Warehouse Efficiency and Storage Loss Reduction: Training Course
1Summary
A production line that stops because a single raw material ran out costs far more than the warehouse behind it would suggest. That gap between how storage looks on an org chart and what it actually costs when it fails is exactly what this course addresses.
Delivered by the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy, the course walks participants through the full storage cycle — planning, purchasing, counting stock, and disposing of what should never have piled up in the first place — so warehouses stop being a hidden cost center and become a controlled, predictable part of the supply chain.
2Objectives and target group
What This Course Helps You Fix:
- Keep production running by closing the gap between purchasing, storage, and real demand.
- Plan, organize and follow up purchasing and storage operations to cut costs and respond faster.
- Run accurate, efficient stock counts and resolve counting discrepancies without disrupting work.
- Spot and clear dead and slow-moving stock before it drains the organization's resources.
- Balance supply against demand during peak and seasonal periods.
Who Should Attend:
- Staff and officers working in storage and supply management.
- Employees of logistics service companies.
- Owners of storage and warehousing businesses.
- Anyone building a career in storage and logistics.
3Course Content
Module 1: Why Storage Breaks Down — and What It Costs You
- Why storage management matters to the organization as a whole
- Administrative problems that disrupt warehouse operations
- Physical and structural problems inside the warehouse itself
Module 2: Inventory Control and Purchasing Economics
- Applying inventory-monitoring methods
- Determining the economic order quantity for purchasing
- Calculating economic purchase quantities using computer tools
Module 3: Suppliers and Digital Warehouse Records
- Comparing, qualifying and evaluating suppliers
- Monitoring supply and producing computerized supplier reports
- Building electronic spreadsheets for warehouse data
- Handling warehouse data electronically (inbound, outbound, issued, balance…)
Module 4: Stock-Taking, Dead Stock and Disposal
- The concept and objectives of stock-taking
- Stock cards and inventory lists
- Dealing with dead-stock and residual-material storage
- Setting policies and methods for disposing of stagnant stock
Module 5: Putting It Into Practice
- Planning and securing supplies, materials and work requirements
- Applied workshop on real storage-management scenarios
Training Format
- In-house training within the storage department
- Classroom training
- One-to-one training
- Group training
Course Venues
- Our courses run across the Academy's centers in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium, as well as Egypt, Jordan, Turkey, Malaysia and several other countries.
Please Note
- Attendees receive an accredited certificate from the Academy upon completing the course.