Reverse Logistics Management

Course Overview

Students will analyze how reverse logistics is being used in their military or civilian logistics organization. It will provide students with advanced knowledge of current applications of reverse logistics use and opportunities to study practical applications in domestic and international transportation and logistics scenarios. In today's competitive global transportation and logistics business climate, organizations are always under pressure to adapt to new procedural and technological trends to improve the visibility of product and cargo flows through an ever-widening and complex supply chain. Within the next three to five years, there will be an increase in reverse logistics as a separate organizational component reporting directly to the CEO or CFO. Degree Program Objectives, In addition to the institutional and general education level learning objectives, this degree also seeks the following specific learning outcomes of its graduates. With reference to each of the respective areas of reverse logistics management, graduates in this degree program will be able to: Analyze and present the best practices of a reverse logistics operation. Classify and explain the differences between forward and reverse logistics. Compare and contrast different historical case studies of when a reverse logistics operation was a success and when it was a failure. Explain the military and commercial industry history of reverse logistics compared to its current uses. Conduct an informal survey of military or manufacturing or retail decision makers and explain how to appraise qualitative as well as quantitative data and reports in the use of reverse logistics processes. Differentiate the financial impact of reverse logistics from financial components within a business environment. Examine and compare how a real-world application of reverse logistics is improving logistics visibility in a military, manufacturing and retail environment. Design and write an implementation plan to use reverse technology processes and technology within a manufacturing, retail or military organization.