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Achieve New Levels of Performance in Warehousing and Distribution with our Outstanding Logistics Training Program

 
 
The Very Best Workshop on Improving Distribution Center /
Warehouse Management Available Today

In a world of offshoring, increasingly demanding customer requirements, high-velocity order fulfillment and continuous logistics challenges, distribution excellence has never been more important to both supply chain and corporate success.


In this outstanding two-day workshop, part of Supply Chain Digest’s Professional Education Series, you’ll gain the knowledge, insight and tools you need to take your company’s distribution performance to world class levels. With a proven curriculum, led by one of the logistics industry’s more knowledgeable and experienced practitioners - Ken Miesemer, former Director of Distribution and International Logististics at Hershey Foods. Ken Miesemer is supported by SCDigest Editor Dan Gilmore, who will present on supply chain execution software systems.

Best Practices in Distribution Center Design, Operations and Management will improve your own capabilities and your company’s supply chain effectiveness.

It's not just theory - you’ll leave our workshop with practical action plans that can be implemented right away.

The Fall Schedule is complete - look for the Spring Schedule Soon!

To ensure you receive information, email us at info@scdigest.com


Here’s what attendees said about our Spring Series Workshop:

“One of the best seminars I have ever attended. Very practical – not just theory. Helped me enormously.”

Logistics Manager – SC Johnson


“The class was extremely detailed and helpful. Learned some excellent concepts to be utilized at my company and DC. Great seminar!”

DC Manager, Lifetime Fitness

Workshop seats are truly limited in order to make the experience personal and interactive. When we hit our capacity, we can no longer accept additional registrations, so reserve your place today.


How You Will Benefit from the Best Practices in Distribution Center Design, Operations and Management Workshop

This course isn’t just outstanding education. It’s a dynamic, interactive experience that will challenge your thinking, and enable you to interact with your professional peers.  The course and materials include a number of tools and templates for use in distribution analysis and decision-making that are worth the cost of the course by themselves – and which you can put to work right away in your operations.

By the end of this two-day training course, you will be able to:

Deploy best practices for improving labor productivity, operations efficiency, and inventory accuracy

Apply proven techniques to improve distribution center strategy and execution

Master the  technology tools available to distribution managers 
Discover how to achieve the operational flexibility needed for today’s ever-changing supply chain
Enhance the efficiency of your inbound and outbound logistics
Develop distribution performance and financial measurement systems that drive continuous improvement and alignment with broader supply chain and corporate goals
Implement advanced techniques for inventory and distribution management
Make greatly improved outsourcing decisions – and achieve better results from 3PL partnerships


Course Outline


Day 1

Module 1 - Case Study – Starting-Up a World Class DC (A Fortune 500 Company)

Rebuilding an entire distribution network

Network and inventory optimization

Effective Project Management
Building and material handling equipment design
Selecting a Third Party Logistics Provider (3PL)
Selecting and Implementing a Warehouse Management System (WMS)
Employee training and labor management
Metrics for warehouse performance – financial, productivity, and quality

Module 2 - Optimizing DC Facility Layout and Operations

The principles of efficient storage and handling systems design

Factors to consider when selecting design and storage systems

Throughput vs. storage capacity
Dock designs to match the business profile
Configuring the storage systems
Testing the design through automation
How to maximize storage density

Module 3 - Planning For Efficient Materials Flow

Zoning models - matching the layout to the inventory profile

Determining the ideal location for products in your warehouse

Picking, packing and replenishment tools
Interleaved warehouse operations
Slotting models - adjusting criteria as products, locations and demand change
Maintaining peak productivity of your pick line
First In First Out (FIFO), First Ended First Out (FEFO), and the use of rotation windows
Cross Docking – streamlining the flow between the supplier and manufacturer
Organizing the facility to minimize bottlenecks and product damage

Module 4 - Inventory Management and Control

Inbound Advanced Shipment Notifications (ASN’s) and Bar Code/RFID receiving

Cycle counting vs. physical inventories

Where the Count-back process excels
Controlling internal losses
Load Integrity Programs
Tools to control overs, shorts, and damages
Distribution alliance - a partnership that wins

Day 1 Review and Discussion

 


Day 2

Module 5- DC Performance Measurement - Planning For Efficient Use of Labor And Equipment Resources

Metrics - tracking and managing all warehouse activities

Measuring and comparing KPI’s – internal, supplier and customer KPI’s

Labor Management Systems - workforce performance management
Engineered standards development and implementation
Fostering a culture of continuous development and improvement
Workforce incentive plans

Module 6 - Selecting and implementing Enabling Technologies (WMS, LMS, Slotting, RF, Voice, etc.)

