Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Proposal for a New Course

Course Number & Title: BM665H – International Logistics Management
L-T-P-C: 4-0-0-4
Course Content / Syllabus:

Introduction to Logistics; Basics of Supply Chain Management (SCM); Freight Movement: Terms of Trade, Terms of Payment; Role of Freight Forwarders; International Business Law on Transportation; Transportation Management System (TMS); Multimodal Transportation; Sea Transport & Containerization; Airfreight; Global Network Design; Vendor Development; Outsourcing; 3 / 4 / 5 PL and SRM; Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment; Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP); Warehouse Management System; Radio Frequency Identification (RFID); Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS); Green Logistics; Reverse logistics and Sustainability; Performance Evaluation SCOR; Time Cost Mapping; Logistics Performance Index (LPI).

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