Concepts and issues of Agri-Supply Chain Management, Busineess Process in Supply Chain in case of Agri supply chain, Government incentives for Agri-supply chain management. Supply chain - changing business environment, Evolution of SCM, SCM Approach, Elements in SCM, Comparison of traditional supply chain to modern supply chain

Production scheduling, Production management, Post-harvest management , Cold chain management, warehousing/storage, retailing, Procurement management in Agrisupply chain, Purchasing cycle, Types of purchases, Contract / Corporate farming, Classifications of Purchases Goods and Services, Traditional Inventory Management, Material Requirement Planning, Just-in-Time(JIT), Vendor Management Inventory(VMI), Sourcing model in case of fresh fruits and vegetables.

Challenges and Emerging solutions, Logistics in efficiencies in Agri-supply chain and management strategies, supply chain management in Horticulture, Supply chain Management in dairy. Inventory Management: Economic Order Quantity and its determination, Discount on Purchases, buffer stock, safety stock and reverse stock, Reorder point, P & Q inventory Models, Inventory classification systems.

Distribution strategies: Pool Distribution. Transportation Management; Fleet management; service Innovation; Warehousing; Packaging for Logistics, Third-Party Logistics(TPL/3PL); GPS Technology.

ICT Application in Agri business SCM; Public-Sector Efforts to integrate small holders in Commercial supply chain through ICT applications. Performance Measurement and Controls in Agri. Supply Chain Management-Creation of performance Metrics. Role of E-Commerce in Agriculture.