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B.Com. (Transport Management) Warehousing and Inventory Management Syllabus - Mumbai University

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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Major · Semester 3 · SY BCom TM · 4 credits · 100 marks

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Syllabus for Warehousing and Inventory Management

Major · Semester 3 · SY BCom TM · 4 credits · 100 marks

Module I: Introduction to Warehousing

  • Evolution & History of Warehousing, Warehouse- Meaning, Definition, Characteristics, Functions, Importance of warehouses, Uses of warehousing. Issues Affecting Warehouses- Insufficient space, slow picking & discrepancies, Warehousing slotting problems, inaccurate quantities, Capacity, Damage etc. Factors to be considered for selection of Warehouse. Types of Warehouses- Private, Public, Government, Bonded, Co-operative, Centralized & Decentralized warehouses. Advantages and Disadvantages of different types of Warehouses.

Module II: Warehousing Operations

  • Setting up a warehouse, Determining Storage requirements, Warehousing Preparation Planning, Resource Requirements, Legal Considerations. Warehouse Layout and Design- randomized storage, dedicated storage, warehouse redesign. Warehouse Operations- Process of Warehousing operations, Monitoring warehouse operations, receiving and put away principles, pallet storage retrieval system, case picking system, small item picking system, order picking operations, utilizing and shipping.

Module III: Warehousing Management

  • Warehouse Management System (WMS)- Meaning, Need of Warehouse Management systems, Master Production Scheduling, Material Requirement Planning (MRP), benefits of MRP, Closes Loop MRP, MRP II, Distribution Requirement Planning (DRP), EOQ, Just in Time (JIT)- Meaning, Objectives, Benefits, JIT as a philosophy.
  • Comparison between Independent and Dependent demand system.

Module IV: Inventory Management & Control

  • Inventory Management- Meaning, Importance of Inventory Management in Supply Chain Management, Functions of Inventory Management, Objectives & Importance of Inventory Management. Inventory Control- Meaning, Objectives, Advantages, Limitations, Mechanism of inventory control. Selective inventory control- ABC, HML, VED, SDE, GOLF, FSN, XYZ. Concept of EOQ, Reorder Level. Methods of controlling stock levels.

Text Books

  • 1 Bhargava, R. (n.d.), Essentials of inventory management. Cybertech Publications.
  • 2 Brown, M. E. (2008), The warehouse management system. McGraw-Hill.
  • 3 Harrison, A. (2017), Logistics management and strategy (5th ed.). Pearson Education.
  • 4 Hugos, M. H. (2018), Essentials of supply chain management (4th ed.). Wiley.
  • 5 Kumar, M. S. S. (2015), Inventory control and management. PHI Learning.
  • 6 Waters, D. (n.d.), Inventory control and management. Wiley.

Reference Books

  • 1 Christopher, M. (2016), Logistics & supply chain management (5th ed.). Pearson Education.
  • 2 Frazelle, E. H. (2002), World-class warehousing and material handling. McGraw-Hill Education.
  • 3 Gundlach, G. T., & Zeng, Y. (2015), The essentials of inventory management. The McGraw-Hill Companies.
  • 4 Hugos, M. H. (2018), Essentials of supply chain management (4th ed.). Wiley.
  • 5 Khan, M. A., & Rahman, S. (2019), Warehousing and inventory management (1st ed.). Pearson Education India.
  • 6 Rushton, A., Croucher, P., & Baker, P. (2017), The handbook of logistics and distribution management (6th ed.). Kogan Page.
  • 7 Stevenson, W. J. (2018), Operations management (13th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education .

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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