Mastering Import & Export Management

684 Pages·2012·11.96 MB·English

by  Thomas A. Cook

MASTERING IMPORT &
EXPORT MANAGEMENT
SECOND EDITION
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MASTERING IMPORT &
EXPORT MANAGEMENT
SECOND EDITION
Thomas A. Cook
with
Rennie Alston and Kelly Raia
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MajorIssuesinGlobalSupplyChain Management
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MainFeaturesoftheIncoterms 2010
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NewTSARegulations
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Documents,Operations,&Procedures
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RiskAssessment&Mitigation
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Import& ExportManagementTools
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Masteringimport&exportmanagement/ThomasA.CookwithRennieAlstonandKellyRaia.—
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Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.
ISBN-13:978-0-8144-2026-3
ISBN-10:0-8144-2026-5
1.Exports—Management. 2.Exportcontrols. 3.Foreigntradepromotion. 4.Imports—
Management. 5.Internationaltrade. 6.Exports—UnitedStates—Management. 7.Export
controls—UnitedStates. 8.Foreigntradepromotion—UnitedStates. 9.Imports—UnitedStates—
Management. I.Alston,Rennie. II.Raia,Kelly. III.Title. IV.Title:Masteringimportandexport
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Contents
1 Major Issues in Global Supply Chain Management
Today 1
Section One: The Global Supply Chain 37
2 Purchasing Management Skill Sets in Foreign Markets 39
3 Freight, Logistics, and Specialized Transportation Issues
for Import/Export Managers 47
4 Risk Management in International Business 102
5 Technology in Global Trade 132
6 Global Personnel Deployment and Structure 146
7 Developing Resources in the Import/Export Supply
Chain Management 155
8 Essential Overview of Import/Export Compliance and
Security Management: Post 9/11 169
Section Two: Export Operations 185
9 Export Issues 187
10 Export Management: Incoterms, Documentation,
Compliance, Operations, and Export Supply Chain Skill
Sets 200
Section Three: Import Operations 233
11 Future Import Issues 235
12 The Import Supply Chain: Purchasing, Operations,
Documentation, and Compliance Management 252
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13 Import Strategies in Maintaining a ‘‘Compliant and
Secure’’ Inbound Supply Chain 268
14 Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: Compliance
and Security Expectations: Post 9/11 275
15 Getting on Top of the Regulatory Challenges of the
Future 280
16 Concluding Remarks 286
Appendix 289
Index 665
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SECOND EDITION
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Major Issues in Global Supply
Chain Management Today
The book opens with a view of current world events that impact global supply
chains,importandexportoperations,andtheentireresponsibilitiesthatbusiness
executiveshaveintradecompliancemanagement.
2011andinto2012haveseenanumberofshiftsinworldpolitics,MiddleEast
stability, and major physical occurrences that have huge short-term impacts on
globaltrade,andtheseimpactsmayextendintothefutureforyearstocome.
Overview
PhysicalEvents
TheearthquakeinJapanhasrockedtheworldinanumberofways.Perhapsmost
important,thelong-termutilizationofnuclearpowerisverymuchinjeopardy.
Theimpactofthedevastatingtsunamithatfollowedgoesfarbeyondthetragic
loss of life that occurred. The insurance community who insured the risks
involvedwith botheventswillhave topayhundreds ofmillion in claims,poten-
tiallyinexcessofseveralbilliondollars.Thiswillimpactinsurance costsandthe
availabilityofcertaintypesofinsurancesinrisk-pronecentersoftheglobeaswell
asforfreightthatmovesoncertaintradelanes.Costandavailabilitywillbecome
majorissues.
Personnel involved in international shipping and logistics who had freight
coming in and out of Japan are witnessing great delays in transit times, limited
accesstotransportationinfrastructure,andincreasesinfreightcharges.
Shipping managers worldwide have looked at this disaster in Japan and have
already begun to access risk management alternatives not only in earthquake-
prone areas, but in all corners of the globe where there are significant physical
riskssuchasbutnotlimitedto:
• Earthquakes
• Floods
• Tornadoes
• Hurricanes
• Harshchangesfromwintertosummerweatherpatterns
• Tsunamis
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