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Training Kit—Cycle Counting & Inventory Accuracy

Train as many people as necessary with your own instructor.


Typical Slides

 

 

Guide To Cycle Counting-Training Edition

The Strategos Guide To

Cycle Counting & Inventory Accuracy

Cycle Counting De-Mystified

Free Training Edition of Mr. Lee's latest book is included with this program. This is a book for practitioners who want inventory accuracy quickly and simply.  

Cycle Counting & Inventory Accuracy

Train Your Own Cycle Counters

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60+ PowerPoint Slides

Accurate inventory records are attainable. This seminar not only explains how, it guides your team through the design of an inventory accuracy program for your facility. Your team will decide how to:

  • Reduce the cost and frustration of Physical Inventories. 
  • Setup and operate Cycle Counting to eventually replace physical inventories. 
  • Find and eliminate the Root Causes of record errors.
  • Reduce transaction volume to cut cost and reduce new errors.

Guide To Cycle Counting-Training Edition

Student Materials

The program is based on Mr. Lee's book, The Strategos Guide To Cycle Counting and Inventory Record Accuracy and on our in-house training program.

This Downloadable Training Kit Includes...

  • All training materials in electronic format and ready for printing*. 

    trainer guide

    Instructor Guide

  • eBook Cycle Counting & Inventory Accuracy, Training Edition pdf file with printing capability
    for any number of participants.
  • PowerPoint presentation with full editing allowed for customization.
  • Instructor manual with training tips and instructions.
  • Detailed instructions for presenting each slide and handling common questions and difficulties.
  • Complete instructions for conducting exercises. *

*You will also need a few inexpensive, common grocery-store items for the major exercise.

Program Summary Who Should Attend?
Format

Training Kit

  • Cycle Counters

  • Warehouse Supervisors

  • Production Supervisors

  • Warehouse Employees

Time

1/2-Day

Cost

$250

Participants

5-50

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Participants Will Learn...

  • Reducing the pain with Cycle Counting.

  • What Cycle Counting is and why it works.

  • The fundamental statistical principles that underlie cycle counting.

  • To determine procedures for cycle counting and fixing errors.

  • How to determine the number of cycle counts per day and how many people to assign.

  • Why finding the cause of an error is more important than the error.

  • How to find and fix the Root Causes of errors.

  • About easy and Accurate Physical Inventories.

  • How to prepare for a physical inventory.

  • Using count teams for speed and accuracy.

  • To measure progress and adjust their program as required.

Program Outline

1.0 The Importance of Inventory Accuracy

What Is Inventory Accuracy?

Financials & Inventory Accuracy

Operational Efficiency

Customer Service

2.0 Measuring Inventory Record Accuracy

Calculating Inventory Accuracy

ABC Classification & Count Tolerances

ABC Exercise

Setting an IRA Target

Achieving High Inventory Accuracy

Cycle Counting & Physical Inventory

3.0 The Physical Inventory (Audit)

Accuracy with Physical Inventory

A Typical Physical Inventory Plan

Tags and Count Sheets

Nine Ways to Increase Efficiency

Counting Teams

4.0 Cycle Counting

What Is Cycle Counting?

Statistical Sampling

Confidence Belt Exercise

How Many Counts Per Week?

Estimating Workload

Increasing Efficiency & Effectiveness

Reconciliation

5.0 Error Reduction & Process Improvement

Cause & Effect Chart

Inaccurate Record Causes

Pareto Charts

Six Steps To Effective Process Charts

Process Improvement Exercise

6.0 Into Action

Using A Control Group

Planning The Program

7.0 Summary & Close

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