Integrated Logistics

Integrated Logistics is the capstone course in the CCLP (CITT-Certified Logistics Professional) program of study. It is a comprehensive, senior-level course that explores how integration is crucial to sound logistics operations within successful and sustainable organizations. It helps learners create efficient, silo-free logistics systems and decision-making environments, integrating all activities involved in the cost-effective and uninterrupted movement of materials and information from their source to the point-of-consumption. Leveraging all of CITT’s other technical courses, this practical, systems-oriented course is valued by transportation professionals, practicing or aspiring logistics and supply chain managers and other professionals involved in the procurement, flow or management of goods. Topics include: - Supply Chain Management - Global Dimensions of Supply Chains - Role of Logistics in Supply Chains - Distribution and Omnichannel Network Design - Sourcing Materials and Services - Operations - Producing Goods and Services - Demand Management - Order Management and Customer Service - Managing Inventory in the Supply Chain - Distribution - Aligning Supply Chain - Supply Chain Performance Measurement and Financial Analysis - Supply Chain Technology - Strategic Challenges and Change for Supply Chains Course grads learn to: Integrate full systems. Understand, align and integrate all internal and external functions into one cohesive system that encompasses: production planning, procurement, materials management and handling, quality control, inventory control and order processing, warehousing, data exchange, finance, transportation and customer service. Develop overall supply chain metrics needed to better understand the financial impact of supply chain strategies on the income statement, balance sheet, corporate profitability and return on investment. Understand and apply diverse operational approaches to inventory management (i.e. Just in Time, Material Requirements Planning, Distribution Resource Planning), while considering the Total Cost of Ownership and the Economic Order Quantity approach to inventory decision-making. Allocate physical and financial resources to the parts of the organization that best suit the entire logistics system. Identify legal, ethical and human resource factors that impact decisions. Create micro and macro value chains.