Table of Content
Freight Planning
- P’s and R’s of Fulfillment
- Change Triggers
- Strategic Planning
- Central Place Theory
- Freight Logistics Strategy
- Product Characteristics
- Packaging
- Unit Load Concept
- Reducing Freight Costs
Freight Transportation
- Importance of Transportation
- Modes of Transport
- Transportation Management
- Freight Rate or Transportation Pricing
- Communication and Transport
- Energy Consumption
Surface Transport
- Road Freight Transport
- International Road Freight
- Types of Road Freight Transport
- Vehicle Selection and Acquisition
- Freight Costing
- Freight Routing and Scheduling
- Vehicle Fleets Assessments
- Factors Affecting Vehicle Utilization
- Motor Vehicles Act 1988
- Central Motor Vehicle Rules 1989
- Carriers Act 1865
- Rail Transport
- Railways Act 1989
- Intermodal Transport
Containerisation
- Classification of Containers
- Arrangement of Containers
- Container Sizes
- Packaging of Cargo in Container
- Precaution and Safety of Cargo on Container
- Movement of Containers
- Container Handling
- Safety Measures of Container ships
- Container Leasing
- Markings on Containers
- Recent Trends – Coltainer and Cargosprinter
Inland Container Depots (ICD) and Container Freight Stations (CFS)
- Role and Functions of ICD
- Prerequisite for Successful ICD/CFS
- Procedure for Approval and Implementation
- Export and Import Clearance at ICD
- CONCOR – Container Corporation of India
Sea Transport
- Ocean Shipping Methods
- Formalities of Shipping
- Stowage
- Types of Ships
- Shipping Intermediaries
- Important Sea Routes
- Major Ports of India
- Shipping Corporation of India
- Ocean Freight Rates
- Ocean Freight Documentation
- International Chamber of Shipping
- Indian National Ship Owners’ Association
- The Indian Carriage of Goods by Sea Act
- The Major Port Trusts Act, 1963
Airline Transport
- Infrastructure for Air Transportation
- International Air Transport
- Benefits of Airfreight
- Classifications of Airports
- Types of Aircraft
- Unit Load Devices
- Air Freight Documentation
- Air Cargo Industry
- Role of the TIACA (The International Air Cargo Association)
- Methods of Air Freight Calculations
- The Carriage by Air Act, 1972
International Freight Transport
- What is International Logistics
- International Freight Mode Selection
- International Distribution Channel
- International Trade Operations
- International Commercial Terms (Incoterm)
- Transportation of Hazardous Materials
- Documentation for Export
- Reverse Supply Chain
Integrated Logistics
- What is Integrated Logistics
- Need for Integrated Logistics
- Direct Product Profitability
- Distribution Requirements Planning
- Just-in-time (JIT)
Future Developments
- Future Freight Transportation
- Freight Transport and Big Data
- Freight Transport Automation
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