Associate Degree in Warehousing Logistics

Overview

This programme is designed to provide opportunities for learners to develop and reinforce academic as well as occupational skills and attitudes required for acquiring jobs and career advancement within the warehousing logistics and supply chain industry. The programme covers intricate steps in negotiating, sourcing, leveraging, networking, monitoring, channeling and shipping of raw materials or assembled products, and prepares graduates for entry level work in the warehousing logistics and supply chain management sector.

Rationale

Studying warehousing logistics management will enable participants to solve complex business problems related to the route of products and services from the manufacturer to the end customer. This multi-faceted discipline plays a critical role in the competitive success of businesses within warehouses. The primary objective of this programme is to teach participants how to plan and obtain needed supply of resources, store, pick and dispatch goods or services in the most efficient way possible to meet customers’ requirements.

Entry Requirements

To matriculate to the programme applicants must fulfill one of the following:
1.    Pass at least 5 CSEC/GCE/SSC including English Language and Mathematics with grade I, II, III/A, B, C. Grade III pass in CSEC must be after June 1998
                                                        or
2.    Professional diploma in Warehousing Logistics Management from ECC
                                                        or
3.    Mature Student Entry/Prior Learning Assessment.  Applicants falling in this category must be over 25 years, with a minimum of 2 years experience in a specialized area of the industry.  Applicants will be accepted based on an assessment of their prior learning.  Each applicant must submit an academic portfolio for individual assessment.

Course Structure- Full Time Day

Semester I Semester II
Communication I Communication II
Business Logistics Introduction to Quality Management
Warehouse Information Technology Principles of Supply Chain Management
Principles of Warehousing Operations Principles of Organizational Behaviour
Principles of Operations Management Systems Applications & and Products in Data Processing (SAP) 1
Applied Warehousing Mathematics Warehousing & Matrerials Mangement
   
Semester III Semester IV
Business Ethics Occupational Health & Safety
Inventory Management Managing Warehouse Performance
Operations Management & Supply Chain Port & Terminal Management
Quality Systems Capstone Project
Systems Applications &  Products in Data Processing (SAP) 2    Principles of Academic Writing
Elective Introduction to Six Sigma
  Work Experience at the start of Semester IV or during the Summer II

 

Course Structure - Evening

Semester I Semester II
Communication I Communication II
Warehouse Information Technology Operations Introduction to Quality Management
Principles of Operations Management Business Logistics
Principles of Warehousing Operations Systems Applications & Products in Data Processing (SAP) 1 
Applied Warehousing Mathematics  
   
Summer Semester I Semester III
Warehouse & Materials Management                                      Business Ethics
Principles of Operations Management  Inventory Management
Principles of Organizational Behaviour Quality Systems 1
Principles of Supply Chain Management Systems Applications & Products in Data Processing (SAP) 2 
   
Semester IV Summer Semster II
Managing Warehouse Performance Port & Terminal Management
Introduction to Human Resource Management Capstone Project
Introduction to Six Sigma Principles of Academic Writing
Occupational Health & Safety Work Experience at the start of Semester IV or during the Summer II
Elective