Project deals with the legal regulations of freight forwarding contract mainly focusing on the provisions of Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania as one of the main mandatory instruments regulating the contract mentioned above. The aim of this project is to indicate the peculiarities of freight forwarding services and contract. The article begins with analysis of functions and concept of freight forwarder. As well different titles used for freight forwarding contract are analyzed. The analysis continues with the discussion of freight forwarding contract elements such as contracting parties, their rights and obligations, form of the contract. As well this article approaches comparative analyses of the contract of freight forwarding, carriage and other civil contracts. Freight forwarding and carriage contracts are clearly connected, however, this connection as well as differing aspects are not self evident and in some cases very problematic. The project suggests some essentials that can be used for contract legal evaluation. The article concludes that the freight forwarding contract dissociation from other contract and especially from carriage contract may determinate the liability of the party. In case of international carriage of goods by road the interaction of the mandatory 1956 Geneva Convention on the contract for the International carriage of goods by Road (CMR) and the Lithuanian Civil Code provisions concerning the carriage and freight forwarding in the... [to full text]

Freight Forwarding The content of this thesis is a treatise on the issue of freight forwarding contract conclusion as well as on the topic of freight forwarding in general, namely in the context of Czech laws together with the laws of Germany and Austria. The thesis is divided into five chapters, whereas the author emphasizes, besides the comparison of the current and the previous legislations the clarification of basic terms of the law of transport and conceives the text as an elementary insight into an often overlooked issue. Demonstrated on the historical context, outlined in chapter two of the thesis, is the rather dynamic evolution of the branch as well as the set back of its promising beginnings in our countries caused by the installment of the totalitarian regime in the late 40s of the last century. Prevailing in the following legislative excursion, contained in the third chapter, is beside the aforementioned comparison, a pure analysis of the rights and obligations of the forwarding contract parties, means of their securing as well as of the alternative liability regimes, when included is also a brief description of the related types of contracts and the model transport documents used in the freight forwarding business branch. The fourth chapter consists mainly of an analysis of the legal...

Enterprise Resource Planning and Customer Relationship Management are two essential concepts in the global supply chain. These aspects are considered to be the backbone of organizational success as they ensure that the upstream and downstream members of the chain are working effectively to deliver services that meet the standards and the customer’s requirements. Customer satisfaction in the freight forwarding industry, especially for the Case company is the priority. Integration of new systems in the centralized repository so that the information sharing is facilitated, and decision making is strengthened. Vendor selection, implementation of the new system, and customer satisfaction are the essential parts of this study. As there is significant competition in the industry, there are increasing challenges in boundless trading. Several researchers have conducted a study on this aspect to evaluate the critical success factors driving ERP system successfully. In this study, the researchers aimed to analyse the importance of implementing a CRM system in an ERP system of the Case company and evaluate how it positively influenced the organization.The researchers in this study used a triangulation approach and made use of both primary and secondary data in the study. For primary data, there were several detailed interviews conducted while the secondary data was collected through the comprehensive literature review. The results showed that there had all the research participants emphasized massively on the importance of customer relationship and implementation of a new system in the organization. There were specific challenges that were faced by the organization, especially concerning the employee resistance to change and the increase in the costs of the organization. However, the benefits outweigh the costs, and it is suggested to continuously improve the system for the sake of enhanced the organization’s performance.

This diploma thesis describes ocean freight LCL export shipment from the Czech republic to USA. Freight forwarder not only arranges the transportation, he can also offer complementary services like warehousing, packing or customs clearance of shipment. After definition of freight forwarding I described current situation on the ocean freight transportation market, especially infrastrucuture and means of transportation. There are more strict rules for shipments imported to USA. In cooperation with customs declaration I tried to describe all the steps, that are necessary to start arranging export shipment. The last part of diploma thesis describes specific business case of arranging LCL export shipment to USA.

The thesis is to provide comprehensive efficiency analysis of road transport intermediaries in terms of international trade between the Commonwealth of Independent States and the European Union. The analysis establishes particular patterns and provides solutions of how to increase financial effectiveness of the supply chain in case freight forwarding companies are involved in the process.

