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Professional Stage - Specialist Options
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AIM
To
develop an understanding of the methods, techniques and factors concerned with
the
Introduction
Objectives: optimisation of cost and service performance.
Inbound, outbound and internal logistics.
Importance of an integrated approach; order fulfilment and stock replenishment.
Role of information technology (IT) in managing and controlling goods and
resources.
Concept of total costs and trade-offs, and the application of these to the
distribution function.
Customer interface, service and added value.
Moving Goods
Assessing and selecting modes of transport.
Service capabilities of each mode - road, rail, water, air and pipeline.
Intermodal transportation.
Unitization and consolidation of loads; containerisation and palletisation;
packaging.
Transportation of hazardous goods.
Managing the Distribution Function
Comparison of in-house versus contracted-out operations. Factors affecting
choice, management of service providers, third party distribution.
Fleet management: purchase or lease. Types of vehicles and operating
characteristics. Legal requirements.
Security. Detection, control and remedies for loss and damage.
Managing returns.
Container and pallet management: hire/purchase, collection and control.
Distribution Planning
Strategic: factors affecting choice of distribution network and warehouse
location. Regional and local structures. Transhipping. Direct deliveries.
Operational: Route planning, load planning, vehicle tracking, booking of
deliveries, proof of delivery (POD) and post-delivery invoicing.
Tools: Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), data capture (bar coding, optical character recognition (OCR), radio transmission, etc), simulation.
Controlling Inventory in the Distribution Channels
Distribution resource planning (DRP), logistics resource planning (LRP).
Interface to other planning and control systems. Materials requirements planning
(MRP) and the master schedule, forecasting, electronic point of sale (EPOS),
SOP.
Deciding stocking points, what is stocked where, and how much..• Influence of
supply demand parameters, service levels, volumetrics, volatility,
infrastructure, etc.
Allocation rules for goods in short supply.
Replenishing local inventories, and satisfying end customers’ orders:
different rules, modes and infrastructure.
Added value: importance of differentiation to competitors; factors affecting place and time of added value operations; techniques for managing features and options.
Internal Distribution
Design of internal flow, goods in, goods out, cross-docking.
Equipment types; cost and performance considerations.
Distribution of Goods Outside the European Union
Shipping documentation and financial requirements; letters of credit, carnets.
Export controls; high technology goods, listed countries.
Duty considerations, trading blocs, anti-dumping, free ports, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
Distribution of Goods Inside the European Union
Intrastat and VAT implications for distribution.
EC Legislation.
Overview of the European distribution network; population densities, main distribution routes and their times, distribution centres.
Environmental Considerations
UK and EC legislation.
Collection, recycling and disposal of goods and packaging. Future trends.
Energy saving and emission controls; cost and environmental factors.
Congestion: impact on distribution routes and their times.
Measuring and Controlling Performance
Benchmarking.
Direct product profitability (DPP).
Quality, service and cost standards.
IT and data capture.
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