Supply Chain · Professional · MBE™
IT2020
Supply ChainProfessional level
30 Hours17 Modules
Self-pacedLearn at your own pace
CertificationEarn an MBE™ CredentialThree letters on a purchase order decide who arranges carriage, who insures the cargo, who clears customs and at which point loss stops being the seller's problem. When sales, procurement and freight teams read those letters differently, the result is disputed invoices, uninsured transit legs and shipments stuck at the border.
Mastering Incoterms 2020 gives everyone involved in cross-border transactions the same reading of all eleven rules, the contract architecture around them, and the documentation, customs and insurance obligations that follow from each choice.
What you take away
Incoterms rule selectionRisk transfer mappingCost allocation analysisTrade contract readingAny business that buys or sells across a border has several teams who should share this knowledge. Logistics professionals and freight coordinators apply the rules on every booking and need to know where their responsibility starts and stops. Procurement specialists negotiate the terms and can protect the organization from hidden transport, duty and insurance exposure.
Exporters and importers in sales or trade operations use the documentation and compliance modules daily. Supply chain planners and inventory planners benefit from understanding how delivery obligations shift lead time and ownership. A mixed cohort from sales, buying, finance and shipping is ideal, because disputes usually arise between those functions rather than within them.
Mastering Business ExcellenceCertification terms and policies applySeventeen modules run from context to a complete trade strategy. Modules one and two cover the history of standard trade terms and the legal architecture of sale contracts. Module three classifies the eleven rules, and modules four to six examine the E and F, C and D groups in turn.
Module seven consolidates risk, cost and responsibility mapping. Modules eight to ten cover documentation, customs and tariffs, and cargo insurance. Modules eleven to fourteen connect the rules to payment methods, negotiation strategy, sector applications and common mistakes with dispute resolution. Modules fifteen and sixteen look at digital trade and geopolitics, and the capstone structures an end-to-end Incoterms strategy.
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All eleven are covered, each with its responsibility split and risk transfer point. Module four handles EXW, FCA, FAS and FOB and the export clearance problems that arise under EXW. Module five takes CFR, CIF, CPT and CIP and the separation of payment from risk, including the insurance difference between CIP and CIF. Module six covers DAP, DPU and DDP, with specific guidance on when DDP is a poor choice.
Yes. Module two explains the anatomy of a cross-border sales contract, the role of the CISG, governing law and jurisdiction clauses, and how the chosen Incoterm interlocks with the separate contracts of carriage and insurance. It also deals with title and the passing of property, which Incoterms do not decide, a distinction that catches many commercial teams out.
Module eight follows the documents through a transaction and sets out export and import compliance essentials and who clears customs under each rule. Module nine goes further into Harmonized System codes, customs valuation and how the Incoterm affects it, duties and rules of origin, and export controls, sanctions and restricted party screening.
After module seven participants can lay out, for any proposed term, who pays for each leg of transport, insurance, customs and documentation and where risk passes, so they can see what a supplier's quoted term really transfers to the buyer. Combined with the cargo insurance module, this lets buyers request CIP instead of CIF, or FCA instead of EXW, with reasons. Module twelve turns this into negotiation tactics for buyers and sellers.
Module ten is devoted to it: why insurance matters under every rule, the Institute Cargo Clauses A, B and C and what each excludes, the gap between minimum cover under CIF and comprehensive cover under CIP, and how to file a claim and prove where loss occurred relative to the risk transfer point.
Delivery is online and self-paced: 30 hours of content on the Blue Ocean learning platform, reachable by web or the mobile app from the UAE, India, the UK or anywhere the team sits. Each participant moves through the modules, templates, knowledge checks and practice assessments independently, and the administrator dashboard gives one view of progress across locations. Completion earns a digital, verifiable MBE credential.
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