Warehousing, Shipping and Documentation
Personnel.
Concerned Marketing and Financial Personnel.
Concerned
Personnel from Customs, Banks and Regulatory Authorities.
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Demonstrate correct warehousing and
physical export procedures, including containerisation, food safety issues and
insurance matters. Demonstrate where and how to reduce delays and
costs.
Introduction to electronic portals and
the use thereof.
Pro-active sessions: Identify
constraints and discuss potential solutions, including how to introduce
these.
Through: On the job training; and formal
group lectures.
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Formal programme, during the off or
quiet season.
At area or regional centres by local and
international personnel, including personnel drawn from local shipping and
banking circles, using standard teaching modules, as well as actual examples of
'right' and 'wrong'.
Approach: presentations, lectures and
discussions.
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Better appreciation of food security and
safety issues, including the importance of correct containerisation procedures
and shipping issues generally, including the importance of correct booking and
stowage instructions;
Better understanding of how contracts,
banking and payments all link into the physical export process; Improved
efficiency in dealing with problems and disputes;
Improved communications, including the
use of electronic portals etc, with shipping companies, port and customs
authorities, buyers and so on.
Identification of constraints and
potential solutions.
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