Course Description
This course provides students with core competencies and the mid-level technical knowledge needed to understand supply chain logistics. Learning materials include PDF textbook and e-learning modules. This course includes: product receiving, product storage, order processing, packaging and shipment, inventory control, safe handling of hazardous materials, evaluation of transportation modes, customs, and dispatch and tracking operations. Upon completion, students will have the opportunity to earn the Certified Logistics Technician Certification through the Manufacturing Skills Standards Council (MSSC).
Prerequisite(s)
Course Fee
$145
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Describe essential activities of receiving
- Describe selection of packaging tools
- Identify procedures for handling, checking in, and reporting inbound trucks and products
- Describe standard product receipt documents
- List methods of determining destination and direction of unloaded products
- List forms and storage options
- Describe best practices in order cycle and procurement process, including information flow.
- Explain pick ticket inspection and how audits are conducted to ensure pulled products are as ordered
- Describe steps involved in developing a packing manifest
- Identify process for selecting the most appropriate and current packing and material to package products, when necessary