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Warehouse and Distribution

Warehouse and Distribution: 5 courses and 24 lessons on ATMA. Every lesson is free to read, with an Excel template for each course.

T24-C01 Warehouse Fundamentals

  1. What a warehouse actually does between a factory's own gate and a customer's own shelf
  2. Receiving a shipment into a warehouse without losing track of what arrived
  3. Putting stock away in a location a picker can actually find again
  4. Picking and packing an order without shipping the wrong piece
  5. Building a complete warehouse fundamentals worksheet

T24-C02 Raw Material Stores

  1. What a raw material store holds that finished goods stores do not
  2. Issuing fabric and trims to the cutting room without stopping production
  3. Tracking a fabric roll's own remaining balance after each cut
  4. Reconciling a raw material store's own count against what production actually used
  5. Building a complete raw material store tracker

T24-C03 WIP and Finished Goods

  1. Tracking a bundle's own location as it moves through the sewing floor
  2. Reading a WIP report to find where an order is actually stuck
  3. Moving finished goods from the sewing floor into the finished goods store correctly
  4. Reconciling finished goods stock against a shipment before it leaves
  5. Building a complete WIP and finished goods tracker

T24-C04 Inventory Control, WMS, Barcoding and RFID

  1. What a warehouse management system actually replaces from a paper-based store
  2. Deciding whether barcoding or RFID fits a specific warehouse operation
  3. Calculating the real cost of a barcode or RFID rollout against its own savings
  4. Running a cycle count with a WMS instead of a paper count sheet
  5. Building a complete inventory control and technology worksheet

T24-C05 Distribution Networks and 3PL

  1. Deciding whether to run your own distribution centre or use a third-party logistics provider
  2. Choosing a distribution network shape for an export order versus a domestic order
  3. Comparing a 3PL's own quoted cost against what an in-house operation would actually cost
  4. Building a complete distribution network and 3PL decision tool

Every lesson is free to read.

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