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Lesson 1 What is Logistics
1.1 Basic Concepts
1.2 Five Major Areas
Lesson 2 Maritime Transportation
2.1 The International Transport System
2.2 The Nature of Transport Demand
2.3 Introduction of Bulk Cargo and General Cargo
Lesson 3 EC,EB and ED
3.1 What iS Electronic Commerce
3.2 What iS E-business
3.3 Difference between E-commerce and E-business
3.4 What iS EDI
Lesson 4 Truck Transportation
4.1 General Service Characteristics
4.2 Equipment
4.3 Types of Vehicles
Lesson 5 InternationaI Trade
5.1 Merchandise Exports and Imports
5.2 Service Exports and Imports
5.3 Licensing
5.4 Trading Companies
5.5 Joint Ventures
5.6 Investment
5.7 Visible and Invisible Trade
Lesson 6 Air Transportation
6.1 Elements of Air Transport
6.2 Characteristics of Air Transport
6.3 Air Cargo Containers
6.4 Documents of Carriage
Lesson 7 Rai l Transportation
7.1 Commodities Hauled on the Rail
7.2 Feature of Rail Transport
7.3 Innovations in Rail Transport
Lesson 8 Warehousing Operations
8.1 What’S Warehousing
8.2 Public,Private and Contract Warehousing
8.3 Operations
Lesson 9 The Role of Freight Forwarders
9.1 IntrOductlOn
9.2 What a Freight Forwarder Can Do for You
9.3 Freight Forwarders and Customs Agents and Brokers
9.4 Arrange Your Own Transport or Use a Freight Transporter
9.5 Finding and Choosing a Freight Forwarder
9.6 The Costs of Using a Freight Forwarder
9.7 Freight Trade Associations
Lesson 10 Third Party Logistics
10.1 Overview
10.2 Outsouring
10.3 Supply Chain Essentials and Nonessentials
10.4 Going beyond the 3PLModel
10.5 Advantages & Disadvantages of 3PL
Lesson 11 E-logistics
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Forward E-logistics
11.3 Reverse E-logistics
Lesson 12 Operations in Container Terminals
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Containers,Storage Blocks,and Yard Cranes
12.3 Quay Cranes
12.4 The Yard Operations
12.5 Key Performance Measures of a Container Terminal
Lesson 13 Operations in Shipping Liners
13.1 Two Basic Shipping Services
13.2 General Procedures of Ocean Transport by Liners
13.3 Shipping and Forwarding Agents
13.4 Freight Rates
13.5 Bill of Lading
Lesson 14 Inventory Management
14.1 Why Keep Inventory
14.2 Controlling Inventory
14.3 Balancing Inventory and Costs
Lesson 15 Supply Chain Performance Assessment
15.1 Supply Chain’S Performance Categories
15.2 Customer Service Metrics
15.3 Internal Efficiency Metrics
15.4 Demand Flexibility Metrics
15.5 Product Development Metrics
Lesson 16 What Is SC and SCM
16.1 What iS SC
16.2 Some Related Concepts
16.3 What is SCM
Lesson 17 Supply Chain Development Strategy
17.1 ntroduction
17.2 Developing a Supply Chain Strategy
17.3 Executing Supply Chain Strategy
17.4 Avoiding Potential Pitfalls
17.5 Conclusion
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