Šio darbo tikslas – atlikti ekspedicinių ir transporto įmonių veiklos efektyvumo lyginamąjį tyrimą. Tyrimui turi įtakos esama situacija transporto sektoriuje, todėl darbe įvertinamos kelių transporto sektoriaus plėtros perspektyvos bei analizuojamos krovinių vežimo apimtys per pastaruosius 5 metus. Darbe remiamasi apklausoje dalyvavusių respondentų atsakymais apie jų įmonių veiklos efektyvumą. Atlikus tyrimą buvo nustatyta, kad ekspedicinė veikla (dabartinėmis sąlygomis) yra efektyvesnė, nei vežimo. Tam turėjo įtakos tai, kad 2008 metai buvo nuostolingi vežėjams, nes didėjo degalų kainos bei mažėjo krovinių vežimo apimtys. Remiantis respondentų atsakymais, galima teigti, kad transporto veikla tampa mažiau pelninga, nes beveik pusė jų, jeigu tektų rinktis iš naujo, kuo užsiimti, pasirinktų kitą veiklą. Kita dalis respondentų nurodė, kad užsiimtų ekspedijavimu. O tai reiškia, kad ekspeditorių padėtis yra lengvesnė nei vežėjų. Tik maža dalis apklaustųjų pasirinktų vežimo veiklą. Darbą sudaro 5 dalys: įvadas, analitinė-metodinė dalis, eksperimentinė-tiriamoji dalis, išvados ir siūlymai, literatūros sąrašas. Darbo apimtis – 81 p. teksto be priedų, 13 iliustracijų, 3 lentelės, 52 bibliografiniai šaltiniai. / The aim of this work - to perform comparative analysis of forwarding and transportation companies activity efficiency. The present situation in the transport sector has influence upon the analysis, therefore in the work, the perspectives of road transport sector expansion are evaluated, also cargo transportation volumes during the latter 5 years are analyzed. The work is based on the answers of the respondents, who participated in the survey - about the efficiency of their companies' activity. When the analysis was made, it was established, that the forwarding activity (in the present circumstances) is more effective than the transportation activity. Also this fact, that the year 2008 was loss-making to the carriers, because the fuel prices increased and the volumes of cargo transportation decreased, had influence on the research results. On the grounds of respondent answers, it can be stated, that transportation activity becomes less profitable, because nearly half of the respondents, if they had a possibility to choose newly what activity to take, would choose the other activity. Other part of the respondents has indicated that they would use forwarding. And this means, that the condition of forwarders is easier than the carriers' condition. Only the little part of the respondents would choose the carrier activity. The work is made from 5 parts: introduction, analytical-methodical part, experimental-investigative part, conclusions and suggestions, list of literature. The... [to full text]

Šiame darbe yra apibūdinami teoriniai ekspedicinės veiklos aspektai, apibrėžiamos konkurencijos ir konkurencingumo sąvokos, pristatomas marketingo priemonių kompleksas ir atskleidžiamos jų panaudojimo galimybės ekspedicinėje veikloje. Darbe remiamasi konkrečios ekspedicinės įmonės „CAF“ pavyzdžiu, analizuojama jos veikla bei vertinamas konkurencingumas ir jo didinimo galimybės marketingo priemonėmis. „CAF“ įmonės konkurencingumui įvertinti naudojamas ir kokybinis tyrimas taikant interviu metodą, o gauti tyrimo rezultatai pateikiami kaip reikšmingi kitų ekspedicinių kompanijų konkurencingumo didinimui. / This work is written to show freight forwarder company’s competitive ability and to find out which changes could influence company’s profit and create more effective managing. It was taken an example of real Lithuanian freight forwarder company. It was interviewed employees of this company and analyzed their reports to realize main problems in freight forwarding activity and find out which actions could make company’s action more competetive.

The aim of this thesis is to provide a reader with the most complex information possible about the field of freight forwarding specialized in maritime shipping and about all the processes which take place in this area. This information could serve for a better orientation for trade or manufacturing companies which need to use maritime transportation and which do not have any or have only little experience with it. My aim is also to show, how to communicate with freight forwarding companies and what prices can be expected.