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Logistics & Transportation Concentration


OVERVIEW
The UT Logistics and Transportation program is one of the oldest and most highly respected L&T programs in the country. In addition to graduating between 35 to 50 MBA students each year, it also graduates around 120 undergraduates.


L&T At A Glance:

Total Credit Hours: 9

Key Benefits:
Nationally recognized program
Focused on integrated value chain management
Applicable across multiple disciplines

Prepares Students For Careers As:
Logistics managers
Inventory control managers
System support managers

Our Graduates Are Working With:
Lowe's, John Deere, Intel, Honeywell, Dell, Lexmark, Cummins


Our focus on Integrated Value Chain Management incorporates what many people would call Supply Chain Management. Logistics plays a key role in the Integrated Value Chain.

Logistics is the part of the supply chain process that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective forward and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet customers' requirements (Source: Council of Logistics Management, 2001).

Logistics represents a key bundle of resources that can help to achieve the objective of providing the "best comparative net value for the customer." In effect, this formally recognizes the fact that customer value can be created through the provision of elements of customer service such as product availability, timely and consistent delivery, and easy ordering.

Given the extraordinary emphasis on time based competition in today's business environment, it is not unusual that logistical services are fast becoming

recognized as an essential element of customer satisfaction in a growing number of product and service markets. In effect, logistics represents one of the principal ways to achieve maximum responsiveness to customer needs. Also, it has been recognized that logistics represents a key corporate competency that is responsible for the creation of value for the external customer, and which facilitates and helps to integrate other functions throughout the firm.

COURSES
The courses required for an L&T concentration are:

  • L&T 540 - Logistics and Operations Management Hub Course
  • L&T 546 - Logistics and Transportation Strategy I
  • L&T 547 - Logistics and Transportation Strategy II

For More Information Contact:
Dr. John T. Mentzer
Professor, Logistics and Transportation
321Stokely Management Center
jmentzer@utk.edu
865-974-1652

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