LeanCor - Lean Warehousing

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This course will demonstrate how lean warehousing operations are a key enabler to a successful lean supply chain implementation and in many cases, the starting point for lean warehousetransformation. It is critical to manage safety, quality, efficiency and leverage the lean supply chain modifications to improve customer responsiveness and reduce operating costs and in doing so contributing to a supply chain that creates a competitive advantagefor a company trying to increase customer service and profitability. To accomplish this goal, we must bring lean principles into the warehousing and distribution center.

Who Should Attend:

Supply Chain Professionals
Logistics Professionals
Material Managers and Production Control Managers
Transportation ,Warehousing, and Purchasing Managers

Deliverables:

Isolate the key elements of lean thinking to be used in the warehouse
Value stream map warehouse operations
Utilize lean tools to reduce waste in the warehouse
Create a warehouse operation based on visual management and real time problem solving
Reduce inventories in warehouse operations
Create collaboration between warehousing and other functional areas

Benefits:

Reduce inventories in the warehouse
Reduce warehousing costs by as much as 25%
Implement lean in the warehouse
Create logistics collaboration between warehousing and other functional areas

Covered Topics:

Lean Warehouse Overview
Supply Chain Implementation Framework
Lean Storage Planning Approach
Application of a Lean Storage Location Sizing Method
JIT Implementation Approach
How To Develop Standard Work Batches
Generation of an Operational Diagram
Creation of a Daily Operational Work Load Plan
Development of a Progress Control Board

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