LOG 102: Transportation & Distribution

Description: Tacoma Community College offers a Logistics course program, funded in part by the National Science Foundation, to provide students with the professional skills necessary to succeed in warehouse, inventory, and supply chain management. Logistics 102, Transportation and Distribution, seeks to introduce students to overview of the logistics sector of the economy through a combination of in-person and online hands-on discussions, lectures, readings, and projects. The course broadly orients students to “to the role and importance of transportation and distribution of cargo in the nation’s economy and overview the operations of each mode of the transportation industry. Students will be introduced to the carrier cost structures and operating characteristics, and public policy as it relates to transportation regulations.” In addition, students will learn “practical aspects of transportation and distribution such as planning, routing, scheduling and loading cargo, and adhering to regulatory, safety, security and administrative requirements.”

Course Information: Logistics 102 Transportation and Distribution is offered at Tacoma Community College as a blended learning course, containing both online and in-person components. Upon completion of the course, students will be able to describe the evolution of transportation systems in North America, explain transportation’s role in logistics and supply chain management, identify various transport modes and intermodal combinations available for inbound and outbound freight, value added distribution, arranging transportation, connect transportation models with efficient loading and unloading processes, identify major tools for transportation policy, recognize unsafe equipment, material, or operations, understand proper unloading procedures, develop a working knowledge of industry terminology, and be familiar with security measures for transportation networks.

For orientation purposes, readers should begin with the document titled Instructor Manual – LOG 102. This detailed letter to instructors contains a course overview, descriptions for each of the modules by week, and suggested quiz questions. A list of web and print resources, called Resources was compiled for all the Logistics courses and is included in the Administrative section for reference.

Attached is a .zip file containing documents associated with the course. These materials fall into several distinct categories: administrative, lecture slides, reference documentation, and student assignments.

Course Contents: The attached files associated with LOG 102 online course exist in a variety of formats including .pdf, .doc, and .ppt. Below is list of the files organized by category then alphabetically, with the name of the file and size in parenthesis.

Administrative

• Draft Syllabus, Fall 2012 Log 102 (LOG 102 Syllabus.pdf 129 KB)
• Instructor Manual LOG 104 (Instructor Manual LOG 104.docx 69 KB)
• Resources (Tacoma CC Logistics Bibliography_Nov 6 2013.docx) 20.4 KB

Lecture Slides

• Container Terminals Line of Business Overview (BD.ppt 12.9 MB)
• Distribution Network Design and Optimization (TND.ppt 1.5 MB)
• Garden.com Case Study (Garden.com.ppt 463 KB)
• Transportation Costing and Pricing (Transportation Costing.ppt 1.9 MB)

Documentation and Reference Material

• Carrier Options Worksheet (SWOT.doc 27 KB)
• Measuring Exposure in the Diverse Motor Carrier Industry (industry_profile2.pdf 588 KB)
• Motor Carrier Comparisons (Motor Carrier Mode Selection Comparisons w data.doc 44 MB)

Student Assignments

• Creating a Project Timeline (Project Timelines.ppt 322 KB)