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Course Title		Effective Stores Management
Duration		2 Days
Course Objectives		To provide a thorough grounding in the fundamentals of good stores best practice in a jargon free and readily understandable format Recognise the opportunities presented by improved management and control of the stores Identify key areas for efficiency enhancement e.g. lower stock levels, fewer stock-outs, increased stockturn, stores layout Be more customer focused and service orientated Improve results by managing both themselves and their staff better Introduce improvements on a continuous basis
Who will benefit?		Those responsible for stores operations in the industrial/manufacturing or service to manufacturing sector either with experience or newly appointed.
Course Content		The place and role of the stores/warehouse in the organisation and its supply chain Defining the stores ‘mission’ Profitability and the stores Audit of where we are now in terms of our control of the stores operation Use of specially designed audit forms will: - Expose areas of weakness Identify areas of opportunity Communications, information and effectiveness in the stores Giving customers – internal and external – excellent service Undertaking internal customer surveys Control of stock Uses for stock turn Implications for working capital and cash flow Improving the service with less stock Managing the stores Cutting administration costs Efficient stores layout Managing time for greater effectiveness Usage value classification techniques ‘Smarter not harder’ working practices Creativity and how to use it for continuous improvement Measuring to manage techniques Problem solving techniques Staff supervision/management Delegation Motivation Teamwork