Consequent upon liberalization and opening up of world economies, the trading world has integrated very fast. This integration has brought severe competition at the market place. Only such of the firms as have a cutting-edge customer service are able to survive in the buyers

It is in the backdrop of above business realities that the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - a premier training and research organization in the area of international business in the Third World - has designed and evolved a Certificate Program on International Trade Logistics Management for the middle and senior level executives from the corporate world. The USP of the Program is that the participants would be provided a practical orientation on various aspects of logistics management through a field visit to an international sea port. The program would be delivered using the latest web technology. The pedagogy of the Program would involve class room lectures, interactive discussions and case studies, assignments, quizzes, etc.

• Application Closure 30th June 2008
• List of Selected Candidates 7th July 2008
• Date of 1st Installment 30th June 2008
• Induction Date (by HUGHES / Institute) Last week of July 08
• Date for 1st Class (on IOL) Last week of July 08
• Program End November 2008

• Understanding Logistics/SC Management
• Evolution of Logistics as Integrated Management Function
• Outsourcing of Logistics –3 PLs
• International Logistics infrastructure
• Freight forwarding and logistics intermediaries
• Organization of global shipping services
• Containerization and Multimodalism
• Trade Facilitation in Global Trade

The main objective of the program are to

• Apprise executives in the corporate world of the critical role of logistics management
• Acquaint participants that logistics helps in high-end customer service
• Make them understand and appreciate that logistics management per se has become a critical component of cost management
• Equip participants in understanding and evolving corporate specific logistics strategies and processes
• Provide background leading to the need and objective of outsourcing logistics function.
• Make the participants understand the critical role played by freight forwarders and other logistics intermediaries
• Inform participants of various international logistics networks and the methodology of improving these networks
• Apprise the participants of the organizational structure of global shipping services
• To provide inputs to the participants on the emergence of containerization and multilingualism on global logistics landscape
• To impart information on the role of Trade Facilitation in global trade
• To provide first-hand information on practical aspects of logistics management through a visit to an international sea port.