Business - Supply Chain and Operations for Commercial Trucking

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites: MGMT1245
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

This course is designed to provide knowledge and understanding in various safety and compliance related topics pertinent to a transportation/logistics environment. Topics introduced: due diligence, fleet safety, occupational health and safety, policies, safety management systems, personal safety considerations on the road, risk assessments, insurance, claims and risk management. Students will study various regulations, best practices, policies, and programs to develop an understanding of what is required to build a robust safety program while exploring the connection of these activities to supporting a successful business through safety and risk management.

• Hours: 56
• Credits: 4
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: $33.80

This course explores industry best practices for Integrated Logistics management. Students will learn to relate logistics to supply chain operations and how decisions specific to organizational structure, cost, order management, and customer service are made in a cross-functional environment. Through case studies and classroom discussions, they will also learn to analyze logistics operations to identify primary drivers, challenges, and opportunities for efficiencies or risk reduction.

• Hours: 84
• Credits: 6
• Pre-Requisites: TRAN1040
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: $72.00

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites: TRAN1020
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.

This course will provide students with an introduction to Load Distribution. Students will understand the general processes and techniques required to gather information, and correctly assign the loads to a transportation vehicle.

By exploring various concepts related to Load Distribution, the students will gain an understanding of how to manage a shipment taking into consideration equipment, delivery volume, type of transportation, distance, weight, and capacity. Students will be exposed to the dynamics of the industry and understand how equipment, customers service, load capacity, industry personal, the legal environment, load limitations etc. all affect Load Distribution.

Laboratory exercises focusing on Load Distribution in a transport truck will also provide a practical application of theories as well as understanding the field of physics and measurements and calculations involved in the basic principles of Load Distribution. Areas such as kinematics, and dynamics will be discussed as well.

• Hours: 42
• Credits: 3
• Pre-Requisites:
• CoRequisites:
• Estimated required text and/or learning resource costs: No cost.