International Logistics

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Categorise and critically discuss operational issues and market structures for different transport modes.
• Plan and construct routes and schedules in a single depot environment and determine the impact of constraints on road freight vehicle productivity.
• Evaluate and choose between the different transport modes and combine them with other elements to form an efficient and effective supply chain.
• Construct and apply freight transport cost models and assess the cost/service trade-offs inherent in the proposed transport solution.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• The impact of current logistics trends on the supply chain network operations and design.
• The impact of lead/transit time on overall supply chain efficiency and effectiveness.
• The different transportation modes.
• The strategy of international logistics management.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Problem solving: recognition, definition, analysis and solution.

• International logistics strategy
• The role of logistics in international supply chain management
• Sea freight: container shipping and ports
• Air freight
• Rail and intermodal freight
• Transportation Management Systems
• Road freight (regulation and markets)
• Road freight (vehicle selection, costing and financing)
• Urban/City logistics
• Reverse logistics
• Sustainable logistics
• Outsourcing within the transport sector

Learning activities include

• Lectures
• Use of on-line materials
• In-class test (week 6)
• Individual assignment reflecting on the lessons learned
• In-class case study / problem solving activities
• Private study

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Feedback

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Formative group feedback on students’ performance in in-lecture exercises will be provided verbally immediately after the exercises. If possible, students will use technological tools to answer questions in the exercises.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.