Special Note

The February 17-20 offering of the course is comprised of (4) days of onsite classroom instruction taking place on the Georgia Tech Savannah campus. Lew Roberts will be the instructor for this offering.

The August 12-15 offering of the course is comprised of (4) days of virtual instruction taking place online via Zoom. Dima Nazzal will be the instructor for this offering.

Please note that this course qualifies for our Georgia AI Manufacturing (GA-AIM) program discount for Georgia residents. Please see below Course Fees section for details.

If you are interested in hosting an onsite session of this course at your organization, please email us at info@scl.gatech.edu.

Visit the course listing within the Georgia Tech Professional Education website.

Course Description

The requirement for high levels of customer service, increasing numbers of Stock Keeping Units (SKUs), and high labor costs have dramatically increased the complexity of warehouse operations. It is no longer sufficient to manage a warehouse based on a simple, arbitrary “ABC” classification of SKUs, which treats all those in a category as if they were identical. Instead, each decision, such as where to store or where to pick product, must be based on careful engineering and economic analysis.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for supply chain and logistics consultants, supply chain engineers and analysts, facility engineers, and warehouse supervisors and team leaders.

How You Will Benefit

  • Exchange space for time (or vice versa) to better meet business objectives.
  • Understand when to use dedicated storage and when to use shared storage.
  • Identify the most convenient locations in a warehouse based on an economic model.
  • Identify patterns in customer orders and exploit these to speed fulfillment.
  • Evaluate warehouse performance.
  • Optimally size and stock a forward pick area.
  • Understand the best practices in order-picking.

What You Will Learn

  • Warehouse performance
  • Modern warehouse trade-offs
  • Size and stocking optimization
  • Order-picking best practices
  • Automation

Course Prerequisite and Related Certificate Information

No prerequisites. This course is part of the Distribution Operations Analysis & Design (DOAD) Certificate.

Course Times

February 2025 Offering - Onsite/In-Person course

On the first day, please arrive at least 30 minutes before the class start time.

  • February 17, 2025 - 11am to 5pm ET
  • February 18, 2025 - 11am to 5pm ET
  • February 19, 2025 - 11am to 5pm ET
  • February 20, 2025 - 11am to 5pm ET
August 2025 Offering - Online/Virtual course

On the first day, please log in at least 15 minutes before the class start time.

  • August 12, 2025 - 11am to 5pm ET
  • ​August 13, 2025 - 11am to 5pm ET
  • August 14, 2025 - 11am to 5pm ET
  • August 15, 2025 - 11am to 5pm ET

Course Materials

Provided

  • Online access to course material in electronic format 
  • Access to an e-copy of the book “Warehouse & Distribution Science” as well as access to an accompanying suite of software to aid in warehouse analytics and optimization.

Required

  • Participants must bring a laptop with high speed internet wireless connectivity

Course Instructor(s)

  • Lew Roberts

Course CEUs

This course provides for 2.10 continuing education units (CEUs).

Course Fee

Standard Fee: $1,900.00

Register and pay for all required courses in a Supply Chain & Logistics certificate and receive a discount of 17% off per course. Enter coupon code SCL-Cert at checkout.

All residents of the State of Georgia are eligible for a 50% discount while funds last thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration. Use of this discount is subject to verification of GA residency. Enter coupon code SCL-GAAIM at checkout.

If you have 3 or more participants from your organization, please contact us for volume discounts. Review coupon instructions for more information.

Discounts cannot be combined. For questions, call 404-894-2343 or send us an email prior to registration.

Cancellations

If SCL/GTPE cancels a course, registrants will be notified via email or phone and will receive a full refund. SCL/GTPE is not responsible for nonrefundable plane tickets, hotel and rental car deposits, nor any other expenses incurred.

Every effort is made to present the course as advertised herein; however, circumstances may make it necessary to alter the schedule and/or presenters.