B.Com. (Transport Management) Packaging and Material Handling Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
This is the SY BCom TM syllabus under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2025-26. The University still sets the earlier Choice Based papers alongside it for ATKT candidates, so check which scheme your exam form names before you revise.
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Syllabus for Packaging and Material Handling
Module I: Introduction to Packaging
- Meaning of Packaging, Difference of Package and Packaging, Characteristics of Packaging, Importance of Packaging, Function of Packaging, Types of Packaging, Product-Package lifecycle
Module II: Logistics Packaging
- Concept of Logistics Packaging, objectives, types of Logistics Packaging, benefit of Logistics Packaging, Role of Packaging in Logistics, Packaging Logistics and Regulations, Packaging contribution to sustainable development for supply chains
Module III: Introduction to Material Handling
- Define Material Handling, Significance of Material Handling, Classification of Material Handling, Components of Material Handling systems
Module IV: Material Handling System
- Material Handling equipment, Types of Material Handling equipment, Warehouse layout and design, Automated Material Handling System, Storage Methods, Order Picking System, Marking and Tracking, Safety Regulations related Material Handling
Text Books
- 1 Henrik Palsson (2018), Packaging Logistics. Kogan Page Publisher.
- 2 K. Shridhar Bhat, Materials and Logistics Management, Himalaya Publishing House.
Reference Books
- 1 L.C. Jhamb (2024) Materials and Logistics Management, Everest Publishing House.
- 2 Riccardo Manzini (ed.); Riccardo Accorsi (ed.) (2024), Warehousing and Material Handling Systems for the Digital Industry, Springer International Publishing.
- 3 Ray Siddhartha (2017) Introduction to Materials Handling, New Age International (P) Ltd., Publishers.
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Com. (Transport Management) under NEP 2020, in force from the academic year 2025-26. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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