llmi.ukinfo@llmi.uk
Masterclass Inventory Management
Course overview
Why Attend
Effective inventory management is critical for balancing customer service, operational efficiency, and cost control. Poor inventory practices can lead to shortages, excess stock, obsolete items, and unnecessary working capital costs. This course provides participants with advanced tools and practical techniques to optimize inventory levels, improve forecasting accuracy, strengthen stock control systems, and measure inventory performance across the value chain.
Course Methodology
This course uses an interactive and practical approach through presentations, case studies, forecasting exercises, inventory analysis workshops, group discussions, practical calculations, and real workplace examples.
Course Objectives
- Understand the strategic role of inventory in the value chain
- Apply inventory classification and optimization techniques
- Improve demand planning and forecasting accuracy
- Strengthen inventory recording and control systems
- Use modern technologies for stock visibility
- Reduce obsolete and excess inventory
- Measure inventory performance effectively
- Build practical improvement plans for inventory operations
Target Audience
- Inventory Managers
- Warehouse Managers
- Supply Chain Professionals
- Logistics Supervisors
- Procurement Staff
- Operations Managers
- Anyone involved in stock control and inventory planning
Target Competencies
- Inventory Management
- Demand Planning
- Forecasting
- Stock Control
- Data Analysis
- Performance Measurement
- Process Improvement
- Supply Chain Coordination
Course outline
Day 1: Inventory in the Value Chain
- Purpose of inventory in the value chain
- Classification of inventory
- Procedure for eliminating obsolete inventory
- Pareto Law in identifying product classification
- Location of inventory
- Using Economic Order Quantity to manage inventory order levels
Day 2: Demand Planning
- Basic forecasting methods
- Customer segmentation
- Hierarchy of planning
- Aggregate planning
- Maintenance and inventory planning meeting
- Master scheduling
Day 3: Forecasting
- Principles of forecasting
- Effect of lead time on the forecasting process
- Quantitative forecasting
- Qualitative forecasting
- Tracking forecast accuracy
- Determining safety stock
Day 4: Inventory Recording
- Period stock take
- Cycle counting
- Perpetual recording
- Utilizing barcodes to manage inventory and movements
- Use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) for recording inventory movement
- Inventory accounting
Day 5: Performance Measurement
- Stock turnover rate
- Customer service measures
- Cost of operations
- Measuring the effectiveness of your system
- How to use the measurements
- Class exercise on selective inventory management
Dates and fees
| Dates | City | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| 16 - 20 Nov 2026 | Munich, Germany | £4,250 |
| 7 - 11 Dec 2026 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | £2,250 |
| 14 - 18 Dec 2026 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | £4,200 |
| 21 - 25 Dec 2026 | London, United Kingdom | £4,250 |
| 4 - 8 Jan 2027 | London, United Kingdom | £4,200 |
| 1 - 5 Feb 2027 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | £2,250 |
| 1 - 5 Mar 2027 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | £4,250 |
| 5 - 9 Apr 2027 | London, United Kingdom | £4,200 |
| 3 - 7 May 2027 | Barcelona, Spain | £3,850 |
| 7 - 11 Jun 2027 | London, United Kingdom | £4,200 |
| 5 - 9 Jul 2027 | Barcelona, Spain | £3,850 |
| 2 - 6 Aug 2027 | Istanbul, Turkey | £2,850 |
| 6 - 10 Sep 2027 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | £4,250 |
| 4 - 8 Oct 2027 | Istanbul, Turkey | £2,850 |
| 1 - 5 Nov 2027 | Paris, France | £4,500 |
| 6 - 10 Dec 2027 | Barcelona, Spain | £3,850 |