Effective Global Shipping Management
24th - 25th Feb 2010,The Summit Hotel,Subang Jaya
17th - 18th May 2010,The Summit Hotel,Subang Jaya
Dear Friend,
The factors influencing the shipper's choice of shipping transport mode has changed dramatically during the past decade. Largely due to the effects of globalization, proliferation of market sentiments and the invasions of e-commerce.
Today, is based on the total product concept embracing the constituents of distribution logistically driven with the effectiveness of global supply chain management. These include reliability, frequency, cost, time frame, capital layout and human intervention. The paramount consideration is for the ship-owner to emphasize with the cargo-owner and strive to become more flexible and responsive to the end customer's needs on an innovative value-added orientation.
One of many factors of sustaining the 3P's of global shipping is to neutralize the aspects of flag discrimination. This encompasses the wide variety of acts and pressures exerted by political power to direct cargoes to ships of their own flag. Regardless of the commercial considerations which normally governs the routing of cargoes. It also applies to directing their port authorities to offer more favorable rates and bunker charges to the national flag vessels.
What is this workshop about?
This workshop is designed to create awareness and impact of the many disillusions that the shipping community perceived. Correctly, shipping is a vital transportation link that needs to be tactical resource and not operational. Shipping encounters to a large extent various irregularities and discrepancies which will disrupt the distribution chain. Last but not least, shipping could be a strong driver delivering a firm's value far beyond fulfillment.
The Important Lessons you will learn during this 2 day workshop
Lesson 1: Appraising the firm's current process and operations
- The contractual engagement of shipping service providers
- The freight forwarders scope of roles and responsibilities
- The timeliness defined from order received to order delivered
- The apprehension level of shipping convention and regulation
Lesson 2: Developing improvement plans and closing of shipping gaps
- Constructing the 'execution time' and 'demand time' to meet objectives
- Transforming 'operational shipping' into 'partnership shipping' synergies
- Defining shipping 'characteristics' and 'operative aims' as empowerment
- Mapping the level of 'inherent risks' from departure, transit, arrival
- Analyzing the shipping 'critical flows' of cargo, financial, information
- Matching the 'transaction terms' of payments, sales, delivery, title
- Incorporating 'logistical shipping' factors for higher proficiencies
Lesson 3: Implementing targeted solutions and control
- Deploying the correct bill of lading from different types and forms
- Neutralizing the constraints of the contract of affreightment
- Appropriating the usage of a master and house bill of lading
- Emphasizing the functionality and role of the bill of lading
- Highlighting the shortfall and pitfall of the carriage contracts
- Assessing the broad categories of shipping tramp and liner rates
- Comparing the advantage and disadvantage of commodity and cargo rates
- Creating the need for a deferred rate, discount rate and contract rate
- Evaluating the status and liability of different carriers and forwarders
- Comparing the advantage and disadvantage of types of conference carrier
- Listing the shipping operations options in FCL and LCL movement
- Forming a shipper's back to back consolidation movement
- Using a routing order to transform sourcing to stocking point movement
- Combining switched B/L with air-sea-land tans-shipment movement
- Capturing order preparation in the Global Transportation Process
- Capturing shipment source in the Transportation Management Process
- Controlling the offer acceptance of load I the Load Tendering Process
- Controlling the performance level with the Carrier Evaluation Report
Why you should attend this workshop?
You will learn the 8 essentials skills to maximize your shipping performance.
You will learn how to:
- Mitigate shipping contractual intricacies and operatives collusion
- Familiarize shipping elements in contingency planning
- Apply different methods of managing shipping costs and risks
- Appraise the firm 's current process and operations
- Develop improvement plans in shipping efficiencies
- Close shipping performance gaps form departure to arrival
- Implement targeted solutions from fine tuning to overhauling
- Select controlling performance metrics
Course Leader
Mr Stephen Kum (MBA, USA), is a fellow of the Institute of Freight Forwarders (UK), The Institute of Logistics & Transport (UK), The Institute of Business Administration (UK), Professional member of Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society and former Vice Chairman of the Persatuan Logistik Selangor.
Mr Kum, has more than 28 years hands-on experience in the field of International Trade, Global Procurement, Freight and Logistics. He was the Managing Director of a large global logistics service provider with regional offices in UK, USA, Australia and Asia.
Mr Kum is also actively involved in training for manufacturers, corporations, forwarders, trade associations, trade divisions of embassies and tourism authority organization. He is also affiliated with Cambridge International College (UK) as their Logistics Program examiner and Durham Logistics College (UK) as their Training Consultant. He is currently a consultant for SCS Integrated Consultancy (UK) and TPL Logistics management (UK).
Who Should Attend
Manager, Executives, Team-leaders, Supervisors and any personnel who are involve in procurement & purchasing, financing & costing, supply distribution, sales & marketing, shipping and logistics.
Workshop Size
Registration is strictly to the first 25 people. This cannot be altered. If the past is any indication of the future, spaces fill up very quickly. If you are interested in attending, call us now or download the registration form here and fax it back to us at ++6 03 40235716.
HRDF Claimable
This workshop is claimable under the HRDF SBL Scheme. Checks with your department to make sure you are eligible.
Tax Deductibility
In all likelihood this seminar is tax deductible. Check with your accountant to be sure.
Workshop Investment $$
RM 1190.00 per delegates. This includes all workshop materials. Lunch will be provided.
Early Bird Offer!!
If you register yourself EARLY, you will enjoy a discount of 5%. For more information, please refer to the registration form here.
Group Discount!!!
If you register in group of 3 persons or more, you will enjoy additional 5% discount, and if your group are 5 persons or more, you will get a much greater discount of 7%, and 10% discount shall be entitled for group of 8 persons or more. So get your friend or colleagues to register with you!
100% Satisfaction Guaranteed
We understand that some of you don't know us. That is why we make this workshop a 100% satisfaction guaranteed. If for any reason whatsoever you don't feel like you have received more than your money worth by lunch break, simply hand in your materials for a complete 100% refund. No weasel clauses, no hassles, no questions asked. We won't lie, as rarely we have to make refund to our participants; however it is our integrity which makes our business successful.
If you like what you have gone through so far, you may register yourself by downloading the full brochure here, and fax the registration form back to us at ++6 03 40235716. And if you happen to have some friends or colleagues who are looking for ways to improve shipping performance, please forward this link to them.
Yours Sincerely,
SCMWorkshop.com
Tel: ++6 03 40216000
Fax: ++6 03 40235716
Email: scmw@scmworkshop.com
