Every pallet sitting in a warehouse is money the business has already spent and has not yet recovered. Treated as dead weight, a warehouse is a cost center; understood and managed properly, the same space becomes one of a company's most direct levers for protecting and growing the value locked up in its inventory.

This course, from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy, gives warehouse and logistics staff the full picture — from what logistics actually is and why the function exists, through materials and inventory control, to the custodian's role and the practical skills of running a warehouse so that its inventory becomes an asset the business can count on rather than a hidden liability.

What You'll Be Able to Do After This Course:

• Receive and calibrate purchased items, then record them correctly against stock balances.
• Allocate storage space and permissions in line with each item's characteristics and nature.
• Simplify stock withdrawal according to normal, recognized operating rates.
• Explain why logistical thinking matters to an institution's overall performance.
• Describe the full duties and responsibilities of a warehouse custodian.

Who Should Attend:

• Institution and company managers.
• Procurement and logistics services staff.
• Warehouse managers, custodians, and their deputies.
• Business owners and commercial company managers.
• Logistics function staff in institutions and organizations.
• Purchasing committee members.
• Business school students and graduates.

Module 1: Logistics Fundamentals and Why the Function Exists

• Definition and importance of logistics in companies
• Reasons the logistics function emerged
• The importance and objectives of logistics
• Office logistics defined

Module 2: Where Logistics Meets the Warehouse Floor

• How logistics relates to other company functions
• Its relation to material-receiving operations
• The importance of logistical thinking inside institutions
• Reverse logistics and why it matters

Module 3: Materials and Inventory Control Basics

• Types of logistics; supply and support processes
• Inventory definition, types, and timing
• Regulatory procedures for inventory and inventory reports

Module 4: Running the Warehouse Day to Day

• Materials management: overview and importance
• Material planning and effective control
• The warehouse custodian's role and duties

Module 5: Connecting Warehouse Performance to Company Growth

• Supply chain management fundamentals
• Logistics services management and its relation to a company's development

Training Format

• Group training according to an integrated curriculum
• Individual training
• Field training
• Theoretical training in the Academy's dedicated halls

Course Dates and Venues

• Courses run in Egypt, Jordan, Malaysia, Turkey, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Sweden, Austria, and Denmark, in addition to Australia and the United States, at a time and place that fits your schedule.

What You Receive

• An accredited certificate from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy upon completing the course.