Logistics Management

This capstone course provides on-the-job opportunities in a program designed by a company official and a faculty advisor for practical, professional learning experiences.

This course explains how companies strategically navigate the complexity of international trade. The course will examine how to identify potential risks, apply quality control procedures, and prepare documentation accurately. This course will also cover compliance and security regulations including: C-TPAT guidelines, Incoterms, in-house compliance programs, freight cost-reduction methods, TSA regulations, Improved technology options, and current export initiatives.

This course takes an in-depth look at transportation law and regulations. Topics include federal jurisdiction and pre-emption, U.S. and international contract law including the UCC and CISG, insurance, liability, environmental law; as well as specific regulations pertaining to the railroad, motor carrier, ocean, and airline industries.

This course focuses on the science, engineering and ethics of sustainability by examining ecological, social and environmental issues. The course will review the environmental policy issues and the impact human population has on the current environment. Explore new sources of energy, and examine water quality, waste treatment, reclamation, and conservation efforts. The course will demonstrate how managers can collaborate to meet these challenges and determine the financial impact on company by calculating the return on investment.

In this course students will learn to organize, plan, implement, and control project tasks to achieve a logistics organization's schedule, budget, and performance objectives. Students will learn to use and apply tools and concepts such as project charter, scope statement, work breakdown structure, project estimating, and scheduling methodologies.

This course provides an analysis of decision making in the current logistics environment and the quantitative tools and methods needed for finding solutions to problems relating to purchasing, inventory, transportation, and warehouse management.

This course provides an in-depth approach of the methods to organize and operate a warehouse including warehousing principles, site selection, facility design, facility size, JIT (Just in Time), automation, and advanced warehouse technology.

This course analyzes both the theory and applications of strategic issues in procurement and supply chain management process. Themes include the procurement cycle, purchasing research, relationships with suppliers, negotiation and commodity planning. Emphasis is placed on cost, price and value analysis.

This is the second course in the Logistics and Quality Management Tools sequence. This course will focus upon Six Sigma and synthesis of the tools for maximum impact in creating continuous improvements.

Introduction to supply chain management from both analytical and perspectives. Stressing a unified approach, the course allows students to develop a framework for making intelligent decisions within the supply chain. Key logistics functions are covered to include demand planning, procurement, inventory theory and control, transportation planning and execution, reverse logistics, and flexible contracting. Concepts covered include postponement, portfolio management, dual sourcing, and others. Emphasis is placed on ability to recognize and manage risk, analyze various tradeoffs, and model logistics systems.