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e-Warehouse layout & design

An efficient warehouse is no accident: it is the result of smart design. A well-planned layout and fit-out largely determine your warehouse's capacity and efficiency. The Warehouse layout & design course teaches you how to translate data, such as an ABC analysis, into an optimal physical and digital warehouse design. You will discover how to size storage areas and pallet racking correctly, which loading-dock infrastructure and internal transport equipment are best suited to your needs, and how modernisation through automation can make full use of available capacity.

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e-Warehouse layout & design

e-Warehouse layout & design

๐Ÿ“Œ What will you learn?

  • Smart data analysis: Use ABC analysis and the PQRST key as the foundations of an intelligent layout.
  • Warehouse layout & design methodology: Find the ideal balance between space utilisation and throughput times.
  • Building elements & loading-dock infrastructure.
  • Storage methods & material handling: Choose the right tools and equipment for your specific goods flows.
  • Workstation design: Optimise warehouse flow zones, such as packing stations and other activities associated with the Value Added Services you offer.
  • Automation & mechanisation: When does this costly investment pay off?

Who is this for?

๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ผ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ผ Professionals

  • Supply chain and logistics engineers involved in designing, redesigning or expanding storage areas.
  • Warehouse managers and operations managers who want to make the best use of their available floor space and cubic capacity.
  • Project managers responsible for warehouse reconfiguration, relocation or capacity optimisation.
e-Warehouse layout & design

๐ŸŽ“ Still studying?

Start bridging the gap between theory and practice now!

  • Students in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management or Logistics Management who want experience in physical warehouse configuration, layout design and capacity calculations.
  • Students with a design- or analysis-focused final-year project on warehouse optimisation, reconfiguration or automation.
  • Future logistics engineers who want to learn how to organise and design the best use of available space and resources.

Your results

  • After completing this course, you will be able to independently develop a warehouse design or reconfiguration that fits the organisation's goods flows and growth.
  • You will know how to make full use of available floor space, choose the right technologies and successfully integrate automation.
  • You will receive the official Certificate in Warehouse Layout & Design on completion.
e-Warehouse layout & design

What is included in this product?

E-learning

This product contains 20 e-learning modules. You complete the modules at your own pace.

Access available after purchase.

  • 010B ๐ŸŽฆ ABC analysis (20/80 rule)
  • 010A ๐ŸŽ“ Data analysis as the foundation of warehouse layout
  • 013A ๐ŸŽ“ Warehouse Layout & Design Methodology
  • 013B ๐ŸŽ“ Structural elements & Quay infrastructure
  • 007A ๐ŸŽ“ Storage Techniques
  • 007B ๐ŸŽฆ Pallet racking and sizing
  • 013C ๐ŸŽฆ Storage sizing and layout (practical case)
  • 008B ๐ŸŽฆ Internal Transport
  • 008A ๐ŸŽ“ Internal transport & "Material Handling"
  • 011A ๐ŸŽ“ Packaging & Load-bearing equipment
  • 014A ๐ŸŽ“ Warehouse automation
  • 009A ๐ŸŽ“ Management of information flows
  • Warehouse Case Study D.02 โœ๏ธ Warehouse Techniques (quiz)
  • Warehouse case study D.03 โœ๏ธ Warehouse processes (quiz)
  • Warehouse case study D.06 โœ๏ธ Communication methods (quiz)
  • Warehouse case study D.08 โœ๏ธ Packaging (quiz)
  • Warehouse case study D.09 โœ๏ธ Storage equipment (quiz)
  • Warehouse case study D.11 โœ๏ธ Dangerous goods (ADR storage) (quiz)
  • Warehouse case study D.12 โœ๏ธ Layout (quiz)
  • Warehouse case D.17 โœ๏ธ Warehouse audit