RETAIL (SF): INVENTORY CONTROL L3 (APPLY DIGITAL STRATEGY IN INVENTORY CONTROL)

RETAIL (SF): INVENTORY CONTROL L3 (APPLY DIGITAL STRATEGY IN INVENTORY CONTROL)

Funded

Course Duration

16.0 hr(s)

Mode of Assessment

Written Assessment, Case Study

Who Should Attend

  • Trainees who have interest in setting up their own business, especially in the retail industry.
  • Current retail business owners who want to enhance their knowledge and skills.
  • Mid-life PMEs who want to own their own business and have a career change.

Course Overview

The Retail sector is a competitive and fast-paced environment. Stock control is an important process for inventory control procedures for receipt, verification and dispatch of merchandise received from suppliers, Maintaining the correct inventory level to meet customer orders, and ensuring that out-of-stock situations do not occur are challenges. Thus, effective inventory control is one of the key elements underpinning the success of any Retail outlet.

Course Schedule

Next available schedule

Course Objectives

Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:

  • Align stock plans in accordance with organisational stock control procedures and systems
  • Monitor movement of stocks according to stock plans
  • Keep accurate documentation on stock inventories
  • Analyse sales figures and stock counts to adjust stock reorder levels accurately
  • Recommend ways to improve stock turnover rate and reduce stock-on-hand
  • Implement contingency plans with regards to stock delivery times

Pre-requisites

The admission requirements are:

  • Read, write, and speak English at WPL Level 4
  • Manipulate numbers at WPN Level 4

Course Outline

Learning Unit 1: Supervise and Monitor Stock Receipt
Supervise and monitor stock receipt as per stock plans in alignment with organisational stock control procedures and systems.

Learning Unit 2: Supervise and Monitor Stock Movements
Supervise and monitor stock movements by ensuring stock control processes and documentation.

Learning Unit 3: Review and improve stock levels
Review stock levels by evaluating sales and stock counts and improve stock levels by recommendations and contingency planning.

Certificate Obtained and Conferred by

  • Upon meeting the attendance and assessment(s) criteria, participants will be awarded with a digital Statement of Attainment (SOA), accredited by SkillsFuture Singapore. SOA will be reflected as [RET-INM-3001-1.1].
  • Certificate of completion from NTUC LearningHub

Upon meeting at least 75% attendance and passing the assessment(s), participants will receive a Certificate of Completion from NTUC LearningHub.

Additional Details

Medium of Instruction: English
Trainer to trainee ratio: 1:20
Mode of Delivery: Physical class

Price

Course Fee and Government Subsidies

  

Individual Sponsored 

Company Sponsored 

 

Non-SME 

SME 

Before GST 

After GST 

Before GST 

After GST

Before GST 

After GST

Full Course Fee
(For Foreigners and those not eligible for subsidies)

$450.00

$490.50

$450.00

$490.50

$450.00

$490.50

For Singapore Citizens aged 39 years and below
and
For all Singapore Permanent Residents
(The minimum age for individual sponsored trainees is 21 years)

$135.00

$147.15

$135.00

$147.15

$45.00

$57.15

For Singapore Citizens aged 40 years and above

$45.00

$57.15

$45.00

$57.15

$45.00

$57.15

 

Funding Eligibility Criteria

Individual Sponsored Trainee

Company Sponsored Trainee

  • Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
  • From 1 October 2023, attendance-taking for SkillsFuture Singapore's (SSG) funded courses must be done digitally via the Singpass App. This applies to both physical and synchronous e-learning courses.​
  • Trainee must pass all prescribed tests / assessments and attain 100% competency.
  • NTUC LearningHub reserves the right to claw back the funded amount from trainee if he/she did not meet the eligibility criteria.
  • Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents
  • From 1 October 2023, attendance-taking for SkillsFuture Singapore's (SSG) funded courses must be done digitally via the Singpass App. This applies to both physical and synchronous e-learning courses.​
  • Trainee must pass all prescribed tests / assessments and attain 100% competency.
  • NTUC LearningHub reserves the right to claw back the funded amount from the employer if trainee did not meet the eligibility criteria.

 

Remarks

Individual Sponsored Trainee

Company Sponsored Trainee

SkillsFuture Credit: 

  • Eligible Singapore Citizens can use their SkillsFuture Credit to offset course fee payable after funding.

UTAP: 

  • This course is eligible for Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP).
  • NTUC members can enjoy up to 50% funding (capped at $250 per year) under UTAP.

PSEA: 

  • To check for Post-Secondary Education Account (PSEA) eligibility for this course, visit:​
    SkillsFuture (TGS-2022016237), for Face-to-Face class​.
  • Scroll down to “Keyword Tags” to verify for PSEA eligibility.
  • If there isPSEA” under keyword tags, the course is eligible for PSEA.  
  • And if there is noPSEA” under keyword tags, the course is ineligible for PSEA. 
  • Not all courses are eligible for PSEA funding.

Absentee Payroll (AP) Funding: 

  • $4.50 per hour, capped at $100,000 per enterprise per calendar year.
  • AP funding will be computed based on the actual number of training hours attended by the trainee.
  • Note: Courses / Modules under Professional Conversion Programme (PCP) will not be eligible for AP funding claim.

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Prices are subject to other LHUB miscellaneous fees.

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