Multimodal Transport
Multimodal transport has evolved across numerous dimensions globally, the arrival of containerization has greatly helped the promotion of Multimodal transport. Containerization ensured that the value of transport from place of producing to the place of consumption was reduced to the prices of the products. This helped to push multimodal transport from a straightforward transport by […]
Inventory Management
Inventory Management is practiced as a confederacy of traditional materials activities bound by a common idea i.e. the idea of an integrated management approach to planning, acquisition, conversion, flow and distribution of inventories of raw materials, work in progress, factory supplies and finished goods awaiting for dispatch. Sometimes inventories of retail shops are also included […]
Logistics and GST
Logistics and GST The Indian logistics industry is on the stage of a steady growth due to the latest e-commerce penetration, economy revival, proposed GST implementation . Transportation alone holds 60% share of the logistics industry and rest 40% is by warehousing, freight forwarding, value-added logistics, etc. Because of India’s GDP growth the logistics industry […]
Packaging in Logistics Industry
The word package is defi ned as the surface of the packed material that secure the material from the influence of the environment and the influence of mechanical energy during the transportation process. The physical flow of products in the economy is greatly depends on the adequate packaging. Aparts from other usage, the functions of […]
Containerization
Containerization means the increasing use of the containers as a support for freight transportation. It involves processes where the containers are increasingly used because it either substitutes cargo from other means of transport or it is adopted as a mode supporting freight distribution ,the reason being that a large number of transport systems are able […]
Women in Logistics Industry
The logistics industry has always been known as a male-dominated industry. Even in the 21st century, this is one of the only industries where still 70 per cent is dominated by men the number of women working at the top levels or in the operations department is far less than the number of men despite […]
