Warehouse Management Fundamentals Course

A warehouse is a busy space, between the racks and shelves of inventory and the bustle of the warehouse staff, equipment, vehicles, and handheld devices. With so many activities being carried out simultaneously in such a large space, it can be hard to figure out the practices that would help you manage these operations more effectively. Even if diverse operations are performed in a warehouse, the data generated is synchronous. For a warehouse to function effectively, items data needs to stay consistent through all of the diverse operations being performed. Stock information like SKUs, item counts, item types, and categories, which you note down when the items enter your warehouse, will be carried forward when it's time to ship the items for delivery.

 Classify your inventory: this is one of the most crucial steps that can follow to start organizing your inventory. There are numerous ways that you can classy inventory, it would have to be ABC analysis. ABC analysis is used to classify items based on their sales frequency and storage value. Sales frequency is the average number of days it takes to sell the items, and storage value is the cost of storing the product in the warehouse.