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Riverside Community College District
Integrated Course Outline of Record

Business 88


COURSE DESCRIPTION
88 Warehouse/Distribution Skills Units: 3.00
 
Prerequisite: None.
 
A study of the vocational level concepts in warehouse and distribution processes and techniques; including distribution planning and terminology, transportation methods, OSHA safety rules and regulations, shipping, marking and receiving procedures, and inventory control. 54 hours lecture.
 
SHORT DESCRIPTION FOR CLASS SCHEDULE
Introduction to the field of warehousing and distribution within the retail, wholesale, and manufacturing industries.
 
ADVISORY ENTRY SKILLS
None.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
 Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to:

1.   Describe where warehousing and distribution fit within the
      organization

2.   Identify the primary components of warehousing and their 
      relationships

3.   Identify material handling equipment options

4.   Identify mobile material handling equipment

5.   Identify the basic functional attributes of packaging

6.   Describe how the flow of material is controlled

7.   Describe the order processing paper flow within the distribution
      process

8.   Describe the concepts of warehouse management systems

9.   Outline health and safety requirements

10.  Identify tasks within the traffic department

11.  Describe the order cycle and order management process
 
COURSE CONTENT
  TOPICS
 

1.   Warehousing Overview
2.   Principles of Warehouse Design
3.   Materials Handling Equipment
4.   Automated Materials Handling Equipment
5.   Packaging and Unitization
6.   Control Procedures – Receiving, Stocking, and Inventory
7.   Distribution and Order Processing
8.   Warehouse Management and Evaluation
9.   Industrial Health and Safety
10.  Transportation
11.  Logistics Information Systems 
 
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
 Methods of instruction used to achieve student learning outcomes may include, but are not limited to:

  • Present lectures to describe the essential of distribution skills and concepts, and their application in the warehouse environment.
  • Develop and assign exercises to reinforce concepts and encourage students to apply them to current tasks requiring warehouse and distribution skills.
  • Create and have students participate in cooperative learning tasks such as small group exercises to identify issues that relate to course content and utilize the content to offer opinions, solutions and analysis with respect to those issues.
  • Present case studies to provide students with the opportunity to utilize concepts learned in class to analyze warehouse and distribution situations.
  • Develop and assign tasks/activities such as presentations in order to assess students mastery of warehouse and distribution skills.  
  • Instruction may take the form of online, hybrid, TV or other distance learning format.
  • Facilitate discussions regarding relevant issues in warehousing and distribution to encourage students to make appropriate connections to the course content.  
 
METHODS OF EVALUATION
 Students will be evaluated for progress in and/or mastery of learning outcomes by methods of evaluation which may include, but are not limited to:

  • Individual, small group, or paired activities designed to allow students to demonstrate understanding of basic warehouse and distribution skills
  • Quizzes and in-class participation demonstrating proficiency in the subject matter.
  • Quizzes designed to assess the student learning outcomes.
  • Written reports designed to assess the application of warehouse and distribution skills.
  • Individual web projects designed to assess student proficiency in achieving the student learning outcomes.
  • Examination designed to provide objective evidence that students have attained the level of understanding expected in the areas detailed in the Student Learning Outcomes.
  • Individual or class projects designed to evaluate the application of warehouse and distribution skills to simulations of real warehouse situations.  
ASSIGNMENTS

Required Reading Assignments


Required Writing Assignments


Other Outside-of-Class Assignments
 
COURSE MATERIALS
 All materials used in this course will be periodically reviewed to ensure that they are appropriate for college level instruction. Possible texts include:

  • OMERIC. Fundamentals of Material Handling and Warehousing – Instructors Guide. American Production and Inventory Control Society, 2000.
  • American Management Association. How to Plan and Manage Warehouse Operations. -, 0.
  • Farese, Lois, Kimbrell, Grady and Woloszyk. Marketing Essentials. Glenco McGraw-Hill, 2002.
  • Michael Stroh. A Practical Guide to Transportation and Logistics. Dumont, NJ: The Logistics Network, Inc., 2001.
  • Ken Ackerman. Warehousing Fundamentals. Columbus, OH: Ackerman Publications, 2001.
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