In The Conference on Warehouse Management and Inventory Control, you'll learn...
- Innovative, low-cost or no-cost ways to prevent inventory shrinkage
- Next-level strategies for launching inventory record accuracy to 95% or higher
- The latest “how-to’s” for improving the accuracy of forecasts
- An update on inventory management technology and what’s right for your company
- And much more!
It’s been hammered home a million times: To gain an edge in today’s competitive environment, your warehouse and inventory management system must be lean, mean and super-efficient. As the person responsible for running an effective warehouse and inventory control system, you know there’s nothing easy about making the continual changes required to keep your inventory running smoothly, eliminate outdated practices and squeeze the highest level of productivity out of employees and vendors. This conference will put you at the forefront by examining those issues that are unique to the warehouse environment. You’ll learn fast, easy and cost-effective techniques being used by top warehouse managers across the country to get the most of warehouse space, sharpen forecasts, find optimal stock levels and overcome every inventory management challenge that comes your way. We’ve packed a lot of information into just one day … so feel free to move in and out of these two tracks and 10 dynamic sessions. It’s your conference—don’t miss a thing!
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Gain control over your stock+
- How to maintain the least possible amount of safety stock without sabotaging customer service goals
- Basic stock management techniques that will solve 99% of your problems
- The problems employees have in rotating stock and what you can do to prevent them
- Recognizing stock problems that can all of a sudden turn into cash flow crises
- How to NOT get stuck with excess inventory
Negotiate the most favorable deals with vendors+
- The difference between a vendor and a partner
- The secret to establishing profitable relationships over the long haul
- Negotiating to get the best from vendors—what really works
- The vendor performance score card—how do your vendors measure up?
- How to work vendor relationships hard and take advantage of all that these experts have to offer you
Forecasting—you don’t need a crystal ball to get it right+
- Changing the Stone Age mentality that contributes to inaccurate forecasts—and poor decisions
- Getting a handle on correcting little errors that can cause big problems
- How simply thinking differently about the information you collect can make a big difference
- The realities of forecasts that the best leaders are tuned into
- Surprising factors that contribute to forecasting errors
- The challenge of seasonal demand patterns
When expansion isn’t an option … how to optimize space in your warehouse+
- The building blocks of warehouse efficiency
- How to see your facility through the eyes of an efficiency expert and identify wasteful weak spots
- Simple changes that will produce big wins in space utilization
- What it takes to get the support of higher-ups for your plans and ideas
- The symptoms of a design and layout that isn’t working
Slash employee theft and increase security+
- Hiring the right people to begin with—steps you can take today
- How to cut inventory shrinkage by as much as 75%—exactly what you need to know
- How to stop employees who “borrow” from inventory or take “samples”
- Get a grip on the latest security technology—is it right for you?
- One of the cheapest—and most effective—theft deterrents
- The role “tough love” must play when you catch someone stealing
Make cycle counting work+
- Great ways to encourage counters to do their very best job
- The problem with tracking in-transit inventory
- Can you really eliminate physical inventories with cycle counting?
- 2 keys to fast, accurate cycle counts
- General rules to follow that will reduce paperwork hassles
Preparing for a stress-free physical inventory+
- The first step: Convincing everyone in your company why accurate physical counts are necessary
- 4 things that can be early indicators of problems ahead
- The extra steps great managers take to eliminate chaos later
- The key to a great physical inventory
- Analyzing the typical physical inventory—what goes wrong and why
Sound approaches to conducting easy, fast and accurate physical inventories+
- Do’s and don’ts that will make everyone’s job easier
- Ways to keep employees from feeling overwhelmed and discouraged before they even start
- How to recognize and correct the conditions that lead to bins, aisles and entire products being missed
- How the pros zip through count day—simple tips that’ll get you out of there a lot faster
- 3 best practices the auditors will love you for
Pave the way to higher than ever inventory record accuracy+
- Why inventory records go wrong—identifying and correcting your worst problem areas
- Adopting a 95% accuracy mindset
- A 3-step approach to greater inventory record accuracy
- Key questions to ask yourself before changing anything
- Tracking accuracy
The ultimate challenge: Putting it all together over the long haul+
- Be a champion who fosters a culture of continuous development and improvement
- Benchmarking—the key to maintaining new processes
- The vital importance of detecting and correcting problems as soon as they develop
- Problems that are likely to come up—and how to resolve them
- Supply chain goals to always keep in mind
