Materials Handling and Warehousing (PIM, Islamabad)

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The emergence of Logistics and Supply Chain Management as a major contributor to the profitability of an organization has emphasized the significant role of materials handling and warehousing.

Warehousing in the 2000s has a different focus than in the past, where it served the strategic role of long-term storage for raw materials and finished goods. With the development of logistics supply chain philosophies, the warehouse has taken a strategic role of attaining the logistics goals of shorter cycle times, lower inventories, lower costs, and better customer service.

Materials handling is extremely important to any warehouse’s efficient operation, both in terms of transferring goods in and out and in moving goods to various locations in the warehouse.

COURSE CONTENTS

• The functions of warehousing
• Principles of warehousing design
• Principles of packaging and unitization
• Control procedures for the receiving, stocking, and inventorying of materials
• Control procedures for distribution and order processing
• Warehouse management systems and evaluation techniques
• Main aspect of industrial health and safety
• The basics of materials handling
• Concepts of automated material handling.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

This course is designed for people working in the fields of material and/or operations management who need the concepts, techniques, and terminology of material handling and warehousing activities.