Overview of available technology options

What the vendors won’t tell you about how to select the solution that’s right for you

The selection team and process
Requirements definition
Building, then trimming, the candidate list
How do you really differentiate the solutions?
Implementation, project management and best practices
Ongoing refinement and enhancement

Module 7 - Selecting and partnering with a 3rd Party Logistics Provider (3PL)

Viewing the 3PL as a partner not a supplier

Selection is more than a Request For Proposal (RFP) - how to build knowledge before making your decision

Bid specifications redefined - what is really important?
The three phases from start-up to steady state
Setting performance standards
Rate-based vs. cost plus commercial agreements
Process manuals - defining the expectations

Module 8 - Cost Plus And Gain Sharing – An Alternative To Rate-Based Agreements

Why cost-plus vs. rate-based agreements?

The concept of risk drives 3PL margin expectations - how do we control this?

Budgeting, actual costs, and the variance explanation process
Fixed management fee, base fee, and incentive fee structures
Implementing activity-based costing and cost-plus
Using a cost-plus type process in your own operations
Gain sharing - the correct incentive for 3PL performance

Supplementary Course Materials Review

Day 2 Review and Discussion


Additional Information

Registration Fees
Current Course Schedule/On-Line Registration
Course Brochure
Instructors
Program Providers


Registration Fees

$2995.00 per person
Registration fee includes: two-day course, workshop binder with slides and templates, continental breakfast and lunch each day, free parking.
The lead instructor, Ken Miesemer, will also provide post-workshop support by answering questions from attendees on specific distribution problems.
Discounts for multiple registrants from one company - contact us for details

The preferred method of registration is to use our secure, on-line process (powered by Verisign), which requires payment by any major credit card (see class schedule below).

You will first be taken to the registration page for your chosen session/venue, and then to the Verisign/Payflow site to complete the transaction (including receipt).

If you want to register on-line, but require other payment methods (such as paying by check or an invoice), register in the same way, but follow the directions on the registration confirmation page for other fee arrangements, or email us at info@scdigest.com.

To download a Registration Form and submit by mail or fax, go here: Downloadable Form


Schedule and On-Line Registration

Spring Schedule will be announced soon!

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About Your Instructors

Lead Instructor Ken Miesemer, CPIM CIRM, is currently a Sr. Consultant at the St. Onge Company with a focus on Supply Chain improvement projects. Ken has worked with many multinational clients and benchmarking partners to solve distribution issues.

He had previously been with The Hershey Company for 15 years with the most recent title of Director, Distribution and International Logistics, overseeing approximately 4 million square feet of distribution center operations in the mainland U.S., Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada, and Hershey International Operations. Ken’s career provided experiences in Materials Management, Systems Implementations (MRP/ERP, Supply Chain Planning and Execution Systems), Program Management, Distribution Operations, and International Logistics. He had the opportunity to define, consolidate and then manage several national distribution networks.  At Hershey Foods, Ken had been involved with several large projects including the start up of the new 1.2 million square foot Eastern Distribution Center III and the standardization of processes across the national network. Hershey opened a new 1.1 million square foot Distribution Center in the St. Louis area in 2004.

Ken is an active speaker at the Warehouse Education and Research Council (WERC), CSCMP, and APICS, and authored the book, Start-Up of a World Class DC. He currently serves on the Board of Directors as President of WERC, an association of distribution professionals.

Ken Miesemer

Best Practices in Distribution Center Design, Operations and Management Workshop Leader


Dan Gilmore, Editor of Supply Chain Digest, is a world class expert on supply chain execution systems. He will lead a section of the Workshop on SCE software.

Dan Gilmore
Editor
Supply Chain Digest


Distribution Best Practices Workshop Program Providers


 

Supply Chain Digest™ is the industry’s premier interactive knowledge source, providing timely, relevant, in-context information. Reaching tens of thousands of supply chain and logistics decision-makers each week, our flagship publications - Supply Chain Digest and SCDigest On-Target - and website deliver news, opinions, information, education, and training to help end users improve supply chain processes and find technology solutions.

www.scdigest.com

St. Onge Company was founded in 1983 as an independent consulting engineering company. Over the past 20 years, we have grown into a global company with over 75 consultants, engineers and project managers. We are headquartered in the rolling foothills of York, Pennsylvania, midway between Baltimore and Harrisburg.

In recent years, we have developed offices in Europe, China, and the Middle East to better serve our international clients wherever they may need our assistance around the world. 

www.stonge.com

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Who Should Attend

VP, Director or Manager of Distribution

VP, Director or Manager of Logistics

Distribution Center or Warehouse Manager
Inventory Manager
Engineering Manager
Anyone interested in improving distribution processes and systems

Contact Information

Email:

info@scdigest.com

Phone:

937-350-7915

 
 
Schedule/Registrations
 

You'll find the schedule and on-line registration here.

Or, download Registration Form to mail or fax

 
 
 
 
Fees
 
$2995.00 per person
Discounts for 2 or more members of one company
See Fee Section below for more details
 
 
 
 
 
 

“A key personal objective as conference leader will be to ensure that each attendee is able to implement improvement projects immediately upon return to their operations."

Ken Miesemer
Workshop Leader

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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