Course Outline
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This is a 1 day course providing general information on principles and best practice in effective stores and inventory management.
It needs to be acknowledged up front that individual councils will have different procedures and processes for stores and inventory management. This course is not designed to drill down to procedural and process level but rather to give an overview of the policies and principles that would apply to most organisations.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the costs of carrying inventory
- Proper store keeping procedures eg concept of storing materials
- Storing items and maintenance of service items, dangerous goods and finished goods
- How to run a stocktake
- Manage excess and/or obsolete stock.
Short Course details
| Short Course Topics | |
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| Local Government Framework | |
| Inventory Management | |
| Definition and principles | |
| Categories and types | |
| Demand | |
| Inventory management strategies and systems | |
| Valuing inventory | |
| Stores Management | |
| Location and design | |
| Safety | |
| Security and integrity of stores | |
| Materials handling | |
| Receiving and outbound inventory | |
| Third party warehousing | |
| Performance assessment and improvement | |
| Delivery | |
| Our instructor-led training course provides participants with an interactive session including group discussions, case study reviews and Question and Answer sessions. Our trainers can customise or tailor the course to your specifications or needs and deliver in-house providing you with a cost-effective and efficient training session. | |
| Duration & location | |
| Our standard structure for this course is a one day and can be delivered in any metropolitan or regional area of Queensland. Customisation is available based on individual council requirements. | |
| Fees & Inclusions | |
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Our training course will include:
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Upcoming Dates:
10 April 2024
Virtual Classroom or inhouse
29 August 2024
Virtual Classroom or inhouse
16 October 2024
Virtual Classroom or inhouse