Warehouse Management (5cr)
Code: 3B-39E-3002
General information
- Enrolment period
- 30.11.2015 - 10.01.2016
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.01.2016 - 06.03.2016
- Implementation has ended.
- Credits
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- International Business
- Campus
- TAMK Main Campus
- Teaching languages
- English
- Degree programmes
- Bachelor's Degree Programme in International Business
- Teachers
- Anasse Bouhlal
- Course
- 3B-39E
Objectives (course unit)
This warehouse management course covers the basics of business warehouse management. The most common warehousing practices and topics are covered. During the course the Produmix WMS will be used with practices of the voice picking systems and RFID-technology applications (www.logivo.fi).
After completing the course, the students will be able to:
Develop the role of warehouse management in the supply chain management process.
Minimize the warehouse operations and storage costs.
Analyze warehouse value added-services.
Start using the information systems applied in the warehouse management operations.
Focus on the links between TMS, WMS and Enterprise Resource Planning systems.
Utilize bar-codes and understand the logic of RFID technologies.
Content (course unit)
What are the new ports functions in supply chain management process?
How to operate in distribution centers, warehouses and terminals?
How to control and optimize inventories?
What is warehouse inventory system?
What is material handling about?
What are the value added services in a distribution center?
What are the picking techniques used?