BUS606: Operations and Supply Chain Management

Despite technological advances and supply chain automation, logistics remains dependent on diverse skills and competencies. They involve office and operations managers, administrative staff, truck drivers, and many physical warehouses. The combination of technology, heavy machinery, and labor makes this part of the supply chain quite complex.

Watch this video. It highlights the many different modes of transportation required to move goods around the world. Why do you think logistics factors a large percentage of the cost of a good?