SCPRO: International Fundamentals

Course Overview

Are you ready to take your international supply chain career to new heights?

CSCMP cutting-edge SCPro™ Fundamental Certificate courses are designed to equip you with the essential knowledge and skills needed to excel in today’s global marketplace. Imagine stepping into meetings where your colleagues lean in, eager to hear your insights on optimizing cross-border operations. You speak, and heads nod in agreement – your words carry the weight of true understanding in a field where few can claim mastery.

CSCMP SCPro™ International Fundamentals Certificate 3-part course will transform you into that knowledgeable contributor you desire to be.

Cargo Transportation: Mastering the Modes

Embark on a journey through the world of cargo transportation!

This course will:

• Unravel the mysteries of carrier selection and routing
• Compare and contrast transportation modes: sea, rail, truck, and air
• Explore the evolution of intermodal shipping and door-to-door logistics
• Demystify carrier regulations and direct vs. indirect carriage

Bonus: Gain insider knowledge on cost comparisons across different modes!

Navigating Origin/Destination Requirements & Incoterms

Become invaluable with this comprehensive international trade course:

• Decode export-import transactions and contracts
• Unpack the complexities of Incoterms
• Learn the art of risk transfer between buyers and sellers
• Discover the intricacies of seller and buyer responsibilities

Highlight: Dive deep into a visual summary chart of Trade Term responsibilities!

Cargo Risk Management and Insurance: Your Shield in Global Trade

Arm yourself with the knowledge to protect your cargo:

• Identify and mitigate physical and financial risks
• Explore carrier liability limitations and bailee responsibilities
• Unravel the mysteries of marine open cargo policies
• Master the art of insurance certificate preparation

Expert Tip: Learn how to navigate war risk insurance for high-risk ports!

Picture this: You’re standing at the helm of a massive cargo ship, the salty sea breeze tousling your hair as you navigate through international waters. The horizon stretches endlessly before you, filled with opportunities and challenges. You can feel the weight of responsibility on your shoulders, knowing that global commerce depends on your expertise.

But wait – do you truly have the knowledge to steer this ship confidently through the complex waters of international supply chains?

Imagine the sense of empowerment as you confidently plot your course, armed with cutting-edge insights and strategies. Envision yourself effortlessly tackling customs regulations, optimizing transportation routes, and mitigating risks with the precision of a seasoned professional.

This isn’t just a daydream – it’s the reality that awaits you. Are you ready to transform from a passenger in your career to the captain of your destiny in the vast ocean of international supply chain management? Here are the details of each of the three parts that make

up the content you will find inside the SCPro™ International Fundamentals 3-part course. Upon successful completion of the program, you will receive a signed, certificate of accomplishment

Cargo Transportation – Basic Concepts and Issues

• What is a cargo transportation carrier?
• Basic issues a shipper or freight forwarder should always consider before routing cargo and selecting carrier(s)
• Scope of services an integrated carrier typically provides when handling/arranging cargo shipments?
• Basic understanding of inland waterway, short sea shipping and inter-coastal shipping, advantages and limitations and comparison with other modes.
• Basic understanding of deep-sea vessel transportation, advantages and limitations and comparison with other modes.
• Basic understanding of rail transportation, advantages and limitations and comparison with other modes.
• Basic understanding of U.S. truck transportation, advantages and limitations and comparison with other modes.
• Basic understanding of air cargo transportation, advantages and limitations and comparison with other modes.
• Awareness of comparative cost to shippers of each mode of cargo transportation
• Awareness of the history of intermodal indirect carriers
• Understanding the service and benefits of single source “door-to-door” logistics
• Awareness of types of and reasons for transportation carrier regulation
• Understanding the difference between direct and indirect carriage
• Arrangements that can be made between carriers to accomplish cargo transportation

Basics of Origin/Destination Country Requirements & Incoterms

• Identity of actual supplier in an export-import transaction
• Origin country export requirements
• Destination country import requirements
• Responsibility for arranging transportation
• Preview of Incoterms (“Trade Terms”)
• Characteristics of an export-import contract
• Internal trade standards “Trade Terms”
• Summary of Incoterms seller and buyer responsibilities under each Trade Term group
• Summary Chart of seller and buyer responsibilities under each Trade Term
• Seller and buyer obligations under all Incoterms
• Passage of risk of cargo loss and damage under Incoterms

Introduction to Cargo Risk Management and Insurance

• Understand the difference between physical and financial risks to cargo, and be able to list several examples of each type of risk
• Identify four basic risk management steps which a shipper and/or their freight forwarder or other transportation intermediary should always take to minimize cargo losses and damage
• Identify five specific means of reducing the physical risks to cargo
• Explain how delivery terms and payment terms affect the transfer of shipping risks between a seller and buyer
• Identify the typical limitations on carrier liability for loss and damage to cargo.
• Based on the COGSA rules, differentiate between types of losses which ocean carriers are responsible for vs. losses which they are not responsible for.
• Understand what a bailee is, and how freight forwarders and other transportation intermediaries become bailees.
• Identify ways in which a forwarder or transportation intermediary can limit their liability as a bailee.
• Understand the concept of self-insurance, and how a shipper becomes self-insured.
• Define what is meant by the term “insurance policy.”
• Identify and describe the generic terms and conditions found in all insurance policies.
• Understand the concept of insurable interest and be able to identify when such an interest exists based on particular circumstances.
• Identify optional types of cargo insurance policies and/or endorsements used to insure cargo via different transportation modes and/or through transportation circumstances.
• Identify and describe the basic characteristics and sections of a marine open cargo policy.
• Describe a special marine cargo policy and identify circumstances in which such a policy may be appropriate or necessary.
• Identify the particular risks which are covered under a war risk policy and differentiate these from risks from those covered under a marine cargo policy.
• Explain the risk implications for cargo transiting ports for which war risk insurance is on application.
• Identify and explain five basic functions of a marine cargo insurance certificate.
• Understand and explain what governs and/or influences the insured value to be entered onto a marine cargo insurance certificate.
• Explain how origin and destination points should be stated on a marine cargo insurance certificate when the insuring conditions include warehouse-to-warehouse clause.
• Explain why it is important to accurately show marks and numbers on a marine cargo insurance certificate.• Explain the relationship between a marine cargo insurance certificate (see specimen Certificate of Marine Insurance) and the underlying marine open cargo insurance policy.
• Understand and explain each of the insuring conditions stated on the specimen marine cargo insurance certificate.
• Explain the purpose of the “Special Conditions” block on a marine cargo insurance certificate, and what additional information the certificate preparer may and/or should place therein.

Explain how a shipper or transportation intermediary can and/or must alter the preprinted conditions on a standard insurance certificate when other then standard insuring conditions apply.