Transportation and Logistics Management (Reverse Logistics Management)

Course Overview

This degree program provides individuals with advanced knowledge of the world of logistics from an industry-based perspective. Individuals completing this degree program will integrate theory, strategy, economic principles, and best practices of TLM to practical and real-world scenarios and activities. This degree program is versatile and relevant to the ever-changing industry needs of companies utilizing TLM. In addition to the institutional and degree level learning outcomes objectives, the Master of Arts in Transportation and Logistics Management also seeks the following specific learning outcomes of its graduates. Graduates in this degree program will be able to do the following: Apply economic principles to evaluate the performance of a transportation system. Analyze the history, pattern, and impact of laws and regulation on the various modes of transportation in the United States. Evaluate the importance of transportation at the organizational and national levels. Examine global transportation issues, to include systems, documentation, providers, and challenges in international transportation. Contrast and compare buyer/seller relationships, third-party relationships, negotiations, bidding, contracts and the challenges of relationship management in transportation. Concentration Objectives, Upon completion of this concentration, the student will be able to: Analyze and present the best practices of a reverse logistics operation. Classify and explain the differences between forward and reverse logistics. Compare and contrast different historical case studies of when a reverse logistics operation was a success and when it was a failure. Explain the military and commercial industry history of reverse logistics compared to its current uses. Conduct an informal survey of military or manufacturing or retail decision makers, and explain how to appraise qualitative as well as quantitative data and reports in the use of reverse logistics processes. Differentiate the financial impact of reverse logistics from financial components within a business environment. Examine and compare how a real-world application of reverse logistics is improving logistics visibility in a military, manufacturing and retail environment. Design and write an implementation plan to use reverse technology processes and technology within a manufacturing, retail or military organization. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, transportation and logistics management is the second largest employment sector in the United States. In fact, transportation and logistics management is at the core of global supply chain management, encompassing manufacturing, distribution, retailing, recreation, and national security. National and global disasters such as the massive earthquakes of 2010 in Haiti and Chile focus on transportation and logistics management as the foundation for response and recovery to mitigate their tragic consequences. Careers in transportation and logistics management offer opportunities in not only a variety of transportation modes with global carriers, but with private and public sector organizations whose success depends on the global fulfillment of customers' requirements. The technology of the 21st Century has truly revolutionized transportation and logistics management. The movement of information has become as important as the movement of goods and people, making it an exciting career for ambitious men and women.