Training on Shipping and Logistics Masterclass

Course Overview

This comprehensive training on shipping and logistics covers a wide array of topics within logistics and supply chain management. It is designed to help professionals and workers enhance their skills in a supportive environment using advanced training techniques. As the logistics industry faces increasing demands, this professional curriculum aims to equip participants with the tools needed to meet these challenges. 

Key Features of the Training

• Shipping Documentation: Gain insights into key shipping documents.
• Handling and Shipment Concepts: Introduction to essential logistics concepts.
• Incoterms: Understand and define international commercial terms.
• Supply Chain Management Drivers: Recognize the key elements driving supply chain management.

Training Objectives

By participating in this Shipping and Logistics masterclass, attendees will:

• Gain new insights into developing shipping and logistics strategies for competitive advantage.
• Understand the impact of shipping and logistics on costs and financial performance.
• Appreciate various approaches and frameworks applicable to different market segments.
• Review the latest thinking on supply chain strategy, planning, and execution.

Who Can Attend?

This course is ideal for:

• Shipping and Logistics Managers and Executives seeking to innovate within their supply chains.
• Senior Supply Chain Managers and Executives looking to enhance their leadership and methodology skills.
• Junior Supply Chain Executives needing to familiarize themselves with current frameworks, tools, and implementation strategies.
• Marketing, customer service, and manufacturing managers and directors aiming for supply chain integration.
• Anyone looking to drive action within the supply chain to increase value and reduce costs.

Course Contents

Module 1: Shipping Documentation 

• Introduction to shipping fundamentals.
• Understanding Bills of Lading: Ocean B/L and Airway Bill (AWB).
• Overview of containership, chartering, and cargo agents.
• Claim management and multimodal transport.

Module 2: Ship-Shore Interface, Electronics Commerce, EDI 

• Basics of handling and shipment.
• Dry-bulk cargo, containers, and dangerous goods notifications.
• Common shipping terminologies and electronic bills of lading.
• Legal aspects of EDI and electronic data messages.

Module 3: Incoterms 

• Introduction to Incoterms 2017.
• Risk management spectrum and carrier liabilities.
• Responsibilities of buyers and sellers.
• Understanding insurance in shipping.

Module 4: Supply Chain Management Drivers 

• Key supply chain concepts and logistics evolution.
• Purchasing, procurement, warehousing, and distribution fundamentals.
• Objectives, layout, and design of warehousing.
• Material handling and inventory accuracy.

Module 5: Inventory Management 

• Inventory provisioning and economic order quantity (EOQ).
• Role of stocks in supply chain and buffer stock management.
• Analysis techniques: ABC, VED, XYZ.
• Understanding demand patterns with normal distribution and standard deviation.