Business Logistics Management

Xavier Institute of Management
Bhubaneswar, India

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Course Description:

'' Business Logistics is an area that absorbs as much as 60 to 80 percent of firm"s sales value. The business activities of this area may include transportation, inventory maintenance, purchasing, warehousing, material handling, packaging etc. This course is designed to familiarize the students with the concepts of planning, organizing, and controlling the above mentioned activities. There will be special treatment of globalization process in the logistics management. The course will also deal with some very common quantitative models that are used to solve and analyze logistics problems.

Syllabus
INTRODUCTION AND PLANNING Business Logistics Definition Supply Chain Importance of Logistics Logistics Strategy Corporate Strategy Logistics Planning Proper Channel Strategy and Performance Measurement CUSTOMER SERVICE GOALS Logistics Product Nature of Product Product Characteristics Packaging and Pricing Logistics Customer Service Definition Order Cycle Time Modeling Sales-Service Relationship Optimum Service Levels Service Variability TRANSPORT STRATEGY Transport Fundamentals Effective Transportation Systems Service Choices Transport Cost Characteristics and Rates Documentation Transport Decisions Transport Service Selection Vehicle Routing and Scheduling INVENTORY STORAGE AND HANDLING Storage and Handling System Reasons for Storage Storage System Functions Storage Alternatives Material Handling Considerations Costs and Rates Storage and Handling Decisions Planning for Design and Operations Material Handling System Design Order Picking Operations LOCATION STRATEGY Facility Location Decisions Location Problems Single and Multiple Facility Locations Retail and Service Locations Network Planning Process Network Configuration Network Planning Data Network Analysis ORGANIZATION AND CONTROL Logistics Organization Organizational Choices Organizational Orientation and Positioning Inter-functional and Inter-organizational Management Logistics Control Control Process Framework Control in Practice Control Information, Measurement, and Information CASE PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION

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