COURSE OVERVIEW

 

This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using our state-of-the-art simulators. 

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview on Material Handling, Control & Spare Parts Movements. It covers the importance of material handling systems in the petroleum industry; the types, key components and functions of material handling systems; the principles of material handling including material handling equipment and warehouse management systems (WMS); and the inventory management techniques, material flow and layout planning and spare parts management. 

 

Further, the course will also discuss the proper classification and coding of spare parts; the demand forecasting, procurement strategies and inventory control techniques; the lifecycle management of spare parts covering lifecycle stages, obsolescence management and disposal and recycling practices; the automation in material handling as well as the material handling in hazardous environments; the principles of lean management, lean techniques and measuring performance and improvements; and the technology in material handling covering RFID, barcode systems, IoT applications and data analytics. 

 

During this interactive course, participants will learn the energy efficiency and quality control in material handling; the basic concepts, components and types of control systems in material handing; the automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS), tracking and monitoring systems and warehouse safety and compliance; and the transport and logistics management, spare parts logistics and evaluation of material handling process.