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Rapid Implementation Short Course

If you are planning to use bar code in your warehouse, this is for you. It does not matter if you have already purchased a system, or if you already own one, or if you are in a buy - build decision mode. You need to know what standards are involved, where the real cost savings are, and what are the critical design issues.

The Rapid Implementation Planning Short Course is an intensive training program that has been specifically designed to help companies that are under a company or customer mandate get a system up and running fast. If you are not on the fast track, it will cut your design time and accelerate your installation schedule.

This course provides a complete understanding of the steps involved in designing and implementing a bar code based warehouse management system that will be integrated into your business system. It is provided with "The Bar Code Implementation Guide" and a set of video tapes.

The training course is designed to do more than simply educate. Through the use of interactive teaching methods and a number of well designed forms and checklists, participants develop a comprehensive implementation plan. And, they actually begin work on it.

The course is the result of constant refinements since it was first presented at N.C. State University in 1989. Since then, it has been presented to hundreds of companies and has become the course of study offered through the continuing education courses at many other fine institutions including Clemson and Texas Tech.

The First Day

A management level understanding of technology and standards
Bar code and RF terminals
Enterprise computing and related system architecture
Software interaction at various levels
Supply Chain integration and the relationship of EDI and the Internet to bar code, computer and business systems.
Understanding how to get the information you need
The nine elements leading to adopting bar code use
How internal and external standards fit together to meet your information needs
Building and documenting your system blueprint
*Output document* -- Based on what they have learned, the class will develop, and present a concise document explaining:
Goals
Relationship of material management/movement to other facets of the operation
Cost impact and marketable benefits
Necessary equipment and potential problems

The Second Day

System design issues
Interfaces -- human, material handling, computer, and business systems
Equipment and supplier evaluation
Developing an incremental implementation and system test plan
Setting your performance baseline, productivity goals, and knowledge requirements
Quantifying the cost of not using bar code
Identifying the bar code related cost and payback areas
Developing your own company bar code policy
Industry standards for general trade items
Internal needs -- bin identification, employee badges, special make items, and others.

 

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