Warehousing is defined as the job responsible for keeping assets in appropriate quantities until they are requested in stores or warehouses close to the point of use, provided that these stores have the appropriate storage method for the stored materials. Inventory management has witnessed an important development represented in the emergence of a number of modern trends in it, whether they take the form of concepts or methods that are useful in upgrading it.
Medical warehouses are one of the most important resources that different hospitals are concerned with, because they represent frozen resources or funds in the form of stocks, which vary to include raw materials, medical supplies, medicines, machines and equipment. The various hospitals form an integrated department whose task is to manage stores and warehouses. Its main task is to protect those stocks in an appropriate manner from exposure to damage or theft. The techniques of managing stores and warehouses include planning and organizing stores, determining the specifications required for stores and choosing the method to be applied to treat stocks, which requires extreme care in accordance with standards of excellence and quality. .

Who should attend? 

• Hospital managers, managers of medical , technical and administrative departments.
• Health workers in public and private hospitals.
  Managers of medical warehouses.
• Medical store keepers.
• Candidates for a position related to medical warehouses.

 How attendees will benefit? 

After completion of the programme, delegates will be able to know: 

• Developing participants' skills with modern foundations in managing and organizing medical warehouses in health facilities.
• The importance of managing medical warehouses.
• The method of planning, organizing, evaluating and controlling medical warehouses in light of the modern applications of medical organizations.
• Administrative and leadership skills and preparation of plans and studies necessary for the management of medical warehouses.
• Skills of organizing stores and warehouses.
• Identifying the best methods of selecting and organizing storage places and their equipment.
• Identifying the best logistics management skills according to international quality standards.
• Distinguished administrative practice to improve warehouses and methods of controlling them.
• Learn about the latest warehouse rules and procedures.
• Organizational construction and functional relationships of warehouse management.
• Exchange and transfer between warehouses.

• The modern organizational structure of the warehousing function.
• Advanced storage systems.
• Ingredients for the success of warehousing management.
• Storage locations and their specifications.
• Modern warehouse equipment.
• Considerations to be taken into account in the selection of storage places.
• Security and safety requirements in warehouses (before storage, during storage, after storage).
• Standards for appointing warehouse custodians and supervisors.
• Receipt and examination.
• Keeping and storing materials.
• Release the materials.
• Return items to warehouses, damaged and lost.
• Control and inspection of warehouses.
• The concept and importance of inventory control and its causes.
• Prioritize attention to inventory items.
• Mechanisms for receiving and checking.
• Divisions of receiving materials (partial, total, temporary, final).
• Steps and procedures for receiving materials.
• Steps and procedures for receiving devices and equipment.
• Inspection and quality control for storage.
• Procedures for examining and rejecting the order.
• The concept of material handling
  Objectives of a good handling system.
• Factors affecting the selection of handling means.
• Means and equipment for handling and classification.
• Methods and methods of dispensing materials, devices and equipment (oral, written, periodic).
• Determining the level of re-ordering and a map of storage levels.
• Methods for determining the appropriate quantity of stock.