Syllabus

Logistics Management: Modern Logistics Concepts, Factors Contributing to the Development of Logistics, Logistics Service Providers, Logistics and Financial Management, Measuring and Managing Logistics Performance. Manufacturing Logistics: Virtual Manufacturing, Distribution Channels, Lot Streaming, Cross Docking, Hub and Spoke Models. Strategic Focus and International Logistics: Globalization and International Trade Environment, International Logistics Management, the Global Logistics Operator. Supply Chain Security: RFID, Financing Global Supply Chain. Supply Chain Designs: Vulnerability, Risk, Robustness and Resilience, Sustainable Logistics and SC Systems, Service Supply Chains, Emerging Supply Chain Designs, Asset Management in the Supply Chains. Smart practices in SCM: 21st Century Supply Chains, Supply Chain Relationships, Supply Chain Strategies, Managing the Supply Pipeline for Global Trade Flows, Future Growth and Constraints of Global Supply Chain.

To make students aware of the SCM practices.

This course will equip students with a proper blend of Logistics and Supply elements thereby confining their wide range of applications in the changing dynamic environment.

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