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| Subject | Date Asked |
| logistics | 2/8/2012 |
| Q: 1. why is it important for a firm to periodically review its logistics network design? 2. within ... A: 1. Logistics network design is directly related to the business dynamics i.e the market conditions ... | |
| Collaborative Logistics | 1/12/2012 |
| Q: I am a Research Analyst at Beroe Inc. I am currently doing a study on Collaborative Logistics In ... A: .your queries are pretty exhaustive and shall try my best to revert suitably Pull and Push based ... | |
| Course in freight forwarding & Supply chain management | 1/4/2012 |
| Q: Iam working in Kuwait and i have 7 years experience in Shipping field. Please let me know the best ... A: Since you have experience in the shipping field working in the gulf region, you must definitely be ... | |
| Tracking Assets with RFID | 12/13/2011 |
| Q: RFID - READIO FREQUENCY ID checkpoint detection question? Please read question below.? I am trying ... A: My understanding is that you like to deploy an RFID based asset monitoring system in a defined ... | |
| Edi, GPS, RFID | 11/8/2011 |
| Q: Q.1. I'd like a reference that goes a good job showing the typical document flows in B2B for various ... A: 1. Typical documentation flows in B2B portals across different industry verticals. Am not sure, I ... | |
| steel plant warehouse air conditioning | 9/13/2011 |
| Q: For an steel making plant, we considered a warehouse with dimensions of 96m x 48m and 12m height. ... A: I could understand that you are storing the spares and wearing goods for Steel Plants and looking at ... | |
| Career in Logistics & SCM | 6/9/2011 |
| Q: I am a mechanical engineer interested to pursue my future career in SCM inclined more towards the ... A: As you have about 2 years of experience in production and manufacturing..you can take up the ... | |
| scm | 3/28/2011 |
| Q: respected sir, i'm pursuing my career in mechanical engg,currently i'm in my last ... A: Nice to know your interest in logistics and scm. Infact mechanical engineers do well in logistics ... | |
| Master in Air Cargo | 2/16/2011 |
| Q: Madhavan. I am a commerce graduate with first class marks. I have 3 years of work experience as ... A: It is best to take a Diploma course which shall provide you the knowledge to take up a position in ... | |
| Advise for Career | 2/2/2011 |
| Q: Respected sir, i am a 26 year old boy from Delhi. i have a bachelor degree in tourism studies ... A: I have answered similar questions before and if you browse through multiple answers on my page it ... | |
| Supply Chain Management Course | 11/10/2010 |
| Q: I have gone through all the other queries in the list. But was not able to find any institute which ... A: It is good to know that you intend to take up a SCM course...six month courses in scm are provided ... | |
| Logistics and Supply Chain Management | 8/27/2010 |
| Q: Kndly answer for below questions 1.“Logistics is the function that is responsible for the flow of ... A: Good day and i sincerely feel that your query is a home work question which you need to take up and ... | |
| Warehouse temperature control | 8/4/2010 |
| Q: How do i control temperature in a non air con warehouse? Does full load and non full load make any ... A: My understanding is like you have a warehouse and without any heating and airconditioning facility ... | |
| interview | 7/14/2010 |
| Q: i am santhosh. i am graduate in computer science engineering 2008 passed out.am fed up of getting ... A: The interviews conducted today on services sector focus on understanding the prospective employee's ... | |
| info about logistics and scm | 6/29/2010 |
| Q: i am santhosh. i am graduate in computer science engineering 2008 passed out.am fed up of getting ... A: Nice to know of your interest in the logistics and supply chain space in India. This space is ... | |
| PP and A | 6/11/2010 |
| Q: When a Purchase order state the freight terms to be PP and A, does this mean PrePay and Allow or ... A: PP & A ideally means that PrePaid and Add, which generally means all related freight and shipping ... | |
| CRM in CFS business | 4/24/2010 |
