MMPO-008: International Logistics and Supply Chain Management

  1. “Logistics managers generally ensure that the right products are delivered at the right location, at the right time, and maintain the quality required in the most cost effective manner”. Discuss the key tasks of logistics managers in an organization.
  2. “Customers are more interested in continuity of business than profit per unit”. In light of this statement explain the role of logistics management in customer services.
  3. What is Bill of Lading? Discuss different functions and types of Bill of Lading.
  4. “Warehouses are godowns for keeping and storing goods and providing other related services in order to preserve the goods in a systematic manner so as to maintain their value, quality, and usefulness”. Enumerate the functions of warehouses namely economic functions and operational functions.
  5. Write short notes on the following:
  • Bullwhip effect
  • Enterprise Resource Planning
  • Economic Order Quantity
  • Logistics Audit