Planning & Execution

Import/Export Management
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In import/export management, there is a need for articulation of the duties of every employee. The managers have a task of carrying out activities for ensuring success in the planning and execution of an import /export. The activities that a manager undertakes include ensuring that all employees comply with the regulations of the involved countries, Olivo, Zilli, Gianezini & Yamaguchi, 2015). This activity is in the considerations that violations of laws of countries in the process of importation or exportation would have dire consequences.
The managers also organize for timely and also cost effective freights for ferrying the goods of the export/import, (Nelson, 2009). This duty is in line with the realization that ineffective modes of freight shipments and costly ones translate to minimization of profitability which does not auger well with any form of business. Manager in import/export also has a duty of ensuring the creation of the right relationships with employees, vendors and also the governments in question. Such relationships go a long way in ensuring a smooth running of business.
In import/export planning and execution, a lot of attention goes to the route planning. This view emanates from the consideration that; the right route planning ensures efficiency and costs effectiveness; hence, benefits to the business. It is essential that there is an overview of the fundamental elements of route planning so as to ensure success, (Orgaz, Barrero, R-Moreno & Camacho, 2015).

Those key elements include an understanding of the client’s business model. This feature goes alongside the decision of the business model with which to undertake the transaction. When there is a mutual understanding, there is bound to be the right planning. Another element is that of capacity. A manager ought to decide how much capacity of the import or export they can handle comfortably as a unit. With that decision, there will be the precise calculations for the measures of import/export and the route planning.
References
Nelson, C. A. (2009). Import/export: How to Take Your Business Across Borders. New York: McGraw-Hill Professional.
Olivo, S., Zilli, J. C., Gianezini, M., & Yamaguchi, C. K. (2015). Logistics and special customs regimes: The uses of Drawback by export companies in southern Brazil. Business Management Dynamics, 5(6), 1-12.
Orgaz, G. B., Barrero, D. F., R-Moreno, M. D., & Camacho, D. (2015). Acquisition of business intelligence from human experience in route planning. Enterprise Information Systems, 9(3), 303-323. doi:10.1080/17517575.2012.759279