Sustainable Logistics and Global Distribution, 5 cr

Tampere University

Teaching periods

Course code

RAK.LI.420

Language of instruction

English

Academic years

2024–2025, 2025–2026, 2026–2027

Level of study

Advanced studies

Grading scale

General scale, 0-5

Persons responsible

Responsible teacher:

Erika Kallionpää

Responsible teacher:

Heikki Liimatainen

Responsible organisation

Faculty of Built Environment 100 %

Coordinating organisation

Civil Engineering Studies 100 %

Common learning outcomes

Sustainable development

Sustainable development goals

Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Goal 13: Climate Action

Logistics and distribution concepts and their relevance to managing the supply chain
Key aspects of global distribution and logistics network planning
Information management and principles of warehousing
Managing logistics and multimodal distribution internationally
The factors affecting key freight transport decisions
Performance monitoring and outsourcing in logistics
Assessing and reducing the environmental impacts of logistics
Future challenges and opportunities in sustainable logistics and global distribution

Learning outcomes

Recommended prerequisites

Further information

Equivalences

Studies that include this course

Completion option 1

19.01.2025 – 28.04.2025