Course Outline for DLT 105

Course Details

  • Course Title: Introduction to Logistics and Transport Management
  • Course Code: DLT 105
  • Programme Level: Diploma
  • Instructor: Ishmael Nanaba Acquah (PhD)
  • Email: nanabacarboni@gmail.com/inacquah@uew.edu.gh
  • Office Hours: Monday-Friday 10am-5pm
  • Credit Hours: 3
  • Course Period: 2025/2026 Academic Year / Semester 1

Course Description

  • Examines design, development, optimization, and management of logistics and transport systems.
  • Introduces basic logistics concepts for management decision making.
  • Highlights total logistics concept and trade-offs, customer service components, service quality, and logistics implementation globally.
  • Key topics: logistics management, customer needs, order management, transportation, inventory management.

Course Objectives

  1. Familiarize participants with logistics and transport management's role in value creation.
  2. Expose students to contemporary logistics challenges and develop strategies through a semester project.
  3. Enhance understanding of the integration of logistics with other business functions.

Required Texts

  1. Ellram et al., Logistics Management (2023)
  2. Rushton et al., The Handbook of Logistics (2022)
  3. Christopher, Logistics and Supply Chain Management (2022)
  4. Lambert et al., Fundamentals of Logistics Management (1998)
  5. Waters, Logistics: An Introduction to Supply Chain Management (2021)

Teaching Format and Assessment

  • Learning methods: informal lectures, discussions, case studies.

  • Professional Behavior Guidelines:

    1. Be punctual.
    2. Avoid side conversations.
    3. No distractions (e.g., reading other materials).
    4. Silence mobile devices during class.

  • Assessment Components:

    • Continuous Assessment: 40%
    • End of Semester Exam: 60%
    • Total: 100 marks

Course Content

Session 1: Overview of Logistics Management

  • Understanding logistics activities and their value to economy and organizations.
  • Influence on global trade and decision-making.
  • Lean principles to optimize logistics operations.

Key Logistics Activities

  • Customer service, demand forecasting, inventory management, communications, material handling, order processing, transportation, warehousing.

Customer Service

  • Objectives, elements, strategy, impediments, and performance improvement.

Logistics Information Systems

  • Benefits, systems overview, and technologies.

Transportation Management

  • Importance and characteristics of transportation modes.
  • Challenges and multi-criteria analysis for mode selection.

Logistics Service Providers

  • Third-party logistics, outsourcing environment, pros and cons, analysis.

Information Technology in Logistics

  • Role of IT in logistics resource management, IT strategies, ERP role, CRM systems.