Transportation, Logistics & Warehousing

From Ground-Level Operations to Expert-Level Supply Chain Management

by Dhananjay Yadav

About This Ebook

A complete, practical guide to transportation, logistics, and warehousing — from ground-level operations (booking, documentation, loading, delivery) through warehouse management, freight cost calculation, KPIs, technology, data analytics, root cause problem-solving, international logistics, and strategic supply chain management. Includes 6 illustrative case studies, a 10-exercise workbook with solutions, 65 interview questions, checklists, a management dashboard, and a 90-term glossary.

What You Will Learn

• The real difference between transportation, logistics, and supply chain
• How a shipment moves from booking through delivery, and how a warehouse actually operates
• Freight cost calculation, KPI formulas, and how to read a logistics dashboard
• How to use Excel to analyse shipment data and find root causes of delays
• 5 Why, Fishbone, and Pareto methods for solving recurring operational problems
• How to think strategically about network design, 3PL selection, and career growth

Who This Is For

Complete beginners, ground-level logistics/warehouse/transport staff, supervisors, operations managers, and anyone preparing for a logistics or supply chain career or interview.

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