EXPORT LOGISTICS

Paper Code: 
INB 332
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
12.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to Export Logistics system:

Concept & Importance
Integrated Logistics Services
Important concepts of International Logistics-Cost trade off, Total cost concept, Total system concept.
Information & Order Processing
Components of Logistics Information System
Acknowledgment, Scrutiny and Confirmation of Export Order

12.00
Unit II: 
Warehousing and Inventory Management:

Concept, Need, Types and Functions of Warehousing
Warehousing in India (in Brief)
Types of Inventory in International Logistics
Inventory Management Techniques
Packing, Packaging, Labelling and Marking of Cargo
Packaging vs Packing of Goods
Need for Packaging and Packing
Objectives of Labelling and Marking
Commonly used Labels and Markings

12.00
Unit III: 
Inland Transport:

Types of Inland Transport:
Road, Rail ,Water, Air Transport (Advantages, Disadvantages, Brief on India’s infrastructure on Inland Transport)
Multimodal Transpotarion:
Concept, Advantages, Multimodal Transport Document (CTD)

12.00
Unit IV: 
International Transport System:

Air Transport:
Factors affecting choice of Airfreight Transport
Procedure Involved in Airfreighting Cargo
Challenges for Indian Air Cargo Sector
Ocean Transport:
Factors determining Ocean Routes
Types of Shipping Vessels

12.00
Unit V: 
Liner Shipping: Concept Liner Freighting Practices:

Types of rates, Pricing Principles and Surcharges.
Factors affecting Liner Freight Rates
Tramp Shipping:
Concept, Features, Types of Chartering- Voyage, Time, Bareboat Charter
Tramp Chartering Practices:
Charter party Agreements and their main clauses- Voyage and Time.

Essential Readings: 

• Ram Singh, “International Trade Logistics”, Oxford University Press
• V.V. Sople, “Logistics Management”, Pearson
• Cherunilam Francis “International Business”, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi

References: 

SUGGESTED READINGS:
• N.P. Subba Rao : International Business, Himalaya Publishing House, New Delhi
• IGNOU International Logistics Module

E-RESOURCES:
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Christopher, Prof Martin, Pearson Education Limited (Thinktank)
http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/iisuniv-ebooks/home.action

JOURNALS:
• Global Business Review , http:// sagepub.com
• Foreign Trade Review, http:// sagepub.com

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