Logistics Designation Program Courses

To meet the academic qualifications for the CITT designation, candidates must also have a degree or three-year dipolma in business from a college or university, or must successfully complete the CITT Business Foundation Program.

Transportation Systems

Transportation Systems is the study of the various modes of transportation as well as the ancillary logistics transportation services and agencies that most frequently interact with one or more of these modes.

This course will provide the learner with a thorough understanding of all modes of transportation, including intermodalism, and the most recent changes in industry practices. It enables students to develop a strong working knowledge of one of the core components of logistics transportation.

Upon completion of Transportation Systems, participants will be able to:

Assess and apply the comparative efficiencies within the various modes of transportation (rail, road, air, water, pipeline).
Understand ancillary logistics services that compliment and influence intra-modal and inter-modal supply chain opportunities.
Identify key intermediate agencies (including freight forwarders, Canada Customs, transportation brokers) related to the field of transportation and the services they provide.
Identify the key stakeholders that aid in the development and use of effective transportation systems.
Understand the importance of Transportation of Dangerous Goods legislation as well as the need for specialized transportation equipment.

To take Transportation Systems online, register here.

Course Materials:

Course materials will be sent to the student once payment has been received and processed. The textbook used for Transportation Systems, Transportation Systems: A Canadian Perspective, is published by CITT and is included in the registration fee.

Assignments, Formal Report and Examination:

This course will require candidates to complete assignments, and a formal report. The assignments focus on specific chapters, while the formal report encompasses all skills and knowledge gained throughout the course.

This course will require candidates to complete all assignments online. The final examination is also held online. More detailed information regarding your final examination will be provided with your course registration confirmation.

Grades are reported as Honours, Pass, or Fail. To obtain a Pass, candidates must obtain a grade of 50%. The final grade is based on both term work and the final examination.

Students have the option of completing assignments and examinations in French if they desire.

Course Fee:

The fee for Transportation Systems is $615 plus applicable tax (see chart) and includes all course materials and textbooks. International students must pay an additional $125 plus 5% GST per course. There are no refunds issued for courses taken directly through CITT once your registration and payment has been received and processed.

Please note: This only applies to courses taken directly through CITT. Fees may vary for courses taken through other educational institutions.

Logistics Processes

Logistics Processes is the study of the intrinsic mechanisms involved in the movement of goods. Primary areas of focus are materials handling processes, the operational mechanics of logistics as well as common liabilities and obligations. Specific chapter work includes transportation management, warehouse operations, risk management, customs and other important regulatory boundaries.

Using readings, assignments and a case study, the course will sharpen students' ability to understand and utilize many of the variables that create efficiencies and influence the day to day operations of today's multifaceted logistics and supply chain environment.

Upon completion of Logistics Processes, students will know:

Transportation management - Understand the modal trade-offs and analyses required in transportation management as well as the components of carrier selection.
Warehousing - Develop a working knowledge of the different kinds of warehouses, their functions, the services they provide as well as the components involved in pricing and costing.
Materials handling & unitization - Learn the fundamentals behind materials handling and the purpose and means of unitization.
Procurement - Understand the primary components involved in sourcing logistics suppliers and the level of research required to make a purchase.
Contracts - Become well versed in the use of contracts and learn how to properly prepare a bill of lading.
Risk management - Discover how risk management has evolved in business, thoroughly understand the limits of liability for all modes and learn how to initiate a claim.
Marine insurance - Understand the principals and concepts of marine insurance and what affects premiums.
Customs & compliance - Develop a working knowledge of Canada Customs concepts and responsibilities, as well as the role and function of the customs broker.
International trade - Build a stronger awareness of the requirements of doing business at an international level and know the documents required for multi modal export shipments.
Logistics & supply chain - Understand the role of logistics (including the reverse logistics process) within an organization and develop a deeper understanding of how logistics contributes to the success of a firm.

Prerequisite: Transportation Systems.

To take Logistics Processes online, register here.

Course Materials:

Course materials will be sent to the student once payment has been received and processed. The textbook used for Logistics Processes, Logistics Processes: A Canadian Perspective, is published by CITT and is included in the registration fee.

Assignments, Formal Report and Examination:

This course will require candidates to complete assignments, and a formal report. The assignments focus on specific chapters, while the formal report encompasses all skills and knowledge gained throughout the course.

This course will require candidates to complete all assignments online. The final examination is also held online. More detailed information regarding your final examination will be provided with your course registration confirmation.

Grades are reported as Honours, Pass, or Fail. To obtain a Pass, candidates must obtain a grade of 50%. The final grade is based on both term work and the final examination.

Students have the option of completing assignments and examinations in French if they desire.

Course Fee:

The fee for Logistics Processes is $615 plus applicable tax (see chart), and includes all course materials and textbooks. International students must pay an additional $125 plus 5% GST per course. There are no refunds issued for courses taken directly through CITT once your registration and payment has been received and processed.

Please note: This only applies to courses taken directly through CITT. Fees may vary for courses taken through other educational institutions.

Logistics Decision Modelling

Logistics Decision Modeling is the study of the various functional relationships that exist between finance, marketing, production, transportation, inventory and quality control. This course is designed to integrate concepts learned in preceding courses. The primary area of focus is professional management report presentations on strategic management decisions using industry standard tools such as Microsoft Excel and Word.

