International Freight Documentation (4): Transportation and Journey Documentation
This collection of documents concerns the transportation element of the goods’ journey. The following documents are required: Carnet This is...
International Freight Documentation (3): Sales
The inclusion of a comprehensive export sales contract reduces time and cost. Such a document will clearly describe the nature...
International Freight Documentation (2): Legislative
Customs regulations protect domestic industry by the levying of import duties on incoming products. Charges are usually imposed on the...
International Freight Documentation (1): Overview
The documentation used in international trade and freight is extensive and complicated. Inexperienced firms can find the process troublesome and...
Rail Freight Procurement Categories
Track – labour (skilled, technical, engineering, and unskilled), signalling equipment, electrification management and support (possible but unlikely, since most of...
Rail Freight Supply and Procurement: Management and Logistical Implications
DB Schenker Rail provides locomotives and single wagon or block train carriage of freight. The division performs marshalling/train composition operations....
Distribution Channels (2)
Last-mile delivery from distributor storage As with the former, this design requires the distributor to hold manufacturer’s stock but differs...
Distribution Channels (1)
What is a “distribution channel”? A basic definition of “distribution channel”: the intermediary that links participants in the supply chain,...
Agents and Distributors (4)
For at least two decades, the supply chain management literature has argued that integrated, collaborative supplier-manufacturer relationships generate efficiency and...
