Get a Hang of Logistics and Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Logistics is a term, used to explain the tasks proceeding within the framework of an organization, whereas, Supply Chain is a network of organizations working together and coordinating their tasks to dish out a product in the market. The two terms are interlinked and have begin to work in a common interface in contemporary times.
Traditional Logistics implicates exercises like acquisition, distribution, maintenance, and stock management. Here comes the role of Supply Chain Management, that acknowledges the Traditional Logistics, while including tasks like marketing, new commodity development, finance, along with customer service. SCM coordinates the production, stock, location, and portage among the stake holders in a supply chain, to attain the perfect mix of receptivity and expertise for the market being dealt.
Why Should You Study Logistics and SCM?
- The growing ambivalence of supply networks, proliferation of businesses, globalization of product choices and the curtailment of the product life span, have led to making SCM the next big thing in the sub-continental market.
- Increase in FMCG and retail companies in India, the shoot up of Global Trade in the last 35 years, and the era of customization has actuated Logistics and SCM to globalize and grow celestially, requiring top-notch professionals to handle it.
- After commencement of projects like Make-in-India, and Goods and Services Tax (GST), e-commerce is evolving rapidly. The focus is gradually shifting from the concept of cost cutting to value additions. In such a scenario, all the transcendent MNCs operating in India, are in a paramount requirement of sterling professionals in Supply Chain and Logistics.
- The revitalization of manufacturing, evolvement of the third-party player of Logistics, commands striking global professionals, henceforth, the current need of 16.74 million employees is lined up to increase to 28.4 million by 2020.
- Logistics & SCM are now global phenomenon. There are humongous Logistic Hubs at Los Angeles, Chicago, Hong Kong, Tokyo, London and Paris, which act as the spine of the world-wide Supply Chain. Also, Mega Hubs at South Florida, Bajio, Busan, Suzhou, Berlin, Amsterdam, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Mumbai, Delhi, etc. are emerging, while requiring peerless professionals to handle it.
CII School of Logistics, at Your Rescue
Keeping the above factors in mind, the CII School of Logistics, an Academy-Industrial tie up with Amity University, Mumbai and Delhi campuses, caters two courses, namely: MBA in Supply Chain Management and MBA in Logistics.
Both the specialized MBA programs are 2-years long, recognized by UGC. The programs focus on brilliance in producing competent professionals in a domain that requires a specific skill set. The students budding out of the Institute are exposed to the CII’s networks for first rate placements and insights from a group of Industry and Academia experts.
Graduates in any field, with an aggregate of 50% marks, who also have a valid CAT/ /MAT/GMAT/XAT score, are eligible for admissions.
The Avant Garde Facet at CII
The Institute realizes that the Logistic Sector in Global Business, has become one of the most compelling sectors, which is not just emerging, but growing day by day. Hence, the industry calls for professionals who can fill this gap between the demand and supply, and make a significant imprint in the market.
The association between one of India’s top private University, with a vertex Industry body, results in an industry interspersed, proficiency based learning. The Institute pays the much-needed attention to both the experiential learning as well as soft skills tuning.
Coming to the bigger picture, the CII School of Logistics accords both the industry and the nation through its modified program, by producing an incomparable class of premium professionals for the industry.
CII School of Logistics has successfully developed the quality of its Logistics and SCM courses by exploring the opportunity of hobnobbing with the professionals on field and facilitating their development through its Executive Academics.
A fine cosmopolitan Logistics and Supply Chain Management system is crucial for the realization of projects like Make-in-India. Other projects like Golden Quadrilateral and Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFC) will further contribute significantly in shaping up India's Logistics network.
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