Logistics Operations: Freight Transport and Warehousing

On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• appreciate the importance of logistics to corporate strategy and as a source of competitive advantage.
• understand freight transport types, multi-modal transport options, and each mode’s relative suitability.
• explain the key steps in selecting the appropriate mode of transport for freight operations.
• evaluate the implications of freight transportation selection and its effect on optimum success within the supply chain.
• understand regulations and technology pertaining to freight movements. Understand how regulation and industry impact both freight operations and warehousing.
• evaluate multi-modal freight transportation and juxtapose these issues against the wide range of alternative distribution centre resources, techniques and technologies.
• explain how the capability of a distribution centre can impact upon the capability and performance of a supply chain.
• understand storage, handling and picking systems, and the current and emerging technologies involved, as well as value-adding activities in distribution centres.
• evaluate the suitability of the different systems, techniques and technologies within a distribution centre against the strategic and operational needs of an organisation.
• recognise the key issues within distribution centres relating to activities, resources and processes.
• identify trends and future technologies in the fields of freight and warehousing, and evaluate their impact on selection and operations.
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• Fundamentals of logistics network design
• In-house and outsourced logistics
• Technology-driven market changes
• Transport cost optimisation
• Key factors in decision making
• Global shipping
• Regional and national transport networks
• Local and final-mile delivery
• Decision factors in freight mode choice
• Fundamentals of freight optimisation
• Optimisation at different levels
• Key costs and other optimisation factors
•  Route planning – global/national/final mile
• Opportunities and limitations
• Future developments in optimising freight
• Regulations involved in running freight transport and warehousing operations.
•  How legislation affects operational activity and performance
• Sustainability imperatives
• Fundamentals of warehousing
• Warehousing for different types of business
• Strategic implications of warehousing
• In-house and outsourced models
• Levels of technological sophistication
• Fundamental concepts in warehouse design and operating principles
• Choices and trade-offs in warehouse design
• Introduction to material storage and handling equipment
•  Technology advances in storage and handling
• Picking operations and human/machine interaction
• Sustainability as a driver of warehouse design and equipment change
• Future changes to warehouse requirements as a result of technology changes
• Warehouse tasks and activities
• Understanding capacity and throughput
• Load balancing in warehouse operation
• Staff and other resources in warehouse operations
• Health and Safety in the warehouse environment
• Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and integration with other systems
• Data-driven order processes
• Inventory control and management
• Data analysis for decision making
• Integration with external partners
• Types of trade-offs in freight transport and warehouse decision-making
•  Dealing with trade-offs between freight and warehouse costs
•  Location and infrastructure access issues
•  Technologies for integrating freight and warehouse planning
• Competitive advantage created by effective logistics

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