2.1.2.2 Purchase of Transport Services – german workcode

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Training for Professionals

Purchase of Transport Services

Optimization of Transport Costs – Reduce Freight Costs

This training is suitable for transport and freight manager, shipping manager, employees from logistics, which are responsible for the purchase of transport services and freight, as well as awarded or handle transport requests.

Due to the highly fragmented global supply chains, transport logistics is now a crucial factor for the success of a company. Only the one, who buys freight services tailored and cost effective, can take advantage of the growing global division of labor for himself and his clients. The supply side is strong in movement: freight forwarders and carriers develop special segments, shipping companies become multimodal operators, and new organization concepts (3 PL, 4 PL, and LLP) conquer the market.

Your Benefit

Targeted cost and performance management is essential in the transport sector. This seminar gives you detailed information about the main types of benefits in the transport management, offers and market conditions at the land transport, air and sea, as well as new approaches and modern procedures of contracting and pricing. You will learn how to effectively and efficiently purchase transport services and exploit potential savings without sacrificing service.

Then you are able:

to take into account the characteristics of modes of transport in the transport management,
to identify for each mode suitable forwarding partner or carrier,
to create freight tenders professionally,
to support the selection process methodically,
optimize your transport costs systematically,
to prepare freight negotiations and agree on viable service level agreements.

Content
1. Market for Transport Logistics
- developments and trends
- services of 3 PL, 4 PL and LLP
- special features in the international transport: impacts of letters of credit, incoterms
- strategic importance of the transport procurement,
- potential for cost reduction; organizational forms (make or buy, outsourcing)
1. Economic Assumptions
- order processing
- delivery service as crucial competitive factor
- customers-, sales-, shipment structure
1. Tendering of Transport, Shipping and Freight Services
2. Road Transport
- tools in road transport
- distinction: complete loads, cargo and CEP-services
- prices, spreadsheet forms and types of fares
- documents in road transport
- liability, insurance and claims handling
- booking and processing of transport operation
1. Container Shipping and Sea Freight
- provider of maritime transport services (shipping company, agent, freight forwarding, etc.)
- ship and container types in the maritime transport
- documents and stakeholders of the sea freight contract
- carrier’s statutory liability and claims handling
- sea freight and transport fees
- booking and processing of sea freight operation
1. Air Freight
- air freight forwarding and airlines
- air cargo equipment, aircraft and container types
- documents and stakeholders of the air transport contract
- carrier’s statutory liability and claims handling
- air freight and transport fees
- booking and processing of air cargo operation
1. Professional Transport Management
- optimization options
- process optimization: integrated transportation management in the supply chain; yard-management
- use of IT-systems: route planning; tracking & tracing; EDI; optimization of billing by credit procedures/cargo examination
1. Logistics and Freight Cost Controlling

Learning / Teaching Methods

Lecture, Case Studies, Exercise/Group Work, Practical Tips, Tools, Discussion, Exchange of Experience

Certification

Certificate of Participation

Venue

Germany, China

Duration

5 days

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