Supply Chain Fundamentals: Transportation Operations

  • Overview
  • Course Content
  • Requirements & Materials
Overview

Supply Chain Fundamentals: Transportation Operations

Course Description

This course prepares you for the basics of transportation operations and the role of transportation within an organization’s overall supply chain. The course includes review of the key elements of transportation such as modes of transportation, transportation technology, company roles and operations within the transportation field, the impact of transportation on the overall economy, sustainability in transportation, and how the field is evolving to meet future needs.

This course is also available as a private or corporate offering. Visit the Supply Chain and Logistics Corporate Training page to learn more.

Course Content

TRANSPORTATION MODES

TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS

TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY

TRANSPORTATION REGULATIONS

RISK MANAGEMENT AND SECURITY IN TRANSPORTATION

SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES IN TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION SOURCING AND MANAGEMENT

Requirements & Materials
Important Information

Access to the content for this course requires you to set up a password for your Georgia Tech (GT) account different from your account and password on this website.  

After you complete your registration follow the "How to Access Your Course Content" instructions which display on the session details (summary) page for this course.

This is a self-paced online course.  You may register anytime while registration is open and will have access to the course through the published "Access Ends" date.

Materials

Required

  • Computer with speakers to access online content

Provided

  • Access to online course content and optional reading materials until the course end date

Session Details

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for transportation planners, transportation clerks, transportation analysts, transportation managers, and learners seeking to enter these roles. Supply chain professionals from other domains will also benefit through gaining insights into transportation operations.

Supply chain and logistics professionals learning in classroom

What You Will Learn

  • The business of transportation
  • Logistics and the economic impact of transportation
  • Unique features, advantages, and disadvantages of the various modes of transport
  • The cost and pricing considerations of Less-Than-Truckload (LTL), truckload, rail, air, and ocean transport
  • The role of private fleets, third-part logisitics, freight forwarders, and brokers
  • The role of technology in transportation operations
Supply chain professionals collaborating in warehouse

How You Will Benefit

  • Understand the basics of legal considerations in transportation.
  • Gain an understanding of the basics of international transportation considerations.
  • Describe the roles, functions, and metrics associated with transportation.
  • Gain an appreciation of evolving innovations in transportation.
  • Demonstrate metrics used to measure transportation service quality and efficiency.
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I am really impressed with the scope of subjects covered and the practical case studies in diverse sectors from health, education, and other public sector projects.

- Kenny Onasanya
Team Lead

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