COURSE DESCRIPTION

Driven by more frequent and increasingly time definite shipments, global trading partners, complex security and regulatory requirements, volatile fuel costs, new technologies and severe shortages of trained labor in some markets, dealing with the complexities of transportation and distribution planning has become a critical corporate function. This course is focused on understanding capacity development, freight consolidation, network alignment, and synchronization. This course develops the principles, practices, and tools required to address all major issues and tradeoffs in domestic and international transportation including key financial and performance indicators for transportation and design of supply chains to minimize transportation and distribution costs.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Operations managers of traffic, transportation, and/or warehousing
• Supply chain engineers and analysts
• Industrial engineers and systems analysts
• Supply chain and logistics consultants
• Transportation managers and engineers

WHAT IS COVERED

• Transportation and distribution fundamentals
• Delivery costs and strategies
• Modeling carbon emissions
• Long haul and international transportation
• Reducing transportation cost
• Transportation and distribution technology
• Network design fundamentals
• Supply chain design strategy and technology
• Transportation and distribution trends and innovation
• Incoterms 2010