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Level 3 Diploma in Logistics, Supply Chain and Operations Management

Evaluating and Selecting Transport Solutions

LSC305 · Transport Planning and Operations Management — Week 9 of 16

CourseLSC305
Week9 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Evaluating and Selecting Transport Solutions

  1. Analysing consignment profiles and perishability
  2. Carrier selection criteria
  3. Balancing speed, reliability, and cost
  4. Making justifiable modal choices
  5. Supplier Selection Criteria – Evaluating Suppliers in Procurement
  6. #35 Supplier Selection & Evaluation | Part 1 | Strategic Sourcing

What you will be able to do

  • 2.2 Describe how customer requirements, service levels and costs affect transport planning.
  • 4.1 Select an appropriate transport solution for a stated operational requirement.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: describe how customer requirements, service levels and costs affect transport planning.

Study materials

Videos

  • Supplier Selection Criteria – Evaluating Suppliers in Procurement · YouTube · Procurement Tactics · 7 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • MIT OCW ESD.260J Logistics Systems (Fall 2006), Transportation IV: shipper perspective · PDF · MIT OpenCourseWare, slides · for registered students
  • Introduction to Logistics, ch. 7: Global Logistics Planning and Management · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 131–136 · for registered students
  • Introduction to Logistics (Conestoga College, 2022) – whole book · Reading · Other, textbook; 159 pages · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Introduction to Freight Transport Modes
  • Week 2: Modal Comparison and Intermodal Transport
  • Week 3: Documentation and Information Flows in Transport
  • Week 4: Fundamentals of Route and Schedule Planning
  • Week 5: Transport Legislation and Regulatory Compliance
  • Week 6: Health, Safety, and Security in Fleet Operations
  • Week 7: Sustainable Transport Operations
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Evaluating and Selecting Transport Solutions
  • Week 10: Developing Transport Schedules and Operational Plans
  • Week 11: Contingency Planning and Disruption Management
  • Week 12: Applying Transport Planning and Operations Management in pr…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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