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
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
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)
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
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.
• 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
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