Logistics Health and Safety

Couse
duration- 2 phases (6 days)

Phase 1: Logistics Health and
Safety (Warehousing) Duration-3 days

Course Introduction

For those who want to understand and implement the essential tools
for managing warehousing in a health and safety environment operation. In this
course, participants will be shown how to evaluate procedures and make the
needed changes to methods to improve health and safety, handling of material
and customer service. This will occur simultaneously with resource reductions,
eliminating wasteful costs, avoiding internal problems, which hinder full performance, thus obtaining added value
for money and increased security.

Course Objectives:

 At the end of the course, participants will be able to

Who Should Attend

·     Personnel who are new to managing warehouse or stores

·      Non-warehouse personnel who need to gain awareness
of health and safety in warehouses

·      Warehouse Distribution Supervisors/Managers

Course Outline

Introducing the
Role of the Warehouse Supervisor

When examining all the operation
undertaken, the balance has to be found between maximizing space whilst
minimizing the time taken to carry out the operations. This involves looking;    

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Receiving options

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Storage options

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Picking/assembly options

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Dispatching options

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Using the floor and the height space

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Organizing flow

 Methods and Equipment

Lifting, storing and moving equipment available for specific layout
options, including

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Warehouse structures

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Loading bays

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Selecting fork lift
trucks

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Selecting racking

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Implications for warehouse layouts

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Operational timings and planning

Health, Safety and Security