Inventory and Warehouse Management

Inventory and Warehouse Management is a five-day inventory and warehouse course delivered by Mars Training Centre internationally — in London, Dubai, Dammam, Kuala Lumpur, and Casablanca — designed for inventory managers, warehouse and distribution centre heads, and supply chain leaders responsible for the storage and stock-holding layer of the supply chain.

Inventory ties up capital. Warehousing burns operating cost. Together they typically account for a substantial share of the supply chain spend and a disproportionate share of customer service problems. Senior operations leaders are under continuous pressure to free working capital, improve service levels, raise warehouse productivity, and adapt to the demands of e-commerce — all while building resilience into the stock holding model after several years of volatile demand and supply.

Across five focused days, you will work through the disciplines that control inventory and run high-performance warehouses. The week covers the analytical core of inventory management — segmentation, safety stock, replenishment, and forecasting — and the operational core of warehouse management — design, productivity, technology, and people. You leave with a personal action plan grounded in your own inventory profile and warehouse operation.

What You Will Learn

By the end of this programme, you will be able to:

• Segment inventory and apply differentiated stocking policies.
• Calculate safety stock, reorder points, and economic order quantities.
• Diagnose inventory accuracy and apply cycle counting disciplines.
• Design replenishment and inventory-control parameters.
• Apply distribution centre and warehouse layout, slotting, and process design.
• Operate warehouse productivity, KPI, and labour management regimes.
• Apply warehouse management system, automation, and technology decisions.
• Manage demand and supply variability inside the stocking model.
• Build the business case for inventory and warehouse improvement.
• Lead warehouse teams through change and transformation.

How You Will Benefit

You will leave with a structured approach to inventory and warehouse improvement, a working knowledge of the analytical tools that control stock, and a Mars Certificate of Completion.

Your organisation will gain a leader who can release working capital, raise service levels, and lift warehouse productivity using a disciplined methodology.

Who This Programme Is For

This programme is designed for senior inventory and warehouse professionals, including:

• Inventory Managers and Heads of Inventory
• Warehouse Managers and Distribution Centre Managers
• Heads of Warehouse and Distribution Operations
• Supply chain managers with inventory accountability
• Operations directors with stock-holding responsibility
• Materials managers in capital-intensive industries
• Spare-parts and aftermarket inventory leaders
• Senior public-sector materials and stores leads

The seniority floor is manager level and above.