Lesson 1 What Is Logistics 2
1.1 Basic Concepts 2
1.2 Five Major Areas 3
Lesson 2 Maritime Transportation 14
2.1 The International Transport System 14
2.2 The Nature of Transport Demand 16
2.3 Introduction of Bulk Cargo and General Cargo 17
Lesson 3 EC,EB and EDI 26
3.1 What is Electronic Commerce 26
3.2 What is E-business 27
3.3 Difference between E-commerce and E-business 27
3.4 What is EDI 28
Lesson 4 Truck Transportation 34
4.1 General Service Characteristics 34
4.2 Equipment 35
4.3 Types of Vehicles 36
Lesson 5 International Trade 44
5.1 Merchandise Exports and Imports 44
5.2 Service Exports and Imports 46
5.3 Licensing 47
5.4 Trading Companies 47
5.5 Joint Ventures 47
5.6 Investment 48
5.7 Visible and Invisible Trade 49
Lesson 6 Air Transportation 56
6.1 Elements of Air Transport 56
6.2 Characteristics of Air Transport 57
6.3 Air Cargo Containers 59
6.4 Documents of Carriage 60
Lesson 7 Rail Transportation 68
7.1 Commodities Hauled on the Rail 68
7.2 Feature of Rail Transport 68
7.3 Innovations in Rail Transport 70
Lesson 8 Warehousing Operations 78
8.1 What's Warehousing 78
8.2 Public,Private and Contract Warehousing 80
8.3 Operations 83
Lesson 9 The Role of Freight Forwarders 90
9.1 Introduction 90
9.2 What a Freight Forwarder Can Do for You 90
9.3 Freight Forwarders and Customs Agents and Brokers 91
9.4 Arrange Your Own Transport or Use a Freight Transporter 92
9.5 Finding and Choosing a Freight Forwarder 93
9.6 The Costs of Using a Freight Forwarder 94
9.7 Freight Trade Associations 95
Lesson 10 Third Party Logistics 100
10.1 Overview 100
10.2 Outsouring 101
10.3 Supply Chain Essentials and Nonessentials 102
10.4 Going beyond the 3PL Model 103
10.5 Advantages＆Disadvantages of 3PL 103
Lesson 11 E-logistics 110
11.1 Introduction 110
11.2 Forward E-logistics 111
11.3 Reverse E-logistics 113
Lesson 12 Operations in Container Terminals 120
12.1 Introduction 120
12.2 Containers,Storage Blocks,and Yard Cranes 120
12.3 Quay Cranes 122
12.4 The Yard Operations 123
12.5 Key Performance Measures of a Container Terminal 124
Lesson 13 Operations in Shipping Liners 128
13.1 Two Basic Shipping Services 128
13.2 General Procedures of Ocean Transport by Liners 128
13.3 Shipping and Forwarding Agents 130
13.4 Freight Rates 130
13.5 Bill of Lading 131
Lesson 14 Inventory Management 138
14.1 Why Keep Inventory 138
14.2 Controlling Inventory 140
14.3 Balancing Inventory and Costs 141
Lesson 15 Supply Chain Performance Assessment 148
15.1 Supply Chain's Performance Categories 148
15.2 Customer Service Metrics 149
15.3 Internal Efficiency Metrics 151
15.4 Demand Flexibility Metrics 152
15.5 Product Development Metrics 153
Lesson 16 What Is SC and SCM 158
16.1 What is SC 158
16.2 Some Related Concepts 159
16.3 What is SCM 161
Lesson 17 Supply Chain Development Strategy 168
17.1 Introduction 168
17.2 Developing a Supply Chain Strategy 169
17.3 Executing Supply Chain Strategy 171
17.4 Avoiding Potential Pitfalls 172
17.5 Conclusion 173
参考文献 176