Effective Materials Management & Warehousing

IOSS is an Internationally accredited provider of versatile Industrial & Non-Industrial training and consultancy services offering high quality, practical support to our clients. Our training courses are designed based on local and international standards delivering industry best practices to our delegates.

The goal of IOSS training courses is to ensure that all individuals reach a certain level of competence to work more safely on-site, reducing the risk to themselves and others.

Procurement, Supply Chain Management Training courses are designed to meet the requirements of modern industries and to provide knowledge and skills for understanding and preventing hazards in various fields.

The courses are interactive and can be delivered in the language of your choice. Practical exercises and course materials are provided in accordance with special training requirements. Content can be localized to reflect the country or region in which the workforce will operate.

Participants must successfully complete a training course and assessment to ensure that they reach the required level of competence. Successful participants will then receive a certificate.

  • Classification of different types of inventory
  • Opening stock, WIP, Safety stock
  • ABC & Pareto principles
  • Costs of holding inventory 
  • Techniques associated with inventory control
  •  MRP,MRP2, JIT
  • Effective and efficient flows of inventory/materials
  • Reduction on life-cycle costs
  • Space optimization
  • Lead time
  • Principles of store and warehouse design
  • Different types and uses of warehouse equipment
  • Environmental impact of warehousing and distribution
  • Environmental cost of warehousing and logistics
  • Setting comprehensive inventory goals & objectives
  • Understanding carrying costs and economic order quantity theory
  • Improving Material identification and coding
  • Determining safety stock levels and order points
  • Improving Min/max systems and settings
  • Understanding and using material forecasts
  • Establishing a warehouse scorecard
  • Measuring record accuracy and improving cycle counting systems
  • Increasing the use of warehouse technologies
  • Improving warehouse safety and security
  • Preventing and reducing surplus materials