Marketing & Logistics 5381
Transportation Management
FISHER COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
DEPARTMENT OF MARKETING AND LOGISTICS
COURSE SYLLABUS
Term: Spring 2015
Course TITLE: BUSML 5381, Transportation management
Course TIME/
PLACE: Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 10:20 – 11:15, Shoenbaum 230
Description: This is an introductory 3.0 credit course for students who have little or no prior experience with transportation modes or systems. This course will provide you with a core understanding of transportation, the transportation industry, and how transportation is used to effectively manage the flow of goods between points. For a list of specific topics, please see the course schedule in this document. We will primarily focus on the US transportation industry but will include some information on global systems. The course is broken into two major phases: Understanding Transportation Principles (The Foundation Lecture Series), and Transportation Execution Principles (The Hands-On Application Series). The course is organized to be about 40% Foundation and 60% Application.
COURSE OBJECTIVES: To understand the foundations of the transportation industry and how it affects the total supply chain. This is intended to be comprehensive but not complete. In addition, a key objective of the course will be to learn how to apply these foundations to create transportation execution elements like transportation strategies, transportation load configurations, transportation orders, and to analyze the impact of the cost of transportation on the company’s cost and profit. To achieve, this, the hands-on portion of the course will principally focus on the manufacturing to retail supply chain but the student will also be exposed to the impact of transportation on retail business models like Omni-Channel.
INSTRUCTOR: Jim Hendrickson,
Fisher Hall, 5th Floor Room 510
E-mail:
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=1197266&trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile
OFFICE HOURS: Office hours: Monday & Wednesday and Friday 2:00 – 3:00 PM
Wednesday 4:00 – 5:00 or by appointment
OPTIONAL Text: Goldsby, Ivengard, Rao. The Definitive Guide to Transportation
ISBN-10: 0-13-344909-2, First Edition, January 2014
Amazon: $74.95 Hardback; $41.99 Kindle Edition
Note: This is an optional text for the course and can be used to expand on the information provided in class. The text is not used as a source of testing information.
Course Lecture
Materials: Course lecture materials include PowerPoint slides, articles and other content, Videos and opens source 3rd party material. In addition, specific fictional case studies have been developed to help the student understand the application of transportation principles in transportation networks. All class materials used for the lecture will be available on the Carmen website for downloading prior to lecture with the exception of “In-Class” items where prior knowledge would inhibit the learning process. In those instances, the material will be added to Carmen immediately after the class period.
COURSE This course will consist of instructor led lectures and facilitated discussions, case work, videos, etc.
FORMAT You are expected to attend all classes and to be prepared to discuss and/or apply your ideas to the class discussion. It is not possible for students to understand the transportation industry without engaging in discussions and actively being involved in teamwork on assigned cases. Participation is a critical component of the course.
CLASS POINT TOTAL: Grades will be based upon performance with the following rubric:
Points Category / Gross Points / DescriptionExams / 200 / There will be one comprehensive exam at the end of the Phase One
Quizzes / 100 / There will be 3 Quizzes with the Top 2 Counting for a Grade (50 Pts each)
Exercises / 100 / Two exercises each worth 50 points
Transportation Case / 300 / Part in class, part individually; In-Class: 150, Two individual parts: 75 each
Class Participation / 100 / Extra Credit provided Student and Professor Agree
Total / 800
ASSIGNMENT
DETAILS: Exam. At the end of the Foundation Phase, there will be a comprehensive exam that covers all materials. The exam questions will be taken from the presentation and class material presented during the lecture series. The test will consist of true/false, multiple choice and matching questions. Extra Credit Questions may include Short Answer Essay Questions. The exam length will vary but will be no less than 50 questions.
Quizzes. There will be three quizzes. The quizzes are used as a way to gauge understanding in a number of core areas that help predict success in the Foundations exam and in grasping the course work. Quizzes will generally contain matching, multiple choice and true / false questions and will typically have about 25 questions on them
Exercises. There will be 2 exercises that will be assigned to students throughout the course, one in the first phase and one in the second phase. The purposes of the exercises is to get you to think beyond what you are learning and to apply that knowledge in a specific area, i.e. a contemporary issue or how the future of transportation may change based on current trends. The exercises will vary in style and approach. There will be a separate exercise description, assignment, and rubric for each. Students WILL NEED to bring their laptops to the exercise session at the end of the class on Transportation Futures.
Transportation Case. The transportation case is a capstone activity that will encompass most of the entire second, Application, phase of the course. It will consistent of a short set of discussions on the concepts of the plans and documentation that is created in a manufacturing environment that leads to transportation planning and execution followed by a full in-class case study that is facilitated by the professor that use in-class teams to thoroughly understand the process of transportation planning and execution. After the in-class exercise, the professor will then assign the capstone case study. Students will break into teams for the first section of the exercise that involves transportation strategies, lane planning, load planning and fulfillment. Once complete, the student teams will turn in the exercise which will be graded. Then, the professor will provide the correct data and information from the first section of the capstone exercise to all students who will then, individually, complete the second portion of the exercise, Transportation Orders, Tenders, and Cost Analysis. The intent is to do this work all in class. However, depending on the speed of adoption by students, some students may need to do additional work outside of class. Students WILL NEED to bring their computers for the in-class capstone sessions.
Class Participation. Student participation will be based on the instructor’s observations and directly related to 3 key aspects of being successful in industry: 1) Showing up on time and prepared, 2) Turning in quality assignments on time, and 3) active participation in discussions in class. There are 100 points of participation available to all students. Students who consistently demonstrate the above will receive all points. Students who are consistently present but do not actively participate in class (as determined by the professor), may receive up to 90% of all points. Students who are periodically tardy or absent may receive up to 80% of the points. Students that do not submit assignments will not receive more than 50% of participation points regardless of other activities. Students that are not in class for the in-class work on teams will have a minimum of 15% of their participation grade deducted unless it is an excused absence and they successfully complete the work on their own.
