COURSES

	Management concept and nature of Business Organisation
	Development and changes in management principles
	Logistics interact with other division of management
	Management process - Planning, organizing, controlling, staffing, reviewing, decision making, practical aspects
	Communication, motivation and leadership.
	Business Letters (Practice for Students) - Project Writing - formats - Importance
	Laws - Labour laws - Genesis, Contract Labour regulation, Industrial dispute Act, Factories Act,     Minimum Wages Act, Contact Act - Logistics related contacts, Sales Tax Act. VAT, Consumer     Protection Act.

	Transportation System, Forms and Service Characteristics
	Technological development in Transportation - in India
	Transport and countries economy, transportation energy and the environment

Rail Transport:

Physical elements, traffic characteristics network, type of goods train and wagon, containerization, Inter-modal relation

Commercial Aspects

Pricing procedure of booking, legal forms, insurance, claims settlement, documentation, legal aspects, handling equipment - Case study

Road Transport:

Types, Road Traffic Characteristics, Roads in India and High way capacity, carrier classifications, Rules-handling equipment, operational / Practical issues.

Commercial Aspects

Pricing procedure of booking, legal forms, insurance, claims settlement, legal aspects, International Relation - Case study

	Air Transport
	Physical elements of Air Transport Management
	Air Traffic Characteristics, cost and price, Air craft capability, Type of cargo, Handling Equipment, Interline agreement restrictions, International Conventions, Cargo Booking procedure, documentation and claim settlement - International / Domestics,
	Values added benefits and strategic focus
	Intermodal relation - operational / Practical issues

Water Transport:

	Characteristics - Deep Sea and coastal shipping - types of ships - liner - trampship - container and break bulk shipping
	Commercial aspects of water transport Management
	CFS, LCDs, advantages of container yard, container handling procedures, charges - Legal Aspects of water transport management, inland water transport system, documentation, settlement of claims, laws, handling equipment - intermodal relation

	Definition - Logistics role in the economy and in the firm
	Concept - Components and requirements
	Organization of Logistics functions
	Integrating Logistics functions in overall organization structure
	Measurement of performance of Logistics function and functionaries
	Measurement of improvement of Logistics services - quality and performance
	Supply Management and Logistics - Integrated Logistics Planning - Evolution of World Class Management and implication for supply Management
	Logistics Management problems
	Case study

Role of Business, Process re-engineering, ERP and I.T.

Communication Function

	Management information System
	Electronic Data Interchange
	Designing the information system - System Modules - distribution and transportation

Customer Order Cycle

Selected computer application in Logistics
Integrated Management Information

	Modeling
	Artificial intelligence
	Export System
	ERP / MRP

	Role of Supply Chain Management in Business and trade and relation with Logistics Management
	Supply Chain and Network - 4 phases of Supply Management - Generation of requirement - Sourcing and pricing - B2B E-commerce - supply chain management
	Demand forecasting in Supply Chain Management
	Production planning and distribution interrelationship between production dept and supply chain management
	Flow in the channel of distribution, channel design and channel design consideration
	Channel performance measurements
	Transportation Logistics and marketing interface
	Network design in a supply chain
	Financial factors influencing supply chain management

	Principles of Materials Management - Concept, its importance goods and services Logistics
	Materials requirement planning forecasting, budgeting sourcing - methods, procedures and controlling
	Purchasing services, 4 formats of statement of work (SOW) Performance (SOW), Functional (SOW), Design (SOW), Level of Effort (SOW)
	Principle of storage and store accounting, distribution of materials, contract administration
	Warehousing - nature and importance of warehousing - warehousing operations, location analysis - warehouse layout and design. Warehouse productivity measurement - online
	Packaging - importance, advantages objective and principles, types of packaging - materials used
	Materials handling - basic elements and components of materials handling - selection of MHE - objective, criteria and cost analysis
	Lay out

	Business Logistics - Concept - Customers Satisfaction - Customers Value Creation
	Relationship Management - Cost and relationship - Ethical and professional standards - Legal Consideration
	Marketing and Logistics mix - Marketing of Logistics Services - client identification - Market Survey, Customer Care Service
	Improving Inventory Management - ABC analysis, Forecasting Inventory Model order, processing systems, re-order level TQM/JIT
	Third Party alliance - the reverse logistics - integrating strategic planning for logistics functions
	Activity based costing & logistics operation Research and Total Cost Analysis
	Financial Control of Logistics Performance

	International Trade - Definition - Salient Features - need
	International Distribution Channel strategies - exporting, licensing, Joint ventures, ownership, importing
	Govt. policy - Export - Import -Fiscal systems
	Management of the export shipment - export distribution, custom house - international freight forwarder - trading company
	Export / import documentation and procedures
	Multimodal transport system - modal characteristics, containerization, multimodalism in India, problems, legal implements
	Quality Standard - ISO 9000 Series - Importance
	Role of ECGC - Exim Bank - WTO - ICC - CCC - UNCTAD - UNIDO

Own Time Work