CET858 Global Air Cargo

Course Provider

School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE)

Certification

FlexiMasters

Academic Unit

1

Introduction

The COVID-19 pandemic and the unprecedented disruptions in International Air and Ocean Transport have adversely affected global Trade and Supply Chains. Business Continuity Plans and Crisis Management Plans at national and corporate levels were triggered to ensure continuity in food supplies, and other critical supplies, such as masks, ventilators, and vaccines. Air cargo has played a major role in restoration of trade and availability of key supplies in remote corners of the world even amidst major disruptions.

Main objectives of this course are to familiarize the participants with the air cargo markets, players in the industry, models of operation, opportunities and challenges, and processes for handling regular and specialized cargo.

 

This course is part of:

  • Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Engineering
  • FlexiMasters in Supply Chain Engineering 
  • Master of Science (Supply Chain Engineering)

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At the end of the course, learners  will have a clear understanding of:

(1) air cargo industry and;

(2) air cargo infrastructure and handling processes; and processes for handling of specialized cargo.

To meet the requirement of SkillsFuture Singapore, assessment(s) will be conducted during every course. The assessment(s) include:

  • Class Participation
  • Class quizzes

Working adults from the industry, professionals seeking mid-career change or fresh graduates with relevant background.

Standard Course Fee: S$1,308

SSG Funding Support

 Course fee

Course fee payable after SSG funding, if eligible under various schemes

 

BEFORE funding & GST

AFTER funding & 9% GST

Singapore Citizens (SCs) and Permanent Residents (PRs) (Up to 70% funding)

S$1,200

S$392.40

Enhanced Training Support for SMEs (ETSS)

S$152.40

SCs aged ≥ 40 years old
SkillsFuture Mid-career Enhanced Subsidy (MCES)
(Up to 90% funding)

  • Standard course fee is inclusive of GST.
  • NTU/NIE alumni may utilise their $1,600 Alumni Course Credits. Click here for more information.

 

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Mr Edward Lau

Edward, is the the Chief Executive | Director of Pointline Enterprise Private Limited; a strategic consulting firm that specialise in aviation, transportations, supply-chain, e-commerce fulfilment, joint-venture establishments, and M & A organisation integration.

Before Mr. Lau’s returning to Singapore, he was the President, Asia of Landmark Global – a wholly owned subsidiary of bpost (Belgian Post Group -EPA:Bpost.SA). The Company provides customised solutions to enable their customers to establish international expansions of their cross-border e-commerce business. Moreover, Mr. Lau was the Chief Executive Officer of Jetstar Hong Kong Airways, a start-up Low-Cost-Carrier in the territory.

As a veteran in management with over three decades of experience, he brings extensive global-MNC senior leadership experience from his diverse cross-cultural management background. 

Prior to joining Jetstar Hong Kong, Edward spent over ten years at TNT Express Worldwide where he held a number of senior positions, most recently Managing Director Hong Kong, where he was responsible for managing TNT Express’ Hong Kong business and its North Asia multimodal-hub and expanding its cross-border operations. He also held the executive positions of Regional Director, Global Account Management, Asia Pacific and Managing Director, Singapore for TNT Express where he established the state-of-art pharmaceutical & med-tech regional distribution center that managed ISO / GMP / GDP accredited processing and fulfilment services across Asia Pacific and trans-continental consignments.


Mr. Lau also held senior roles with the Hay Group (now Korn Ferry – NYSE:KFY), Rosenbluth International (now American Express Company –NYSE:AXP) and was a core member of the team that established Federal Express (NYSE:FDX) in Hong Kong since the 1980’s.

Edward was born in Hong Kong. He holds a Graduate Diploma in Business Communications from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and a Postgraduate Award in Management and Business Studies from University of Warwick, UK (WBS). Edward has been elected the Chartered Fellow qualification at the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport (CILT); a Board Director at the CILT-Singapore and recently appointed the Global Advisory to the Women in Logistics & Transport (WiLAT). On the personal level, Edward is a guest lecturer at the: Nanyang Technological University – School of Civil & Environmental Engineering since 2021, and in 2023 appointed as an Associate Faculty at the Singapore University of Social Sciences – School of Business; previous lecturing’s involved : the Shanghai University – MBA Centre, and the CUHK – One MBA program. Moreover, Mr. Lau was a certified global trainer at the FedEx Express sales leadership institute, Memphis, TN and an executive-leadership trainer of the Hay Group Management Consulting. Edward contributed to the Corporate Mentorship Programs of the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), and the CUHK. Mr. Lau also sat on the Tak Shun Secondary School, Hong Kong’s governance board. In 2019, the IESE Business School appointed Edward as their non-executive director in SE Asia.
COURSE TITLEACADEMIC UNIT
CET857 Warehousing Operations1
CET859 Multi-modal Transport and Sea Freight Management1
CET860 Decision Making under Uncertainty1
CET861 Optimization of Supply and Transportation Networks1
CET862 Decision Analytics and Applications1
CET863 Sales and Operations Planning1
CET864 Resource and Capacity Planning 2
CET865 Introduction to Supply Chain Management1
CET866 Supply Network Design & Inventory Management1
CET867 Strategies for Supply Chain Alignment 1
CET868 Strategic Sourcing and Procurement2
CET869 Effective Supplier Management & Development1


Listed courses are:

  • Credit-bearing and stackable to Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Engineering (9 AU), FlexiMasters in Supply Chain Engineering (15 AU) and Master of Science in Supply Chain Engineering (30 AU).
  • SkillsFuture Credit approved.

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