Transportation and distribution management

OBJECTIVES:

• To explore the fundamental concepts of transportation and distribution management.
• To gain knowledge in network planning, routing and scheduling and application of IT in transportation and distribution management.

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UNIT I - DISTRIBUTION

Role of Distribution in Supply chain, Distribution channels – Functions, resources, Operations in Distribution, Designing Distribution network models – its features – advantages and disadvantages.

UNIT II - PLANNING

Distribution network planning, Distribution network decisions, Distribution requirement planning (DRP).

UNIT III - TRANSPORTATION

Role of Transportation in Logistics and Business, Principle and Participants-Scope and relationshipwith other business functions, Modes of Transportation – Mode and Carrier selection, Routing and scheduling.

UNIT IV - TRANSPORTATION

International transportation, Carrier, Freight and Fleet management, Transportation management systems-Administration, Rate negotiation, Trends in Transportation.

UNIT V - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT)

Usage of IT applications -E commerce – ITMS, Communication systems-Automatic vehicle location systems, Geographic information Systems.