Problem: This course will introduce you to the importance of logistics in managing supply chains. Knowledge in global logistics prepares students for careers handling the technical aspects of international businesses' such as the transportation, storage and distribution of goods. Transportation and logistics is responsible not just for distributing commercial goods, but for distributing food, health care, and vital technologies around the globe. A career in transportation and logistics will keep you connected with the entire world and let you know that you're making a difference everywhere.
Course Description: This course introduces the key concepts and techniques in supply chain management (SCM) that enables firms to better coordinate material and information flows, and non-material activities associated with logistical and marketing processes that occur within and across organizations.