Clarification of Active Participation in Class. Some students do not actively participate in class by leading a discussion or offering an immediate opinion. As a professor, I recognize that engagement in a class situation will vary from student to student. In developing the professor’s opinion of participation, the professor will evaluate the following behaviors as negative to participation (not an exhaustive list): Students lack of use of name placards, Observations related to doing email, shopping, or doing other class work on computers in class, Visual cues that show general disengagement in the class, Inability to answer or provide a meaningful opinion when called upon in class, Sleeping in class and similar activities. Activities that reinforce that a student is engaged without actually asking or directly providing an opinion include: Being on-time and not tardy, being prepared when the class begins, visual cues that show the student is engaged in the class, i.e. “in the moment” and following the discussion, following up with questions during or after class based on something that was happening in class, etc.
Assignments You are expected to approach each assignment with the professionalism required in business today.
and Due Dates This is particularly relevant for your interactions with the instructor, guests, fellow students, and others as part of fulfilling the requirements of this course. All assignments, unless otherwise specified, are due on the day of class and not later than the beginning of the class time for that particular class. Additionally, assignments can be submitted any time prior to the due date. Unless otherwise noted, dropboxes will close at the final due date and students that do not successfully submit an assignment will receive no credit for that assignment regardless of the situation with the dropbox, i.e. technology, access, etc.. In short, ineffective planning on your part will not become the instructor’s problem. If the dropbox is open after the assigned due date and time, the professor will accept them as late and deduct 50% from the assignment at his discretion. Correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation are expected and will be considered in the grading of all assignments.
Grading Scale:
Grade / Percentage Range / Points Range* / Quality PointsA / 94% / 744 - 800 / 4
A- / 90% / 720 – 751 / 3.7
B+ / 87% / 696 - 719 / 3.3
B / 83% / 664 - 695 / 3
B- / 80% / 640 - 671 / 2.7
C+ / 77% / 616 - 639 / 2.3
C / 73% / 584 - 615 / 2
C- / 70% / 560 - 592 / 1.7
D+ / 67% / 536 - 559 / 1.3
D / 60% / 480 - 535 / 1
E / 0-59% / < 480 / 0
* Grades will be rounded to a single digit at the end of the class at the professor’s discretion. 0.5+ does not mean it will round up automatically
ATTENDANCE
AND TARDINESS: Fisher College of Business strongly enforces University attendance policies. As per University rule 3335-8-33, any student may be dis-enrolled from a course for failure to attend by the first Friday of the term, or by the 3rd instructional day of the term, or by the second class meeting, whichever occurs first.
In-class exercises cannot be made up if missed without a valid medical excuse or bona fide family emergency. Please see Class Participation in the Assignment Details section and the Assignments and Due Dates section for more details on attendance and tardiness.
All tests, written exercises, and papers are to be your own work.
Academic Integrity: academic integrity is essential to maintaining an environment that fosters excellence in teaching, research, and other educational and scholarly activities. Thus, the Ohio State University and the Committee on Academic Misconduct (COAM) expect that all students have read and understand the University’s Code of Student Conduct, and that all students will complete all academic and scholarly assignments with fairness and honesty. Students must recognize that failure to follow the rules and guidelines established in the University’s Code of Student Conduct and this syllabus may constitute “Academic Misconduct.”
The Ohio State University’s Code of Student Conduct (Section 3335-23-04) defines academic misconduct as: “Any activity that tends to compromise the academic integrity of the University, or subvert the educational process.” Examples of academic misconduct include (but are not limited to) plagiarism, collusion (unauthorized collaboration), copying the work of another student, and possession of unauthorized materials during an examination. Ignorance of the University’s Code of Student Conduct is never considered an “excuse” for academic misconduct, so I recommend that you review the Code of Student Conduct and, specifically, the sections dealing with academic misconduct. If I suspect that a student has committed academic misconduct in this course, I am obligated by University Rules to report my suspicions to the Committee on Academic Misconduct. If COAM determines that you have violated the University’s Code of Student Conduct (i.e., committed academic misconduct), the sanctions for the misconduct could include a failing grade in this course and suspension or dismissal from the University.
If you have any questions about the above policy or what constitutes academic misconduct in this course, please contact me. Other sources of information on academic misconduct (integrity) to which you can refer include:
· The Committee on Academic Misconduct web pages (oaa.osu.edu/coam/home.html)
· Ten Suggestions for Preserving Academic Integrity (oaa.osu.edu/coam/ten-suggestions.html)
· Eight Cardinal Rules of Academic Integrity (www.northwestern.edu/uacc/8cards.html)
PLEASE NOTE: As the instructor, I take academic integrity as one of the most serious duties I have. Maintaining the quality of education and the reputation of the university at its best is critical to the value of your degree in the long run. Because of this, if I observe or am shown any impropriety during the course of a quiz or exam, or if I am uncomfortable with a situation I believe could lead a student into temptation to an impropriety, I reserve the right to take immediate action that could include asking a student to move, asking a student to cease from taking the exam while I evaluate the situation, or any other action I feel is needed to ensure fair and honest behavior during a test. While it is NEVER my intent to embarrass a student or single them out, if I must single out a student in order to maintain the academic integrity of the whole, I will do so.
Americans If you have a disability, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act
with (ADA), which requires classroom accommodation or auxiliary aids, please
Disabilities inform me of your needs during the first week of class so that I can take
Act: appropriate action.
COURSE The schedule, policies, and assignments contained in this course syllabus are subject to change