PCSL 9N576 - Logistics Processes
Programming Description
This course explores how logistics integrates multi-modal transportation within the broader, interdependent supply chain to ensure safe, timely, and cost-effective movement of goods and information. Through practical coursework, you’ll develop the skills to optimize key variables, enhance daily operational efficiency, and manage logistical risks and responsibilities.
Whether navigating straightforward modal choices or coordinating complex multi-carrier, multi-modal projects, you’ll learn to move materials, finished products, and data seamlessly across all stages of the supply chain—before, between, and beyond transportation links. The course emphasizes national and international logistics strategies, preparing you to support end-to-end movement from source to destination.
Learner Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will• Examine the factors that influence logistics-related decisions and explain how logistics contributes to an integrated supply chain strategy
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze warehousing and materials handling decisions on behalf of an organization
• Recognize the procurement processes related to logistics and identify the fundamental components of contracts
• Evaluate risk in logistics and describe the specific elements of marine insurance
• Interpret the process of customs compliance and articulate the role and responsibilities of a customs broker
• Discuss the primary elements of international trade, including trading terms and payment methods
