Transportation Planning and Management

Transportation

• The Transportation System
• The method of Cargo Freight (Sea / Air / Surface).
• Cargo Freight through supplier.
• Cargo Freight through company's forwarder.
• Follow up / forwarding / co-ordination / co-operation management
• The discrepancy in the shipped material (damage, short, over, substitution).
• Cargo Insurance.
• The method of right evidence.
• Compensation.
• Safety Procedures.
• The role negotiations play in the transportation management function
• Transportation Modes and Means

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Transportation (Cont.dd)

1. The role of Freight Forwarders - 3rd Party Logistics (3PL) and other intermediaries.
2. The use of routing guides
3. The use of terminals as transfer points for bulk materials
4. The background of the transportation management function
5. The functions of transportation management
6. The new options available for private carriage
7. The purpose of freight consolidation
8. Specialized Transportation
9. Hazardous Materials
10. Over Dimension Cargo (ODC) -The movement of out of gauge / heavy lift equipment in harsh and difficult environments
11. Supply Chain and Logistics in remote environments (climatic, terrain, security)

Distribution Center, Warehouse, and Plant Location

1. Warehousing- Objectives of Warehouse Management
2. Benefits of Warehousing
3. Elements of Warehousing
4. Features of a Good Warehouse
5. Distribution Centers
6. Cross Docking
7. Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI)
8. The screening or focusing concept of plant/warehouse location
9. The major factors that influence location decisions
10. The major factors that influence location decisions
11. The general process of determining the optimum number of facilities
12. The systems to determine the location that minimizes transportation costs
13. Site’s specialized location characteristics
14. Free trade zones

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Inventory Management

• Role of Inventory
• Reasons for Inventory
• General Benefits of Inventory Management
• Categories of Inventory
• Inventory Classification
• Inventory Costs
• Stock Replenishment Systems
• Inventory Model / Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
• The costs of holding inventory
• The costs associated with a stock out
• The various inventory flow patterns the role of scanners in inventory control
• International Logistics
• Reasons for governmental intervention in the area of international trade
• Unique activities of international trade specialists
• Issues involved in international air transportation.
• Activities involved in international ocean transportation.
• Logistics Systems Controls
• The use of accounting techniques for logistics system control
• worker productivity issue
• Problems and solutions involved in a product recall.
• Reducing pilferage, organized theft, and vulnerability to terrorist activity

• The problems and opportunities involved in systems analysis.
• The importance of industry standards to systems analysis
• The steps involved in redesigning a logistics system.
• Techniques for achieving logistics coordination and integration.
• The centralized and decentralized logistics organizations
• Outsourcing logistics activities
• The successful co- ordination, co- operation, integration, and arrangement process.
• Demonstrates knowledge in Rules and Regulation for inland transportation and ensures to follow them.

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