Inventory that just sits there quietly is rarely harmless — it ties up capital, occupies space that could hold something the business actually needs, and often signals that purchasing and warehousing are not talking to each other. Getting inventory control right is less about counting stock and more about catching that disconnect early.

Delivered by the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy, this course builds that discipline from the ground up: warehouse organization, planning and control systems, economic order quantities, and the policies needed to identify and clear dead stock before it drains company resources — all within the wider frame of supply chain management.

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

• Confirm the type and specification of items received, issued, or stored, and check compliance.
• Exercise direct oversight over received or stored inventory units.
• Apply inventory-monitoring methods in practice.
• Determine the economic order quantity for purchasing.
• Set policies and methods for disposing of stagnant, dead stock.
• Identify the key standards that can be used to control inventory.

Who Should Attend:

• Institution and company managers.
• Procurement and logistics services staff.
• Warehouse managers and custodians.
• Business owners and managers of commercial and manufacturing companies.
• Staff working in logistics management.
• Warehouse oversight committees.
• Business school students and graduates.

Module 1: Logistics Management and the Supply Chain

• Logistics management defined
• The concept and importance of the supply chain
• Strategic planning of logistics operations
• Logistics services management and its relation to company development

Module 2: Structuring the Warehouse

• The warehouse function, its goals and economics
• Administrative organization of warehouses and its relation to other departments
• Warehouse types, organization, and internal layout
• Skills and competencies warehouse staff need

Module 3: Why Inventory Control Matters

• The importance of inventory-control operations
• Inventory control's role in developing warehouse performance

Module 4: Planning and Control Systems

• Inventory planning and control systems
• Determining minimum stock, reorder point, and maximum stock levels
• The role of the unified accounting system in inventory control
• Determining the economic purchase batch size

Module 5: When Things Go Wrong

• Loss and damage of items in warehouses or under custody
• Identifying dead stock and the standards used to define it

Module 6: Clearing Dead Stock

• Disposal methods and which department is responsible
• Methods and procedures for selling dead stock, and overseeing contract execution

Training Format

• Group training
• Individual training using the latest globally recognized methods
• 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.