This unit introduces the historical development, core functions, and key actors in global logistics while establishing foundational skills in inventory, transportation, and distribution decision-making. Students will examine risk management, environmental and labor considerations, and humanitarian logistics to prepare for deeper operational and tactical planning in subsequent units.
Learning Objectives
- Analyze the evolution of global logistics and compare the roles and services of logistics service providers, including industry organizations like SOLE, to explain how these elements shape international supply chains
- Apply location, transportation mode, and distribution-channel criteria to recommend foreign manufacturing sites, points of sale, and multimodal transport solutions that meet operational, environmental, and market requirements
- Develop a basic supply chain risk management plan that integrates inventory control, points-of-sale safeguards, environmental protection measures, and contingency procedures for humanitarian and disaster relief deployments
- Evaluate cultural, language, labor-law, and workforce-sourcing factors to create compliant staffing strategies and point-of-sale risk mitigation recommendations for global logistics operations
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 24 Lessons
- 30 hours
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- Unit 1 — Foundations of Global Logistics24
- 1.1Understanding the Evolution of Global Logistics20 mins
- 1.2Manufacturing in a Foreign Location20 mins
- 1.3Defining Logistics Services and Logistics Service Providers20 mins
- 1.4Directing and Managing International Disaster Relief Efforts20 mins
- 1.5Establishing Your Presence20 mins
- 1.6Building and Managing Your Inventory20 mins
- 1.7Safeguarding the Environment20 mins
- 1.8Maintaining the Line20 mins
- 1.9Developing Your Supply Chain Risk Management Plan20 mins
- 1.10Choosing Your Transportation Modes20 mins
- 1.11Identifying Potential Distribution Chain Threats20 mins
- 1.12Identifying and Establishing Your Points of Sale20 mins
- 1.13Minimizing the Risk at the Point of Sale20 mins
- 1.14Confronting Cultural and Language Barriers20 mins
- 1.15Identifying the Ground Rules20 mins
- 1.16Identifying Your Labor Pool: Internal versus External20 mins
- 1.17Integrating Labor Laws into Work Schedules20 mins
- 1.18Defining the Scope of Humanitarian and Disaster Relief20 mins
- 1.19Making the Corporate Commitment20 mins
- 1.20Deploying Your Humanitarian & Disaster Relief (H&DR) Logistics Team20 mins
- 1.21Amazon.com: Leveraging E-Commerce to Support a Global Logistics Enterprise20 mins
- 1.22Best Buy Europe: Underestimating Cultural Differences in Technology Purchasing20 mins
- 1.23Global Logistics Manufacturing and Distribution20 mins
- 1.24Introducing SOLE – The International Society of Logistics20 mins
Instructor
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