Freight Brokerage (FB11)  Technical Certificate of Credit

This course introduces the essentials of starting, managing, and growing a small business. Topics include: the role of the entrepreneur, pricing, advertising, financing, and layout of facilities, inventory control, staffing, purchasing, vendor selection, and relevant laws affecting small business.

Provides a general knowledge of current management practices in logistics management. The focuses of the course will be on planning, organizing, and controlling of these activities, key elements for successful management in any organization. The course will also introduce student to Transport, Inventory, and Location strategies, Customer Service Goals and Organization and Control.

Provides a general knowledge of Supply Chain Management (SCM) and the associated functions necessary for delivery goods and services to customers. The course will focus on what employees and managers must do to ensure an effective Supply Chain exists in their organization. Topics include: Introduction to SCM, E-Commerce, Material Management, Information Technology, Measuring SCM performance, Purchasing and Distribution, and Research and Case Studies.

Businesses today can not be competitive without a good transportation and logistics network. This course introduces the five basic forms of transportation and provides an understanding of the economic fundamentals underlying each mode. Students then discuss ways in which today's supply chain manager can use these transportation modes to achieve efficiencies and cost effectiveness necessary for a company to survive in today's global markets.

Provides a detailed understanding of the purpose and benefits of freight brokerages. The course will emphasis is placed on: overview of the planning, development, and execution of non asset based freight brokerage transportation management services as well as focus on the process for obtaining a brokerage license, daily operations, building a shipper customer base, completing RFP/bids, negotiate rates, sourcing and qualifying motor carriers, federal, state, and local regulations, and gaining a detailed understanding of the diverse types of cargo as well as their respective transportation requirements and the dispatch process.