Logistics

1. Basic Course Information

Course Code: 016012
Course Name: Logistics
Course Type: Specialty course
Periods: 32
Credits: 2
Target Students: Undergraduates Majoring in Business Administration 
Assessment: Examination
Preparatory Course: Management

2. Brief Course Introduction

Logistics is an obligatory course for the logistics management majors. It is a new frontier science that developed in 1950's. It is a highly comprehensive, applicable, systematic and expansive science. Logistics is the core course from which the following-up courses develop, such as Delivery Management, Warehousing, Storing management, Logistics Cost Management. This course mainly covers the origin and development of logistics, transport management, warehousing and inventory management, distribution processing, up loading and down loading, handling, distribution, logistics information technology, logistics service management, the third part logistics, electronic business and logistics, supply chain management.