This Warehouse & Logistics Training Course is a complete, ready-to-teach trainer kit for a 12-week program. It takes participants from warehouse fundamentals to KPIs, processes, inventory management, supplier evaluation and international trade, and prepares them for office roles in warehousing, logistics, freight forwarding and distribution.
The kit is built for corporate trainers, training providers, HR and learning teams, and logistics managers who onboard new office staff. Every module can also be used on its own, for example for onboarding sessions or refresher training on warehouse KPIs, inventory counting or Incoterms®.
The course covers:
• Warehouse basics: storage types, central vs. regional warehouses, cross-docking, pallets and containers
• Warehouse KPIs: average stock, inventory turnover, storage time, capital tied up, days of supply, service level, cost per movement, storage interest
• IT systems: WMS and ERP, master and transaction data, productivity and space utilization
• Warehouse processes: goods receipt, storage, picking, packing and shipping, swimlane process mapping
• Inventory counting methods, stock differences, occupational safety and product safety marks
• Organization, agile methods and New Work, business functions, Excel skills
• Customer and supplier evaluation: ABC analysis, RFM analysis, TCO, supplier lists
• International trade: Incoterms®, materials management, risk assessment and risk register
• Reverse logistics, revision, final project and exam, plus a bonus career module
What's included:
• 366-slide editable PowerPoint (12 weeks plus bonus module) with speaker notes, trainer tips and solutions
• Trainer guide with course concept, weekly plan, detailed first-day plan, group dynamics and coaching tips
• Exercise workbook with 30 exercises and sample solutions, plus a participant version to hand out
• Practice test, final exam with answer key and a question bank of 96 questions
• Seven final project briefs with grading rubric and scoring sheet
• Printables (team agreement, worksheets, self-checks, risk register, certificate), cheat sheet and glossary of 50 key terms
• Seven Excel files with tasks and worked solutions (KPI calculator, inventory differences, ABC analyses, export case)
The primary document is the full slide deck. All trainer materials (PDF and Excel) are provided in the secondary ZIP file.
About the author: Maria Hohenauer is a senior process and project manager with more than 25 years of experience, including almost 18 years at REWE International AG in IT merchandise management, project and process management. Since 2019 she has run her own consultancy, HOPE e.U., in Austria. She developed this course and has taught it to a real group of adult learners.
How this course was created: I created this course myself, based on my own professional experience, knowledge and research. AI tools supported me with translation, slide design and formatting. All content was written, checked and approved by me.
Please note: amounts are in USD for illustration, and legal requirements (e.g. inventory, safety, packaging law) differ by country. The license covers use by one trainer or one organization.
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