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WERC Seminars are designed specifically for warehouse managers and supervisors with varying levels of experience.

Not sure which seminar might be right for you?

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All speakers are seasoned warehousing professionals and experts in their field.

For optimal learning, seminars are two or three days long and enrollment is limited.

Some seminars are scheduled back-to-back at the same location making it easier to attend more than one.

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The only green conference bringing innovators, regulators and the supply chain businesses together.

Click here for more information on exhibiting or attending.

June 9 - 10, 2008 - Sacramento, CA

Greening the Supply Chain is a two-and-one-half day innovative business and public policy conference and applied technology exchange which assembles the thought and application leaders in the regulatory, solutions provider and business community together. This event gathers innovators, regulators and industry for a knowledge exchange and incorporates a green technology trade show and solutions summit.

Attendees will take back to their companies a greater understanding of why green = profits and why going green is becoming mission-critical for the supply chain industry.

Key Conference Objectives:

  • Educate government on technology available today

  • Move industry to embrace solutions

  • Stimulate supply chain solutions through innovation

Indianapolis, IN

July 14 - 15, 2008

Maximizing Warehouse Space: The Key to Productivity

Facility layout drives daily decisions about product location, picking paths and methods, flow-through, putaway, receiving and shipping. You can't move columns or dock doors, so what can you do to get the balance of productivity and throughput that will best serve your needs?

Seminar Pricing: Member Rate: $799.00 / Non-Member Rate: $899.00

July 16 - 17, 2008

Lean Warehousing Essentials

Lean is a culture that solves problems and continuously searches for and eliminates waste to improve flow, and increase responsiveness to customer demand—major responsibilities of the warehousing professional. In this session, you’ll begin by learning Lean fundamentals, Lean tools, and how they apply to the warehouse. At the end of the seminar, attendees will walk away with a tactical plan to implement their own Lean improvement initiatives.

Seminar Pricing: Member Rate: $1,195.00 / Non-Member Rate: $1,495.00

Register for both Maximizing Warehouse Space and Lean Warehousing Essentials and SAVE over 15%. Members can register for both seminars for $1,650 and Non-Members for $2,025. 


Houston, TX

September 16 - 18, 2008

Achieving Warehouse Success - Your Comprehensive Guide to Managing an Effective Operation

This intensive and practical three-day seminar will help you understand the most critical concepts in the warehousing/distribution field. Designed to benefit those with basic to intermediate level of experience in distribution, warehousing, and stores, it will provide you with ways to make the most of all three of your basic resources – space, equipment, and labor – and to integrate them for maximum effectiveness.

Seminar Pricing: Member Rate: $975.00 / Non-Member Rate: $1,100.00


Scottsdale, AZ

September 24 - 25, 2008

Benchmark NOW!

Attend this unique two-day session geared toward distribution executives and you’ll walk away with a strategic performance plan for your company based on benchmark comparisons. This fast-paced course teaches the “how” and “what” of benchmarking by providing an opportunity to apply benchmarking. This seminar is custom-designed for solution-driven distribution leaders to gain a better understanding of what leading companies know about driving out costs and empowering employees to reach organizational goals.

Seminar Pricing: Member Rate: $1,195.00 / Non-Member Rate: $1,495.00


Oak Brook, IL

(Chicago)

October 21 - 22, 2008

Maximizing Warehouse Space: The Key to Productivity

Facility layout drives daily decisions about product location, picking paths and methods, flow-through, putaway, receiving and shipping. You can't move columns or dock doors, so what can you do to get the balance of productivity and throughput that will best serve your needs?

Seminar Pricing: Member Rate: $799.00 / Non-Member Rate: $899.00


Nashville, TN

November 13 - 14, 2008

Lean Warehousing Essentials

Lean is a culture that solves problems and continuously searches for and eliminates waste to improve flow, and increase responsiveness to customer demand—major responsibilities of the warehousing professional. In this session, you’ll begin by learning Lean fundamentals, Lean tools, and how they apply to the warehouse. At the end of the seminar, attendees will walk away with a tactical plan to implement their own Lean improvement initiatives.

Seminar Pricing: Member Rate: $1,195.00 / Non-Member Rate: $1,495.00

WERC Seminar Summer/Fall Schedule...

Seminar registration and hotel information will be available online beginning May 1st. 

Sending a team? Special team discount pricing available. Call the WERC office for details. 

Not a member of WERC but your manager is? Become a Protégé Member and register for the seminars of your choice at the member rate. Protégé membership is $150 U.S. and is available to individuals whose manager is a regular WERC member. Existing WERC membership number is required on the application.  Protégé membership is valid for one year and is not renewable at the reduced rate. Click here to download a special application and return it with your seminar registration form for processing and to receive the seminar member rate.  

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7/14/2008   Maximizing Warehouse Space: The Key to Productivity - Indianapolis, IN

Attend this seminar to learn key rules of thumb to maximize the space in your warehouse and improve productivity.

7/16/2008   Lean Warehousing Essentials - Indianapolis, IN

In this session, attendees will learn Lean fundamentals, Lean tools, and how they apply to the warehouse. At the end of the seminar, attendees will walk away with a tactical plan to implement their own Lean improvement initiatives.

9/16/2008   Achieving Warehouse Success: A Guide to Managing an Effective Operation

If you’re in a supervisory or managerial position in a warehouse setting, here’s a perfect opportunity to build or refresh your knowledge. Achieving Warehouse Success will help you understand ways to make the most of all three of your basic resources – space, equipment, and labor.

9/24/2008   Benchmark NOW! - Scottsdale, AZ

Learn how to analyze your company’s performance using two benchmarking sources. You’ll walk away with a strategic performance roadmap for your company based on benchmark comparisons.

10/21/2008   Maximizing Warehouse Space: The Key to Productivity - Oak Brook, IL

Attend this seminar to learn key rules of thumb to maximize the space in your warehouse and improve productivity.

11/13/2008   Lean Warehousing Essentials - Nashville, TN

Lean is a culture that learns by solving problems and continuously searching for and eliminating waste to improve flow and increasing responsiveness to customer demand—major responsibilities of the warehousing professional. In this session, you’ll begin by learning Lean fundamentals, Lean tools, and how they apply to the warehouse. At the end of the seminar, attendees will walk away with a tactical plan to implement their own Lean improvement initiatives.

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