Personal Impact:

• Gain the financial benefits that effective international supply chain management can bring
• Determine how time “secretly” builds up in supply chains and that time is cash
• Be able to understand, recall and apply improvements after the seminar for work based application
• Best in class practices
• Apply best practice
• Understand the role of forwarding agents in international trade
• Understand transport and shipping operations
• Examine operations for cost/service improvements
• Control operations effectively
• Apply models for ongoing improvement programs 

Organizational Improvements:

• To examine financial benefits
• To analyze lead times
• To identify and understand cost / service improvements
• To succeed in improving operations

Day 1

The Supply Chain

• Definitions of logistics and Supply Chain management
• The interrelations and connections of Buying, Making, Moving, and Selling activities
• History and the development
• A view of the future.
• Key Aspects of Supply Chain Management
• The cost/service balance
• Customer service principles
• Lead times throughout the supply chain
• Adding value
• Production options/changes
• Trade off opportunities
• Rules for effective supply chain management
• The Benefits of adopting a Supply Chain approach
• Understanding the sub functional conflicts
• Benefits within and between functions
• Taking a supply chain view of total acquisition costs
• Accepting that competitive advantage comes from the Supply Chain             

Day 2 

International Trade 

• Reasons for International Trade
• Why do people Buy/Sell overseas
• Features of International Trade
• Supply/Demand variables
• International Trade Terms of Sale and Delivery
• Incoterms
• Payments
• Documents
• Insurance
• Logistics viewpoints
• Customs and Excise in International Trade
• Systems and process and operational activity

Day 3 

Legal Documentation Aspects

• Legal aspects and Liabilities
• Agent and principal relationships
• Agent and carrier liabilities
• Terms and conditions of trading
• Contract terms used in International Trade
• The Documentation Chain
• Shipping instructions
• Letters of credit
• Banking procedures
• Movement documents
• Consular
• Invoices
• Packing lists
• Import licenses and controls
• Rent and demurrage charges
• Processing for customs clearance

Day 4 

Freight Logistics

• Freight Transport Operations
• Mode characteristics and key features
• Full load movements to parcels and use of couriers
• Chartering, liner and Shared/Network services
• Freight calculations
• Costing operations
• Best practice
• Models for transport planning
• Service frequency
• Service provider variables

Day 5 

Improvements

• Understand the Freight Market
• Appreciate what influences this market
• Consider customs implications
• Select the Supplier
• Look for Added Value
• Monitor & Review
• A 5 step Model for Supplier and Supply Chain Development
• Should we?
• Benefits and Drawbacks
• Internal Issues
• Key Issues

• Those having some responsibility for buying from overseas and for forwarding/import activities.
• Traffic managers, forwarding managers, shipping managers, logistics/supply chain managers and expeditors.
• Those existing managers/supervisors, who need a “confirmation” of their current operation
• Supply, Buying, Purchase, Logistics, Materials and Supply Chain  Managers
• Those who are looking for business gains and benefits from managing their supply chains more effectively