Receiving & Dispatching of Goods

Purpose 

This module provides an understanding of the environment in which goods are received and dispatched. It covers key processes affecting supply chain efficiency.

Key Topics:  

✓ Role players in the supply chain and their impact on efficiency

✓ Flow of stock, cash, and information through the supply chain

✓ The receiving and dispatch clerk’s impact on the supply chain

✓ Internal customers and service levels in receiving and dispatch

✓ Concepts of warehousing and cross-docking

✓ Perpetual inventory principles

Computer Hardware and Peripherals

Purpose 

This course equips learners with the skills to support computer hardware and peripheral devices. Students will gain hands-on experience in diagnosing hardware issues, assembling and disassembling components, and installing computer peripherals.

Key Topics:

✓ Personal Computers and Handheld Devices

✓ Assembling and Disassembling Computers and Peripherals

✓ Installation of Computer Peripherals

Supplier and Stock Management

Purpose 

This short course covers key concepts and principles for managing supplier relationships, supplier performance, and stock performance.

Key Topics:

✓ The role of buying and planning

✓ Industry-specific supply chains

✓ Supply chain management principles

✓ Evaluating supplier performance 

✓ Managing merchandise performance

Product Sourcing and Supplier Selection

Purpose 

This short course focuses on sourcing products and selecting suppliers that meet business needs.

Key Topics:

✓ Criteria for evaluating suppliers

✓ Strategies for identifying required products

✓ Researching and analyzing product and supplier availability

✓ Identifying target markets 

✓ Local vs. overseas suppliers

Cashing Up & Till Balancing Essentials

Purpose 

This short course focuses on the process of cashing up, balancing tills, and managing floats, change, and till variances.

Key Topics: 

✓ Standard cashing-up procedures

✓ Understanding PoS variances

✓ Pickups/Uplifts and their role in cash handling

✓ Methods for controlling and requisitioning change 

How to Record Transactions & Process Payments

Purpose

This short course covers the essential processes for recording transactions and processing payments in a wholesale or retail business.

Key Topics:

✓ Understanding shrinkage and its impact

✓ Industry methods for opening and closing a PoS

✓ Standard transaction recording practices

✓ Accepted methods for processing payments

✓ Handling refunds and exchanges