Institute of Technology and Science

PGDM (2015 – 2017)

Course Title: Logistics Management [Credit: 03]
Course Faculty: Prof. Alok Singh

Curriculum:

Unit-I: Logistics Management

Logistics Management: Origin and Definition, Types of Logistics, Logistics Management, Ware House
Management, Automation and Outsourcing, Customer Service and Logistics Management – A Perspective,
Concepts in Logistics and Physical Distribution - Distribution and Inventory, Logistics as part of SCM,
Logistics costs, Inbound and outbound logistics, bullwhip effect in logistics.

Unit-II: Vehicle Selection

Types of vehicles, types of operations, load types and characteristics, main types of vehicle body,
Implications of vehicle selection, vehicle acquisition, Reasons for road freight transport vehicle costing,
Main types of costing systems, vehicle standing costs, vehicle running costs, overhead costs, costing the
total transport operation, whole life costing, vehicle cost comparisons, zero-based budget.

Unit-III: Logistics Legislation

Operator licensing, driver licensing, driver’s hours regulations, road transport directive, tachographs, vehicle
dimensions.

Unit-IV: Need for Planning

Fleet management, main types of road freight transport , transport resource requirements, vehicle routing &
scheduling issues, data requirements, computer routing & scheduling, information system applications, GPS,
RFID

Unit-V: Advices
Planning – FTL, LTL, Documentation, Road Receipts / Truck Receipts / Way Bills (RR / LR), Consignment
note CMR (EU & Canada), Booking, Invoicing & Information Flow, Long Haul, Coordination with
terminals – Exceptional Loads (Project cargo).

Recommended Book
Single Text Book Not Available

Reference Books
1. Raghuram G. (I.I.M.A.) - Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Macmillan, 1st Ed.)
2. Agarwal D.K. - A Text Book of Logistics and Supply chain management (Macmillan, 1st Ed.).
3. Dileep R. Sule - Logistics of facility location and allocation (Marcel Dekker)
4. Martin Christopher - Logistics & supply chain management (Prentice Hall Financial Times)
5. John J. Coyle, Edward J. Bardi, C. John Langley - The management of business logistics (West Publishing
Company)
6. Alan Rushton, Phil Croucher, Peter Baker - Logistics and Distribution Management (CILT)

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