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Level 4 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Warehouse Management Principles

LSC403 · Operations and Logistics Management — Week 5 of 16

CourseLSC403
Week5 of 16
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This week’s topics

Warehouse Management Principles

  1. Warehouse layout and cubic space utilisation
  2. Warehouse roles in supply chains
  3. Automation and material handling
  4. Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)
  5. Week 10: Lecture 49: ERP, WMS & TMS (I & II)
  6. Week 10: Lecture 50: ERP, WMS & TMS (I & II)
  7. Lecture 6 Process Selection and Facility Layout

What you will be able to do

  • 3.1 Explain the key principles of warehouse management.
  • 3.2 Describe a logistic business’s warehouse management processes.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the key principles of warehouse management.

Study materials

Videos

  • Lecture 6 Process Selection and Facility Layout · YouTube · Eddy Witzel · 23 min · for registered students
  • Important KPIs for Warehouse and Inventory Management · YouTube · Palms Academy · 9 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Introduction to Logistics, ch. 5: Warehousing · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 100–126 · for registered students
  • Warehousing and storage: A guide to health and safety (HSG76, 2nd ed. 2007) · PDF · Hse, guidance; 155 pages · for registered students
  • Operations Management (Fanshawe), ch. 10: Layout Strategy and Design · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 399–440 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Fundamentals of Operations Management
  • Week 2: Operations Planning and Resource Constraints
  • Week 3: Logistics Management and Business Alignment
  • Week 4: Logistics Network Planning and Supply Chain Integration
  • Week 5: Warehouse Management Principles
  • Week 6: Warehouse Operational Processes
  • Week 7: Principles of Inventory Management
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Inventory Management Processes and Replenishment
  • Week 10: Transport Management and Modal Selection
  • Week 11: Transport Planning and Contemporary Issues
  • Week 12: Applying Operations and Logistics Management in practice: c…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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