Logistics and Supply Chain Management

This program is designed to help you understand about logistics management and processes involved in supply chain management. It covers vital areas from warehouse and inventory management with a focus on concepts and ideas related to export/import and letter of credits. 

Complete Outline: 

1. Logistics

• Logistics versus distribution management
• Integrated logistics management
• Logistics considerations
• Element of logistics
• Logistics cost concept
• Logistics goals and objectives

2. Supply chain management

• Old supply chain versus new
• Five major supply chain driver
• Basic rules of a successful supply chain
• Supply chain example
• System of supply chain
• Supply chain process

3. Warehouse management

• Purpose objectives of warehousing
• Types of warehousing at seaports
• Warehousing at airport
• System of sock locative
• Economic order quaintly
• Types of warehousing
• Functions of warehousing

4. Inventory management

• Inventory basics
• Inventory coasting
• Classify inventory
• Determining inventory quantities
• Inventory account system
• Stock levels
• Valuation of inventory
• Practical examples
• Material management
• Concept
• Material handling
• Material storing
• Practical examples

5. Letter of credit (L/C)

• Documentation
• Concept
• Types of L/C and its forms
• How L/C is issue
• How L/C works?
• Banking procedures regarding L/C
• Why L/C’s fail
• Information in the L/C
• Sample L/C application
• L/C amendment procedure
• Swift code and its interpretation
• List of document required for negotiation
• Practical examples

6. Export-import

• Management
• How to start an export business?
• Indent
• Importance of “ packaging” on export-import
• Management
• How to develop export plan for each market?
• Incoterms 2000
• Jebai ali custom (JACC) Bill Clearance and
• Documentation
• UAE – Prohibited and restricted goods
• Types of duties under the custom laws
• Custom clearance procedure
• Types of bill of lading (B/L)
• Container sizes as per IOS Standard
• Shipping and freight forwarding
• Freight forwards or consolidators
• Freight adjustments
• CFS and its importance
• Modes of CY and CFS container services
• Stowage of container
• Export-import in land locked countries
• Customs export declaration
• Charter shipping
• Trade terms in charter shipping
• Marking and identification of containers
• Case studies and types of logistical companies

Certification: 

• KHDA stamped certificate will be provided to students upon completion. (additional cost apply)