Description
Logistics in the ABMA Professional Diploma in Procurement and Supply Chain Level 4 (ABMAPSCL4) equips learners with the knowledge needed to move, store and deliver goods efficiently across supply chains. The book opens with the foundations of logistics: its scope and importance, the inbound, outbound and reverse logistics functions, and the 7 Rs of getting the right product to the right client at the right price, volume, condition, moment and location. It then develops transportation planning and modal selection across road, rail, air, maritime and pipeline channels, freight forwarding and customs compliance, and warehousing design with facility location decisions. Further chapters cover material handling and cross-docking, distribution channel design, and reverse logistics and returns management. The closing chapter addresses logistics performance measurement and technology, from transportation management systems to automation and green logistics. Its eight chapters follow the unit’s lessons step by step, each with practical exercises, a global scope discussion and current advances in technology, preparing the learner for competent logistics practice.
