Transport logistics compact

Transportation logistics - basics

• Role allocation and cooperation in international supply chains.
• Players in transport logistics: exporter, importer, carrier, forwarding agent, customs agency, etc.
• Legal obligations of the parties involved in the transport and forwarding business.   
• Meaning of freight documents, e.g. CMR consignment note, Bill of Lading, FCR, AWB.

Service provision per mode of transport

• Opportunities and risks when choosing a means of transportation.
• Container transport, road and rail land transport, combined transport.
• Sea and inland waterway transport, special features of air freight.

Organization by logistics service provider

• Hub & Spoke system, CEP services: Application benefits.
• Practice of planning, execution and control.
• Costs and benefits of individual modes of transport.
• Disposition, transfer of risk, liability for care and fault.

Control and optimization by the client (shipper).

• Responsibility for external risks, regulatory monitoring, cost planning.
• Dangerous goods, secure supply chains, simplifications through certifications.
• Documentation for shipping, customs, Intrastat, VAT exemption, letters of credit.

Sustainable transport logistics

• From traditional document exchange to cross-system data flow.
• Design of process chains across company and national borders.
• Influencing delivery processing costs, make or buy, operational outsourcing.
• Prevention of organizational damage, measurement of organizational profit.