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Level 4 Diploma in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Transport Planning and Contemporary Issues

LSC403 · Operations and Logistics Management — Week 11 of 16

CourseLSC403
Week11 of 16
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This week’s topics

Transport Planning and Contemporary Issues

  1. Route planning and vehicle scheduling
  2. Environmental sustainability and decarbonisation
  3. Fuel volatility and global supply disruptions
  4. Urban last-mile delivery challenges
  5. Distribution Network Design for Urban Last-Mile Delivery with Drs Caplice & Winkenbach - SC0x-1 2018
  6. Mod-09 Lec-40 Vehicle Routeing Problems
  7. Technology Solutions for Global Supply Chain Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities

What you will be able to do

  • 4.2 Explain the importance of effective transport planning to a logistics business.
  • 4.4 Assess the impact of current issues on a logistics business’s transportation and distribution.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the importance of effective transport planning to a logistics business.

Study materials

Videos

  • Distribution Network Design for Urban Last-Mile Delivery with Drs Caplice & Winkenbach - SC0x-1 2018 · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 55 min · for registered students
  • Technology Solutions for Global Supply Chain Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities · YouTube · MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics · 51 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Future of freight: a long-term plan (DfT, 2022) · PDF · GOV.UK, report; 134 pages · for registered students
  • Introduction to Logistics, ch. 7: Global Logistics Planning and Management · Reading · Other, textbook chapter; PDF pp. 131–136 · for registered students
  • UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport 2025 · PDF · Un, report; 173 pages · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Fundamentals of Operations Management
  • Week 2: Operations Planning and Resource Constraints
  • Week 3: Logistics Management and Business Alignment
  • Week 4: Logistics Network Planning and Supply Chain Integration
  • Week 5: Warehouse Management Principles
  • Week 6: Warehouse Operational Processes
  • Week 7: Principles of Inventory Management
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Inventory Management Processes and Replenishment
  • Week 10: Transport Management and Modal Selection
  • Week 11: Transport Planning and Contemporary Issues
  • Week 12: Applying Operations and Logistics Management in practice: c…
  • 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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