Planning and Resourcing: Need for Planning, Fleet management,

Main types of road freight transport

Transport resource requirements, Vehicle Routing and Scheduling Issues

Data requirement

Manual methods of Vehicle Routing and Scheduling

Computer Routing and Scheduling

Information System Applications –GPS –RFID.

Vehicle Selection: Types of Vehicles, Types of Operations

Load Types and Characteristics, Main Types of Vehicle Body

Implications of Vehicle Selection, Vehicle acquisition

Difference between Domestic and International Logistics Operations

Documentation in Logistics

Documenting and Information Flow: Advices, Planning, FTL, LTL

Documentation, Road Receipts / Truck Receipts / Way Bills (RR / LR)

Consignment Note CMR (EU & Canada)

Booking, Invoicing & Information Flow

Long Haul, Coordination with Terminals

Exceptional Loads (Project Cargo)

Driver licensing, Driver’s Hours regulations, Road Transport Directive

Costing System in Logistics

Vehicle Costing: Reasons for Road freight transport vehicle Costing

Main types of costing systems, Vehicle standing costs, Vehicle running costs

Overhead Costs, Costing the total transport operation

Whole life costing, Vehicle Cost Comparisons, Zero-Based Budget.