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B.Com LSM Warehouse Management

This document outlines a syllabus for a Warehouse Management course taken during the third semester of a B.Com LSM program. The course objectives are to provide basic knowledge about warehouse and inventory management, and provide insight into warehouse technology. Learning outcomes include identifying business strategies, understanding logistics operations, and familiarizing students with inventory management in warehouses. The syllabus is divided into 6 units that cover topics like supply chain management, the role of warehousing, strategic aspects, warehouse operations, warehouse information systems, and health and safety. Reference books are also provided.

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B.Com LSM Warehouse Management

This document outlines a syllabus for a Warehouse Management course taken during the third semester of a B.Com LSM program. The course objectives are to provide basic knowledge about warehouse and inventory management, and provide insight into warehouse technology. Learning outcomes include identifying business strategies, understanding logistics operations, and familiarizing students with inventory management in warehouses. The syllabus is divided into 6 units that cover topics like supply chain management, the role of warehousing, strategic aspects, warehouse operations, warehouse information systems, and health and safety. Reference books are also provided.

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JYOTI NIVAS COLLEGE AUTONOMOUS

SYLLABUS FOR 2018 BATCH AND THEREAFTER


Programme: B.Com LSM Semester: III

WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT
Course Code: 18BL303 No. of Hours: 60
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
 To provide basic knowledge about Warehouse and Inventory Management
 To provide an insight on technology used in warehousing.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:
 Identifying business strategies and its competitive advantage
 Knowledge about logistics operations and its optimum utilisation
 Familiarising students with inventory management in the warehouse.

UNIT 1: 5 HRS
Supply Chain and Warehousing
Introduction, Objectives, Supply Chain Impact on Stores and Warehousing, Retail Logistics,
Retail transportation, Issues in retail logistics.
UNIT 2: 20 HRS
Role of Warehousing in Retail: Introduction, Objectives, Retailing and Warehousing,
Challenges in retail warehousing, Warehousing in fashion retail, Setting up a warehouse,
Retail product tracking in warehouse using RFID, Types of warehouses, Benefits of
warehousing, Role of government in warehousing, Characteristics of an ideal warehouse,
Storing products in a warehouse, Warehousing — the way forward, Warehousing and Supply
Chain.
UNIT 3: 10 HRS
Strategic Aspects of Warehousing
Introduction, Objectives, Different Types of Customers in Warehousing, Importance of
Warehouse in a Value Chain, Warehouse Location, Modern Warehouse Operations, World-
class Warehousing
UNIT 4: 6 HRS
Warehouse and its Operations
Introduction, Objectives, Warehouse Structure, Warehouse Operations, Receiving inventory,
Picking inventory, Locating inventory, Organising inventory, Despatching inventory,
Equipment Used for a Warehouse.

UNIT 5: 15 HRS
Warehouse information
Introduction, Objectives, Importance of Warehouse Information, Decision Making Using
Warehouse Information, ICT Applications in a Warehouse
Technology Aids in Retail warehouse Management
Introduction, Objectives, Bar Code Scanners, Wireless LAN, Mobile Computers, Radio
Frequency Identification (RFID)

UNIT 6: 4HRS
Health and Safety Perspective
Introduction, Objectives, Health and Safety at Work, Health and Safety Risks at the
Warehouse, Management of Health and Safety
SKILL DEVELOPMENT:
 To know the key staffs who keep local, regional, national and global supply chain
systems.
 Studying the impacts of decisions on people and processes that helps warehouse
managers.
 To deal with data, prices and products, and also have the soft skills to manage and
motivate employees.

BOOKS FOR REFERENCE:


1. Warehouse management– Student Study Guide – by Gwynne Richard
2. Essentials of inventory management by Max muller—publishers-HarperCollins
3. Warehouse distribution & operations handbook by DAVID E MULCAHY
4. Inventory strategy by Edward H Frazelle

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