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GLOBAL LOGISTICS AND
DISTRIBUTION
Chapter Sixteen

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Global Logistics and Distribution
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Overview
1. Definition of Global Logistics
2. Managing Global Logistics
3. Free Trade Zones

4. Maquiladora Operation
5. U.S. Special Import Tariff Provisions
6. Global Retailing
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Overview

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1. Definition of Global Logistics
– Exhibit 16-1 Global Logistics

• Global logistics
• Materials management
• Physical distribution

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2. Managing Global Logistics
– Distance
– Exchange Rate Fluctuations
– Foreign Intermediaries

• Modes Of Transportation
– value-to-volume ratio
– perishability
– cost of transportation
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2. Managing Global Logistics (cont)
– Ocean Shipping
– Air Freight

– Intermodal Transportation

• Warehousing and Inventory Management
– Hedging against Inflation or Exchange Rate
Fluctuations
– Benefiting from Tax Differences
– Logistic Integration and Rationalization
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2. Managing Global Logistics (cont)
• Intra-Company versus Inter-Company
(Third Party) Logistic Management

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3. Free Trade Zones

– Exhibit 16-2 Benefits of Using a Free Trade
Zone

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4. Maquiladora Operation

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5. U.S. Special Import Tariff Provisions

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6. Global Retailing

• “Push” versus “Pull”
• On-Time Retail Information Management
– Reduced Inventory
– Market Information at the Retail Level

• Retailing Differences across the World

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