ZAS Forwarding business

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
winter 2012
Extent and Intensity
2/2. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Rudolf Kampf, Ph.D., MBA (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Bibiána Buková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Rudolf Kampf, Ph.D., MBA
Department of Transport and Logistics – Faculty of Technology – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Prerequisites (in Czech)
OBOR(CAP)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the important parts of the circulatory processes, organizations of forwarding services. Students will become familiar with the issue of shipping according to FIATA, including basic terms and activities of forwarder. After completing the course the student is able to work in the Forwarding company or transportation company - Absolvent of the course knows basic issues and terminology in the field of freight forwarding and transportation.
Syllabus
  • 1) Meaning of forwarding. Basic concepts.
  • 2) Fields of forwarder activity. Demand, supply, purchase order, sales contract in relation to shippers. Responsibility.
  • 3) Quality of services according to international standards.
  • 4) The current legislation of a national and international forwarding.
  • 5) General forwarding conditions, codex of forwarders.
  • 6) Incoterms 2000.
  • 7) Strategy of forwarding company and price policy. Cost calculation and pricing. Calculation documentation, billing, price formation.
  • 8) Organization of the forwarding company. Informatics in the company.
  • 9) Services provided by the shipper. Professional services. Maritime transport, railway transport, Road transportation. Inland water transport, air transport. Collection services. Transportation of heavy and oversized cargo. Container transportation. Combined transport. Transport of dangerous goods.
  • 10) Transport of dangerous goods. The role of the parties and their responsibilities.
  • 11) PLM Transportation. Terminology and legislation regarding oversized loads. Transportation vehicles.
  • 12) Logistics and freight forwarding.
  • 13) Companies engaged in the information systems in transport and logistics. Storage.
Literature
    required literature
  • KAMPF, Rudolf, Václav CEMPÍREK and Rudolf KAMPF. Zasílatelství. Vyd. 1. Pardubice: Univerzita Pardubice, 2005, 101 s. ISBN 80-7194-745-8. info
    recommended literature
  • DAVID, Petr and František ORAVA. Zasílatelství. Vyd. 1. V Praze: České vysoké učení technické, 2008, 115 s. ISBN 978-80-01-04035-5. Obsah info
  • CEMPÍREK, Václav. Zasílatelství v letecké dopravě. 1. vyd. Pardubice: Institut Jana Pernera, 2008, 102 s. ISBN 978-80-86530-45-1. Obsah info
  • NOVÁK, Radek. Nákladní doprava a zasílatelství. 2., přeprac. vyd. Praha: ASPI, 2005, 412 s. ISBN 80-7357-086-6. info
  • PERNICA, Petr. Doprava a zasílatelství. In Codex. Vyd. 1. Praha: ASPI, 2001, 479 s. Codex. ISBN 80-86395-13-8. info
Forms of Teaching
Lecture
Exercise
Tutorial
Consultation
Teaching Methods
Frontal Teaching
Brainstorming
Critical Thinking
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies
Student Workload
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
Preparation for Lectures10 
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial1864
Preparation for the exam3030
Seminary work2020
Attendance on Lectures26 
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion2616
Total:130130
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Exam – oral 65 %
Exam – written 25 %
Seminary Work 10 %
Exam conditions
Prerequisite for credit achievement is to make individual seminary work - quality of work is evaluated by Oral exam. The exam consists of a written and an oral part.

Grading Scale:

A. ... 100-90 points

B. ... 89-80 points

C. ... 79-70 points

D. ... 69-60 points

E. ... 59-50 points

Fx .... 49-30 points

F. .... 29-0 points

Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms summer 2012, summer 2013, winter 2013, summer 2014, winter 2014, summer 2015, winter 2015, Summer 2016, winter 2016, winter 2017, winter 2018, winter 2019, winter 2020, summer 2021, winter 2021, summer 2022, winter 2022, winter 2023, winter 2024.
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