Warehousing and Distribution Operations

Program Description:

This seminar addresses finite points of organizational logistics issues to streamline overall supply chain operations. The competitiveness of a firm often hinges on the efficiency of distribution operations and the Warehousing and Distribution Operations seminar specifically addresses best-practice methods of distribution management, facility design (including “green” tech and automation), and reverse logistics. The seminar is designed to cultivate key areas that need improvement in an effort to elevate effective standards of practice at your firm, including identifying key processes that you should be considering and why. The faculty instructor for this seminar is a seasoned supply chain professional with more than 30 years of experience working with manufacturers, wholesale distributors, and third-party service providers in the automotive, paper, pharmaceutical, and consumer packaged goods industries, among others. He is an early adopter of lean supply chain methodologies and has based his numerous successes on the salient philosophy that waste can and must be eliminated to increase the bottom line. He is now the managing director of the University of San Diego’s Supply Chain Management Institute where he is building a bridge between academia and private interests for collaboration of progressive supply chain management studies. This customized TNI seminar will empower participants to streamline supply chain operations. Immediately upon returning to work, participants will be able to employ best-practice methods of distribution management, facility design and reverse logistics, and other skills and tactics learned at the seminar.