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Introduction
The rationale of introducing this course is to give participant a broad overview and fundamental theories about warehousing operations and management so that the participants can approach warehousing operations and management with a holistic view and understand, analyze, and coordinate various warehousing operations efficiently.
The objective is to provide fundamental and emerging concepts of efficient warehousing operations and management. The course relies on case studies and teamwork to facilitate the learning through a group project, where participants will apply the knowledge learned to design a warehouse layout, plan efficient warehousing operations, and deploy material handling equipment appropriately and efficiently.
This course is part of:
- Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Engineering
- FlexiMasters in Supply Chain Engineering
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At the end of the course, learners are able to:
1. Appreciate the functions and the need of a warehouse.
2. Understand the design principles and the importance of efficient layout to achieve warehousing efficiency.
3. Become familiar with inbound and outbound operations and cross-docking operations of warehouse.
4. Apply knowledge learned to design an efficient warehouse layout and its operations.
5. Apply warehousing management system to manage warehousing operations efficiently.
1. Warehouses
Types, functions, and purposes of warehouse; design principles and
layout: flow, storage, order-picking, placement, dedicated and multi-user operations and activity relationship.
2. Warehousing Operations
Inbound Operations (receiving and putaway), outbound operations
(storage, order-picking, sortation & accumulation, shipping), cross-docking (pre-distribution, post-distribution, and cross-docking in
practice).
3. Warehousing Efficiency and Productivity
Internal Transportation, Material Handling Equipment, vendor
managed inventory, Inventory costs, Principles of world-class
warehousing, Warehouse Management System (WMS), Functional
requirements, selection criteria, and implementation of WMS.
Working adults from the industry, professionals seeking mid-career change or fresh graduates with relevant background.
Standard Course Fee: S$1,308
SSG Funding Support | Course fee | Course fee payable after SSG funding, if eligible under various schemes | |
BEFORE funding & GST | AFTER funding & 9% GST | ||
Singapore Citizens (SCs) and Permanent Residents (PRs) (Up to 70% funding) | S$1,200 | S$392.40 | |
Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS) | S$152.40 | ||
SCs aged ≥ 40 years old | |||
- Standard course fee is inclusive of GST.
- NTU/NIE alumni may utilise their $1,600 Alumni Course Credits. Click here for more information.
| COURSE TITLE | ACADEMIC UNIT |
| CET858 Global Air Cargo | 1 |
| CET859 Multi-modal Transport and Sea Freight Management | 1 |
| CET860 Decision Making under Uncertainty | 1 |
| CET861 Optimization of Supply and Transportation Networks | 1 |
| CET862 Decision Analytics and Applications | 1 |
| CET863 Sales and Operations Planning | 1 |
| CET864 Resource and Capacity Planning | 2 |
| CET865 Introduction to Supply Chain Management | 1 |
| CET866 Supply Network Design & Inventory Management | 1 |
| CET867 Strategies for Supply Chain Alignment | 1 |
| CET868 Strategic Sourcing and Procurement | 2 |
| CET869 Effective Supplier Management & Development | 1 |
Listed courses are:
- Credit-bearing and stackable to Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Engineering (total 9AUs) and FlexiMasters in Supply Chain Engineering (total 15AUs).
- SkillsFuture Credit approved.
