Unit 1 Introduction to Logistics
��Text 1 The definitions of logistics
��Text 2 Elements of logistics
��Case: Efficient logistics vital for success
Unit 2 Transportation
��Text 1 Modes of transportation
��Text 2 Transport cost characteristics
��Case: Chippy potato chip company
Unit 3 Inventory and Warehouse Management
��Text 1 Inventory classifications
��Text 2 Types of warehouses
��Case: Jackson's warehouse
Unit 4 Packaging
��Text 1 Purpose of packaging
��Text 2 Packaging materials
��Case 1 : Dow Corning's packaging strategy
��Case 2: Cisco's packaging case
Unit 5 Handling
��Text 1 Handling systems
��Text 2 Up and away with overhead cranes
��Case: Automated case handling on the rise
Unit 6 Information Management
��Text 1 About EDI
��Text 2 REID technologies
��Case 1 : EDI in E-commerce
��Case 2 : Application of RFID
Unit 7 Logistics Customer Service
��Text 1 The introduction to logistics customer service
��Text 2 Delivering customer value
��Case: Managing events and promotions in the retail sector
Unit 8 The Third Party Logistics
��Text 1 The introduction to TPL
��Text 2 Matching supply chain and TPL strategies
��Case 1 : Choosing the TPL provider
��Case 2 : Cosfresh "Third Party Logistics"
Unit 9 Supply Chain Management
��Text 1 Introduction to supply chain management
��Text 2 Issues in supply chain management
��Case: Toy supply chain
Unit 10 Logistics Documents
��Text 1 introduction to documents
��Text 2 Major types of logistics documents
��Case: Sample of an irrevocable documentary credit
Unit 11 Global Logistics
��Text 1 Strategic options and management of global logistics
��Text 2 The challenges of global logistics
��Case: Nike -- the logistics challenge of global business
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