Agricultural Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain: Supply chain Management in Agriculture, Overview of Supply Chain Components, Stakeholders in the Agricultural Supply Chain, Linkages between Producers, Processors, Distributors, and Retailers , Agricultural Marketing in India, Defects in Present System of Agri Marketing ,Case Studies

Demand Management in Supply Chain: Types of Demand, Demand Planning and Forecasting; Operations Management in Supply Chain, Basic Principles of Manufacturing Management. Demand forecasting, functions of inventory, warehousing and distribution centres, transportation, protective packaging, order processing, material handling with special reference to Agri products

Procurement Management in Agri. Supply chain: Purchasing Cycle, Types of Purchases, Contract/Corporate Farming, Classification of Purchases Goods or Services, Traditional Inventory Management, Material Requirements Planning, Just in Time (JIT), Vendor Managed Inventory

Logistics Management: History and Evolution of Logistics; Elements of Logistics; Management; Distribution Management, Distribution Strategies; Pool Distribution; Transportation Management; Fleet Management; Service Innovation; Warehousing; Packaging for Logistics, Third-Party Logistics (TPL/3PL); GPS Technology.

Concept of Information Technology: IT Application in SCM; Integrated IT solutions for L&SCM, emerging technologies in L&SCM, Advanced Planning and Scheduling; SCM in Electronic Business; Role of Knowledge in SCM; Performance Measurement and Controls in Agri. Supply Chain Management- Benchmarking: introduction, concept and forms of Benchmarking. Logistics & supply chain management and Information technology in agri business-- from vertical integration to virtual integration, transiting from made- to- stock to build- to- order.