This X Series consists of three courses that enable students to learn and practice the art and science of supply chain management. The component courses build from fundamental concepts to advanced design and finally to strategic decision making. It is ideal preparation for anyone interested in succeeding in a career in logistics, operations, or supply chain management within any large global firm or organization.

Cargo insurance provides protection against all risks of physical loss or damage to freight from any external cause during shipping, whether by land, sea or air.

The study explores the customs clearance process of import cargos in international air cargo terminals, and constructs a network to analyze cargo, information and human flows in the import cargo process. Then, the study formulates a mathematical model of the customs clearance process-delay, and analyzes delay propagation in subsequent cargos. Moreover, the network of the customs clearance process is reconstructed based on the application of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID).

An air cargo shipping container comprising a rectangular base of molded synthetic resin material which is chemically inert to most substances, the base having a plurality of legs formed in its bottom for supporting the base above the ground. These legs are spaced for entry of the lifting tines of a forklift or the like and each leg is hollow and open at its upper end thus defining a plurality of reservoirs on the inside of the base for confining spilled cargo.

This report outlines the problems caused by freight transport, especially lorries, in the UK, and proposes reforms to reduce its social and environmental costs, while providing an efficient service to customers. It is based on a study of the social and environmental costs of freight transport, that assumes current levels of consumption of material goods and a competitive market partly regulated by the state. It first discusses the trends, causes, and prospects of freight transport, and then analyses the external costs of freight transport

Case studies of export behavior suggest that firms that penetrate foreign markets reduce entry costs for other potential exporters, either through learning effects or establishing commercial linkages. We examine whether spillovers associated with one firm's export activity reduce the cost of exporting for other firms. We identify two sources of spillovers: export production in general and the specific activities of multinationals. From a simple model of export behavior we derive a probity specification for the probability that a firm exports. Using panel data on Mexican manufacturing plants, we find evidence of spillovers from multinational enterprises but not from general export activity.