SCM 340 Logistics Management

Fall Semester

This course provides a supply chain operations management focus on understanding the planning, implementation, and control aspects of effective forward and reverse flow of goods and services, packaging and storage of material, information sharing between point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet customers’ requirements. The following topic areas will be covered: logistics strategy, logistics infrastructure, modes of transportation, international logistics, warehousing and packaging, modeling and optimizing logistic problems, logistics finance, and an introduction to logistics technology, including Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID), and Transportation Management Systems (TMS). Prerequisite: QBA 260 and ACC 220 with a grade of 2.0 or higher.

3 credit hours