The objective of the logistics program is to:
1. Understanding Logistics Processes: To comprehensively teach students the fundamentals, components, and operations of logistics processes.
2. Supply Chain Management Knowledge: To emphasize the importance of supply chain management and equip students with knowledge and skills in this field.
3. Planning and Management of Logistics Operations: To equip students with practical skills in effectively planning, managing, and optimizing logistics operations.
4. Inventory Management and Storage Strategies: To explain the importance of inventory management and storage strategies and to develop students’ proficiency in these areas.
5. Transportation and Distribution Management: To provide knowledge and skills regarding the effective management of various transportation modes, distribution networks, and logistics activities.
6. Technology in Logistics: To teach technologies used in logistics, automation systems, and information technologies, and to ensure students stay up-to-date in these areas.
7. Optimization of Logistics Costs: To equip students with analytical skills for the effective management and optimization of costs in logistics operations.
8. National and International Logistics Management: To explain the differences between national and international logistics activities and to help students develop a global logistics perspective.
9. Quality and Process Improvement in Logistics: To teach the principles of quality management in logistics operations and instill a philosophy of continuous improvement.
10. Development of Professional Skills: To focus on developing professional skills such as communication, leadership, and teamwork, and to prepare students for the industry.
Objectives of the Logistics Program
The program aims to meet the industry’s need for qualified workforce by training mid-level staff, assistant managers, or mid-level managers for relevant departments in logistics companies, procurement, marketing, logistics, and foreign trade departments of various industrial organizations, as well as for relevant departments of port operators and companies operating in the tourism sector.
Vision of the Logistics Program:
The Logistics Program aims to become a preferred educational program that cultivates leading, solution-oriented professionals by adopting innovative and sustainable solutions in global supply chains and logistics processes.
Logistics Program Mission:
The Logistics Program aims to equip students with in-depth knowledge and skills in modern logistics management, supply chain optimization, and operational excellence, thereby preparing them to become professionals capable of effective and strategic thinking, well-suited to the sector’s dynamic needs. The program aims to cultivate experts capable of generating competitive and sustainable solutions in the global logistics sector by equipping students with analytical thinking, problem-solving, leadership, and teamwork skills.
Transfer to a Bachelor’s Program
Candidates who successfully complete their associate degree program may enroll in bachelor’s degree programs provided they achieve a passing grade on the Vertical Transfer Exam. These programs include: Aviation Management, Business Administration, Civil Aviation Transportation Management, Technology and Information Management, Transportation and Logistics, International Finance, International Finance and Banking, International Logistics, International Logistics and Transportation, International Logistics Management, International Trade, International Trade and Logistics, and International Trade and Logistics Management.
Career Opportunities for Graduates
Graduates of this program find employment opportunities in leading logistics sector organizations such as freight companies, customs operations, and customs agencies; in the import and export departments of international companies; in foreign trade intermediary organizations; in relevant departments of logistics and cargo companies; and in the procurement, marketing, logistics, and foreign trade departments of national and international businesses. in relevant departments of port operations, and in tourism companies of various sizes as mid-level staff, assistant managers, or mid-level managers.
Program Outcomes
1. Possess fundamental and up-to-date practical knowledge related to the logistics profession
2. Possess knowledge regarding occupational health and safety, environmental awareness, and quality processes.
3. Keeps abreast of developments in the field and communicates with colleagues using a foreign language.
4. Effectively uses information technologies (software, programs, animation, etc.) related to their profession.
5. Keeps abreast of current developments and practices in the profession and applies them effectively. Can effectively present their thoughts in writing and verbally, expressing them clearly at the level of knowledge and skills.
6. As a team member, takes responsibility for solving complex, unforeseen problems encountered in field-related applications.
7. Keeps abreast of current developments and practices in their profession and applies them effectively.
8. Possesses awareness regarding career management and lifelong learning.
9. Adheres to social, scientific, cultural, and ethical values during the stages of collecting, applying, and disseminating data related to their field.
10. As a team member, takes responsibility for resolving complex and unforeseen issues encountered in applications related to their field.
11. Relates the knowledge gained in the field of logistics to disciplines such as economics, marketing, sociology, psychology, and law.
12. Plans and executes logistics operations by efficiently utilizing the workforce.
13. Records financial transactions, classifies them, and prepares financial reports by summarizing the data.
14. Explains and implements customer service, transportation management, inventory management, and data preparation processes.
