International Supply Chain Management

Running head: INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
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Executive Summary
The main objective of the study is to analyze the transportation of goods from one country to
another. This study has highlighted the trade policies of both the countries between which the
transport of the goods is to take place. There are a number of challenges when transporting
the goods using ships such as cargo damage problems due to poor packaging and others. The
ways in which these can be overcome has also been mentioned in the study. The transport can
also be carried out in a better way using other modes of transportation.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
International Supply of fruits from China to Sri Lanka through perishable cargo shipment.....3
The best ways of supplying the same.........................................................................................5
Challenges that can arise while supplying the goods from China to Sri Lanka.........................6
It becomes difficult to track the transportation of products...................................................6
Lack of proper packaging of the goods to be delivered from one place to another...............6
Problems of maintaining quality during transport through temperature controlled storage
spaces.....................................................................................................................................6
Time taking process...............................................................................................................6
Penalty for overweight cargos................................................................................................7
Custom clearance problems at the shipping docks................................................................7
Ways to overcome these challenges...........................................................................................7
Using internet of things by cargo freights..............................................................................7
Automation of inventory management...................................................................................8
Automation of task management...........................................................................................8
Use of big data analytics........................................................................................................8
Maintaining transparency of operations through IT systems.................................................8
Automation of the logistics system........................................................................................9
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................9
References................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
Supply chain management is the process of managing the flow of the goods, their
procurement, looking after the warehouse facilities, their conversion and managing all other
logistics activities in order to provide timely delivery to the customers (Christopher, 2016).
SCM includes maintaining proper relationships with various partners of the supply chain such
as retailers, wholesalers and others. International supply chain management is the process of
carrying out the activities involved in the SCM internationally to meet the needs of the
customers from different countries (Mangan, Lalwani & Lalwani, 2016). International
logistics is the process of properly maintaining the activities of the goods flow including the
raw material, work in progress and finished goods from a point of supply to a point of
consumption whether it is within the country or outside the country. It also includes the
activities of warehousing facilities, various tracking facilities, proper inventory management
activities and others. some of the major factors that affect the supply chain management are-
the environment, decisions regarding the transportation, selection of intermediaries, possible
hazards, payment options, insurance facilities and the international rules and regulation
regarding trade (Fernie & Sparks, 2018). The main aim of the study is to provide proper
cargo shipment facilities for delivering perishable goods china to Sri Lanka. This study will
also hig hlight the challenges faced by the cargo shipment facility while delivering the goods,
the ways in which these problems can be overcome and to find the best way for delivering the
perishable goods using cargo shipment.