| Q: Sir, Would like to know importance of CRM in CFS(Container freight Stations) and ... A: CRM in CFS looks to be a homework question here Rahul. Anyway shall try my best to give pointers. ... | |
| job prospect for mba in logistivs&supply chain management | 3/31/2010 |
| Q: sir, i got selected for isbm pune for mba in logistivs&supply chain management programme.i want to ... A: Nice to know that you have been selected for a masters course in logistics and scm. On the future ... | |
| How to calculate cost of per TEU-Kilometer and per Ton-kilimeter | 3/29/2010 |
| Q: Hallo n Good evening Sir! I would like to know what are the factors and how to use them in ... A: Am unable to understand your query here. Does it mean the cost per TEU - Km across a set of fleet ... | |
| Logistics | 3/20/2010 |
| Q: What qualifications do you need in order to be in a logistics department and what work experience do ... A: Even though its a pretty generic question, shall try and answer to the best of my abilities and ... | |
| logistics & supply chain | 12/28/2009 |
| Q: Respected sir, My self Amit wants to know about THE SAP SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT in indian ... A: Good day My understanding from your query is you want to know about SAP SCM with reference to the ... | |
| Question About Logistics | 11/25/2009 |
| Q: i am working in a logistics company.I wants to ask some question, Pls give me answers- Q. 1 What is ... A: Fully understand your interest in learning the best aspects of the industry. On your questions would ... | |
| about logistics | 11/3/2009 |
| Q: i am a student of class 11. i want to know about logistics and supply chain management - about the ... A: Its pretty nice to know that you are looking at taking up a logistics and scm course in future. ... | |
| international bussiness | 9/15/2009 |
| Q: Management Practices of MNCs A: The question asked is on Management Practices by MNC's. This is pretty generic and can cover an ... | |
| LOGISTICS | 8/22/2009 |
| Q: I have 4 to 5 years of experience in Shipping/Logistics(back end operation) in india. I did my ... A: Nice to know that you are interested in taking up a Post Graduate Degree in the Logistics ... | |
| SOS Sirs! | 5/1/2009 |
| Q: I am working in supply chain management sphere in Moscow. Our organization is an international ... A: The query asked here is pretty generic in the sense, we need more information on what you have ... | |
| Logistics management | 3/25/2009 |
| Q: Sir,please tell me which are the site & Email ID.who can give me answer of my course of "Diploma in ... A: Two importants aspects you need to follow First check the search engines on different portals ... | |
| Companies | 3/16/2009 |
| Q: My name is Baris. I am looking for companies which had drastic changes in their logistics/supply ... A: Good day Can you be more specific on this? My understanding is that you are looking at Shippers who ... | |
| logistical management question | 3/9/2009 |
| Q: what are the various cost elements involved in the complete order processing cycle ? sir,one request ... A: The question you have asked is pretty generic and shall try my best to answer in relevance. I ... | |
| Reg: Freight Forwarder process | 11/26/2008 |
| Q: I'm woeking on a IT Company which developed the softwares for Freight & Logistics business. I need ... A: Good day Freight forwarding is very similar to the third party logistics service provider but in ... | |
| Starting a carrer in logistics | 11/6/2008 |
| Q: I'm an IT guy working on software applications. I am seriously thinking of a carrer shift to ... A: Nice to know that you are interested to pursue a career in the Logistics & SCM space. From your ... | |
| logistics foundation courses | 10/21/2008 |
| Q: i am designing a number of multi-disciplinary courses for a non-logistics audience (analysts from ... A: Again we are looking at EU regions here and therefore putting in a simple course material can be ... | |
| Question about logistic | 8/4/2008 |
| Q: If my supervisor asked me in short time to organize a big workshop what technics i have to use to ... A: Couple of things that i donot understand in your query. What workshop does you superior want you to ... | |
| logistics audit | 7/8/2008 |
