Transportation and Logistics Management

Catalog description

This course will survey and analyze the important issues, concepts and models for analyzing different transportation functions and logistic functions. The focus will be on presenting information about, and providing access to, available tools and techniques that ensure a smooth flow and distribution of goods in the industry today. The course uses teaching techniques i.e. case and systems analyses for proper decision making - specifying how, when and where to transport goods; selection of appropriate location of warehouses and distribution points; selection of route and carriers; and understanding of logistics and distribution costs. One of the major goals of the course is to understand the basic modes of transportation, the economic fundamentals underlying each, and some of the ways in which today’s supply chain manager can use them to achieve efficiencies and cost effectiveness necessary for a company to survive in today’s global markets.