WAREHOUSE DESIGN AND OPERATIONS

Année du cours : 1 année(s)

Etablissement : IÉSEG School of Management

Langue : English

Période : S2

Students enrolled in this course should have taken introductory courses in Operations Management or have basic knowledge of operations acquired from professional experience or from an internship.

At the end of the course the students will be able to:
– Be competent in the field of Warehouse Design and Operations, rigorous and committed to quality
– Apply the theory of warehouse design in the integrated supply chain to obtain firm competitiveness
– Contrast the key warehouse concepts in the context of the traditional supply chain model approach
– Distinguish between different types of warehousing strategies
– Identify and understand the logistics and supply trade-offs associated with warehouse operations
– Recognise the consequences of failing to align warehouse operations to market requirements
– Demonstrate a grasp of integration in sustainable warehouse design and operations
– Feel confident with warehouse operations for managing customers, materials and information

1. Contemporary warehousing in relation to supply chain management
2. Order management and pick sequencing
3. Space management and storage policies
4. Warehouse design, planning and operational issues
5. Warehouse technologies
6. Cross-docking: design and operations