Who Should Attend:

Logistics Operations and Supply Management Practitioners.
Learning Objectives:

• Define what is transportation and understand the nature of inbound and outbound transportation.
• Know the strategic responsibilities of logistics.
• Provide working knowledge of the intemational commercial terms.
• Understand the criteria for the choice of transportation modes and carriers.
• Have a working knowledge of the various transportation documentations required.
• Be familiar with various types of transport vehicles and their related costs.
• Provide working knowledge of the transport of regulated and hazardous materials.
• Know who to evaluate transportation performance.
• Understand the symptoms of difficulty in logistics management.

Course Outline:

1. What is a Transportation
2. Nature of inbound and outbound transportation
3. International Commercial Terms (INCOTERMS)
4. Criteria for choice to transportation modes and carriers
5. Transportation documentation
6. Scope of inbound logistics
7. 3PL providers
8. Distribution Network Design
9. Types of transport vehicles and handling equipment
10. Transport of regulated and hazardous materials
11. Transport performance measurement
12. Symptoms of difficulty in logistics management