMPUTERS

Micros versus mainframes
Real time versus batch processing
What minimum information must be in the database?
When does the system pay off?
New approaches to barcodes and portable data terminals

MANAGEMENT, MEASUREMENT & MOTIVATION

A Simple Definition of Management
Work Measurement
Motivation

A LETTER FROM ART LIEBESKIND

Dear Warehouse/Distribution Manager,

For the past decade, I've been taking time out from an active consulting schedule to lead my favorite seminar, Distribution Warehousing Picking and Packing. Over the years I have realized that even though the course topics have remained the same, the solutions and approaches to the topics have changed with time. The advent of the personal computer alone has made it possible to do more than ever before with warehouse control. Guided robot vehicles priced for smaller operations have influenced horizontal transportation solutions vastly. The field has changed and we must change with it. We have rewritten and organized our well known two day seminar and are proud to present New Directions In Warehousing. This seminar is designed to bring the seasoned practitioner up to date as well as to open the eyes of new warehousing managers to a wide potential of savings and profits. We think that a session on "New Directions In Warehousing" will be time well spent and we look forward to seeing you at our seminar. Remember that in-house seminars on your premises are an effective and cost effective means of training your management and associates.

Sincerely,

Art Liebeskind