10 Unit Credit Values

• Warehouse Departments: receipts; replenishment or put away; stores; picking, packing, housekeeping, despatch
• Bridge Between Supply and Demand: staging areas; cross-docking; keeping goods safe and secure; gathering; temporary storage
• Warehouse Management Systems (WMS): ERP systems; radio frequency identification; human memory systems
• Types of Warehouses: ambient warehouses; climate-controlled warehouses; automated warehouses; private warehouses; public warehouses; distribution centres; bonded warehouses
• Warehouse Location Factors: proximity to customers and suppliers; buildings, floors, structure, doors; receipt and dispatch docks; offices; lighting; heating; extensions; materials handling; mezzanine floors
• Health and Safety: health and safety policy; Health and Safety at Work Act 1974; the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999; Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH); the Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981; reporting of injuries; manual handling; fire risk; loading and unloading vehicles; pedestrian safety; site visitors; Personal Protective Equipment (PPE); shift work; lighting; workplace temperature
• Industrial Equipment: industrial trucks; charging batteries; platforms on lift trucks; conveyors; mechanical handling of waste materials; racking; using flat pallets; loading pallets
• Housekeeping: safety; loss control rules; orderliness principles; maintaining warehouse equipment; examination of industrial trucks; scheduled maintenance; drivers’ maintenance logs
• Receiving Goods: goods receipt process; vehicle arrival; assigning the carrier to a bay; loading bays; relative quantities of goods
• Contingency Planning: stock and risk management; buffer stock

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