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Logistics & Supply Chain Management

We have produced the largest chain of Supply Chain professionals in the Middle East region. We offer extensive range of supply chain management certifications – CISCP, CISCM, CIWIM, CSCP, CILT, CIVM and more, targeted to upgrade a wide range of skillsets for multiple functionalities in the logistics and supply chain industry.

CIWIM - Certified International Warehouse & Inventory Manager

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

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 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 logistics & supply chain professional courses in UAE and other GCC countries. Upon course completion, students receive a Certificate from IPSCMI.

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