Course Description

Managerial Decision Making - Materials and Warehousing





Learn how managers streamline decision-making to make warehouses more efficient in this free online management course. This free online course takes you through the operation of warehouses and explains how they benefit from automation. Decision-making is an essential part of modern management and every choice made in a warehouse has to be precise to avoid damaging consequences. Running a warehouse is not for the faint of heart as it requires decisive leadership and a clear-eyed vision of the future. This course suits anyone interested in warehouse administration.

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Training ProviderAlison
Course TypeOnline Learning
Course QualificationCPD Certificate
Course Duration1.5-3 hours
Course FeeFree
Entry RequirementsLike all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary.

At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives.

Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone.
Career PathWhat You Will Learn In This Free Course
• Distinguish between weight-losing raw material and non-weight losing raw material
• Recognize some decisions that need to be made by the warehouse manager
• Explain the workings of an automated storage and replenishment system
• Describe the advantages offered by a storage bin
• Discuss how the space required for a warehouse is estimated
• List the newer models for warehouse location
• Outline the different order picking strategies
• Explain the role of a warehouse manager
• Recall why warehouses are cost centres
Course Code3696
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