Aviation Supply Chain Logistics Undergraduate Certificate

Program Overview

This program provides a comprehensive understanding of the air transportation industry, covering topics such as airline management, air cargo operations, supply chain logistics, and analytical techniques. It prepares students for careers in air freight operations, passenger airport operations, and air freight forwarding operations.

Program Outline

Outline:

• Introduction to Air Transportation (TRA 3440):
Explores the economic structure, organization, management, forecasting, scheduling, marketing, and fleet selection of airlines and corporate flight operations. Covers cargo carriers, corporate flight operations, and the impact of general aviation fixed base operations on the nation's air transportation system. Introduces students to flight operations management, dispatch, crew scheduling, airframe scheduling, and flight following.
• Air Cargo and Aviation Logistics (TRA 3444):
Provides an economic overview of the air cargo industry. Introduces students to the air freight supply chain and covers the specific areas of cargo operations and ground handling, temperature controlled operations, hazardous cargo management, legal issues, aircraft selection, air cargo agency, aircraft financing, and others.
• Supply Chain Logistics Management (MAR 3202):
Presents the fundamental elements of integrated supply chain and logistics management. Examines the strategic and operational decisions necessary to plan, implement, and control the procurement, storage, management, and distribution of materials, components, and finished goods. Emphasizes product, service, information, and financial flows as facilitated by supply chain logistics strategies, transportation and distribution center operations, facility and network design, inventory and order management, customer service, information execution systems, and outsourcing decisions.
• Logistics Systems and Analytics (TRA 4202):
Teaches students to make improved business logistics and supply chain management decisions through the practical application of multiple analytical techniques used by managers in the field. Emphasizes supply chain network analysis and design, inventory analysis and decision making, equipment and resource management, information management systems for analyzing and executing logistics decisions, and process management improvements to reduce total logistics cost and improve logistics service.

Careers:

• Air freight operations
• Passenger airport operations
• Air freight forwarding operations