Warehouse Operations
How a working warehouse runs materials from the gate to the job: goods receipt, inspection, put-away, storage and preservation, picking and issue. Covers location systems, stock rotation, warehouse safety and the measures that show whether the store is performing.
54m
Total time
4
Competency levels
12
Lessons
What you'll learn
- Explain the core warehouse flow from receipt to issue and why each step depends on the one before it
- Apply goods receipt discipline — checking against the purchase order, quantity, condition and certification
- Describe how location and binning systems and labelling make stock findable and countable
- Apply FIFO and FEFO rotation and select suitable storage and preservation conditions for different materials
- Recognise the core warehouse safety controls: racking integrity, forklift and pedestrian separation, and manual handling
- Use housekeeping, 5S and warehouse KPIs to judge and improve store performance
Curriculum
Progress through each competency level in order.
1
Awareness
- 3mThe Warehouse Flow: Receive to IssueKnowledge
- 2mWarehouse Safety and Housekeeping BasicsKnowledge
- 7mAwareness Check: Warehouse Flow and SafetyAssessment
2
Knowledge
- 3mGoods Receipt DisciplineKnowledge
- 3mLocations, Binning and LabellingKnowledge
- 8mKnowledge Check: Receipt, Locations and LabellingAssessment
3
Skill
- 3mStorage, Preservation and Stock RotationKnowledge
- 3mAssignment: Walk Down and Improve a Storage AreaAssignment
- 8mSkill Check: Storage and Rotation JudgementAssessment
4
Mastery
- 3mRunning the Store: 5S, Safety Systems and KPIsKnowledge
- 3mAssignment: Diagnose and Improve Store PerformanceAssignment
- 8mMastery Assessment: Warehouse Judgement and PerformanceAssessment
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