Professional Medical Warehouse Management

Course Objectives Medical Warehouse Management

• Explain the challenges, objectives, and functions of warehousing

• Perform ABC inventory classification and cycle counting and calculate record accuracy and discrepancies

• Describe the different types of storage and material handling systems

• Improve supervisory skills and deal more effectively with warehouse staff issues

• Develop better skills for housekeeping and safety within the warehouse

• Measure warehouse productivity using the right Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and conduct a scientific audit of the warehouse

 

Day 1
Introduction to warehousing management

• Objectives of warehousing

• The modern warehouse

• The warehousing cycle

• Problems and challenges in warehousing

• Warehousing and inventory costs

• Customer service in warehousing

Day 2
Inventory classification and record accuracy

• Types of inventory

• The ABC classification

• Uses of the ABC classification

• Inventory record accuracy

• Reasons for poor accuracy

• Periodic and cycle counting

• Systems and methodology of counting

• Knowing what is inside the warehouse

• Knowing how much is inside the warehouse

Day 3
Storage and material handling systems

• The layout of the warehouse

• Size and shape of the warehouse

• Storage utilization and organization

• Types of storage systems

• Fixed versus random location

• Material handling equipment

• Material handling equipment checklist

• Improving the receiving/issuing material operations

Day 4
Dealing with staff-related warehousing issues

• Key roles of the warehouse manager

• Staff management issues

• Corrective guidance techniques

• Qualities of a good warehouse employee

• The motivation of warehouse employees

Day 5
Safety in the warehouse

• Good housekeeping inside the warehouse

• Identifying safety hazards

• Unsafe acts and conditions

• Causes of damage

• Planning for safety

Productivity and audit of a warehouse

• Definition of productivity

• Causes of lost time

• Warehousing key performance indicators

• Objectives of the warehouse audit

• Components of the audit

• Steps to follow before, during, and after the audit

Applying Warehouse Management for Hospitals (Workshop)