| Q: what is logistics audit?what are steps to be followed when conducting a logistics audit?What are ... A: Good day The queries about logistics audit has been addressed by self quite some time back. Request ... | |
| My question | 6/30/2008 |
| Q: 1. What is the procedure followed for Exports? 2. What's the Difference between Logistics & SCM? A: Good day On the first question, didnot understand as to where the exports be from? But taking it as ... | |
| for research | 6/28/2008 |
| Q: how i form ouestionnier for supply chain management.it's part of my project. ANSWER: Dear Manoj ... A: Good day Nice to know that you are doing a project in SCM. And you are on the right path in ... | |
| for research | 6/27/2008 |
| Q: how i form ouestionnier for supply chain management.it's part of my project. A: Good day What I understand from your query is that you are looking to prepare a questionnaire for ... | |
| Do we have the rights to hold freight due to unpaid messenger fee | 5/6/2008 |
| Q: Could you please advise if we are able to hold our Customer's freight/goods (on the current ocean ... A: Good day Questions of similar kind and nature has been answered twice and in one of the forums i ... | |
| International trade | 4/10/2008 |
| Q: What is the procedure followed for Imports? what are pre alert documents? who is the freight ... A: Good day Couple of areas which require clarity here. Importing consignments follows a pretty ... | |
| NEGATIVE INVENTORIES. | 3/13/2008 |
| Q: Negative inventories are causing problems for the new applications that are being roll out at work. ... A: Good day Negative Inventory as you all are aware of, is the situation where in the stock or ... | |
| scm | 2/27/2008 |
| Q: what is the difference between logistics & distribution? A: Pls take time to check out the all experts site and you will find a similar question already ... | |
| logistics audit | 2/11/2008 |
| Q: how it works,what is it,steps to be followed A: Good day My apologies for for the delay if any in giving you an answer. Logistics and Supply Chain ... | |
| scm | 2/3/2008 |
| Q: is logistics a micro part of supply chain? is it involve only designing of inbound and outbound ... A: At the outset would like to say that the two parts of the question complement each other. Indeed ... | |
| Supply Chain Management | 1/6/2008 |
| Q: I've my own website on supply chain management www.supplychainmanagement.in It is aimed at ... A: Had the opportunity to check out the website. Infact its aimed to be pretty comprehensive with ... | |
| sir/madam | 12/19/2007 |
| Q: this abdul haq i am studying mba frist year n nw its nice 4 me . but my small brother studying in ... A: Its nice to know of your brother's interest to move into the logistics space. But his intentions are ... | |
Logistics/Supply Chain
Answers by Expert:
Shaju Madhavan
Top Expert on this page
Expertise
Questions related to Logistics/ Transportation & SCM. B2B services/ Online Freight Exchanges/ IT Solutions like TMS/ WMS and Inventory Softwares. Technology applications like GPS based tracking solutions. Logistics services related questions like distribution planning and optimization, cost reduction & six sigma, inventory reduction & accuracies, WH design etc. In additions, questions on technology, B2B, B2C, Startups, ERP, Development and implementation, Merger & Acquisitions etc can also be queried.
Experience
15 years of experience in Project Management, Logistics/ Transportation and SCM in India. Direct Implementation experience include
- Logistics Business Consulting (Warehousing, Fleet Management, Distribution etc)
- Inventory Management and Inventory Accuracies
- Distribution, Network, Fleet Optimization
- Cost reduction & Six Sigma
- Logistics Contracting
- IT enabled Logistics BPR
- Logistics IT solutions like TMS/ WMS etc
- Technology Applications deploying GPS/ GIS based applications
- MR and MI reporting in this space
Organizations
- Thermax Ltd
- indiatransportal.com - one of the first b2b for transportation in India
- infreight.comn - b2b and online freight exchange
- Infreight Logistics Solutions Ltd - Consulting/ Technology and Operational Solutions Company
Education/Credentials
Graduate Engineer
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