• The trends in logistics fields
The basic elements of logistics: channels, network, pros and cons
• The basic logistics functions
• The general terms: logistics channels, logistics network
• Pros & cons of distribution channels
The inventory management: procurement, sale, inventory control
• Procurement activities: inventory, ABC-XYZ, EOQ, reorder level, lead demand, safety stock & cycle stock
• Sales forecasting: short-term and long-term sales forecasting, sales forecast based on seasonality and market fluctuations
• Inventory control: service level, inventory turnover
Storage and warehouse facilities
• The top types of warehouses, the A-D classification of warehouses
• Warehouse layout and operations
• Storage and handling equipment
• Warehouse management system (WMS)
Transportation management
• Transportation modes and their competition
• Core freight KPIs of the transportation management system: calculation freight costs, LDM, the volume of the truck, the weight of the entire order
• Incoterms 2020
Not to the readers