Using readings, exercises, assignments and an exam, the course will improve the students' ability to strategize and present commercial and logistics information at "C" suite levels.

Upon completion of Logistics Decision Modeling, participants will be able to:

Financial Statement Relationships - Understand the relationship between each of the financial statements and, using Excel, construct and integrate each of the basic financial statements.
Allocating Scarce Resources - Learn the decision making process that factors into the allocation of scarce resources, (i.e. people, money, equipment capacity) while calculating the maximum inventory investment utilizing Excel's linear programming optimization tool.
Financial Analysis Information - Using financial data from major Canadian rail companies, build a strong working awareness of the objectives behind financial statement analysis from the perspective of various interest groups, such as investors, creditors and managers. The learner will be using Excel to develop horizontal and vertical analysis along with producing charts and graphs to present the financial data.
Inventory Control - Fully comprehend and articulate to management the concept of inventory as a major corporate concern. Using Excel, the learner will determine the costs of holding inventory, costs of stockouts, economic order quantity and safety stock.
Capital Budgeting - Recognize key components related to investment in fixed assets (should a proposed project be accepted or should it be rejected?). Typically these investments involve large cash outlays at the outset and commit the firm to a particular course of action over a relatively long period of time.
Cost-volume-profit analysis - Quickly identify CVP (cost, volume, profit) relationships between fixed and variable costs by creating one and two variable data tables for multiple "what-if"scenarios.

Prerequisites: Transportation Systems, Logistics Processes.
Recommended: Financial Management or equivalent.

Candidates should have a familiarity with simple algebra (ie. numerical problem-solving skills) and a basic knowledge of financial mathematics, including the ability to understand a profit and loss statement.

To take Logistics Decision Modeling online, register here.

Course Materials:

All materials required to complete this course will be available online.

Candidates must have reliable access to the internet, a computer equipped with Windows 95, MS Word, and Excel with the Solver Add-In installed, and have a valid e-mail address. In the majority of cases, the Solver Add-In is installed by default when Excel is installed.

Assignments and Examination:

This course will require candidates to complete all assignments online. The final examination is also held online. More detailed information regarding your final examination will be provided with your course registration confirmation.

Grades are reported as Honours, Pass, or Fail. To obtain a Pass, candidates must obtain a grade of 50%. The final grade is based on both term work and the final examination.

Students have the option of completing assignments and examinations in French if they desire.

Course Fee:

The fee for Logistics Decision Modeling is $615 plus applicable tax (see chart). International students must pay an additional $125 plus 5% GST per course. There are no refunds issued for courses taken directly through CITT once your registration and payment has been received and processed.
Please note: This only applies to courses taken directly through CITT. Fees may vary for courses taken through other educational institutions.

Transportation Economics

Transportation Economics is a senior level study of the functional relationship between domestic / international trade, transportation supply / demand and government regulation / deregulation.

The course builds upon a foundation of introductory economics principles (primarily microeconomic) and on the transportation components learned in Transportation Systems and Logistics Processes. Using practical applications, it illustrates the principles most relevant to transportation markets.

Candidates will examine the effect of government interventions and regulations, or the absence of such policies, under different economic circumstances. Finally, candidates will learn how transportation facilitates domestic and international trade, and better understand the correlation between advances in communication and the competitiveness of the transportation industry.

Although not focused on mathematical derivations, the course does require a certain level of comfort with quantitative reasoning. Students will learn the basic quantitative concepts needed to interpret empirical results from models developed by economists based on real world case studies in transportation economics.

Upon completion of Transportation Economics, participants will be able to:

Transportation and Economy relationship: Understand the scope and breadth of transportation in Canada and its importance to the economy.
Economic Concept Application to Transportation: Apply economic concepts such as diminishing returns, economies of scale and pricing to the transportation sector.
Direct, Indirect and External Costs: Demonstrate the role and importance of direct, indirect and exogenous costs in determining transportation supply under competitive and regulated freight rates.
Government Regulation/Deregulation: Identify the policy issues that confront the transportation sector, the role of government regulation and the motivation of government intervention.
Demand/Supply Characteristics by Mode: Recognize the economic factors that impact the supply and demand characteristics of each mode of transportation.
Transportation and Communication: Understand how advances in communication have a direct correlation to transportation efficiencies and the global economy.

Prerequisites: Transportation Systems, Logistics Processes.
Recommended: Introductory Economics or equivalent.

To take Transportation Economics online, register here.

Course Materials:

Course materials will be sent to the student once payment has been received and processed.

Assignments and Examination:

This course will require candidates to complete assignments focusing on the content of the course. All assignments must be completed online. The final examination is also held online. More detailed information regarding your final examination will be provided with your course registration confirmation. Exam dates cannot be changed.

Grades are reported as Honours, Pass, or Fail. To obtain a Pass, candidates must obtain a grade of 50%. The final grade is based on both term work and the final examination.

Students have the option of completing assignments and examinations in French if they desire.

Course Fee:

The fee for Transportation Economics is $615 plus applicable tax (see chart). International students must pay an additional $125 plus 5% GST per course. There are no refunds issued for courses taken directly through CITT once your registration and payment has been received and processed.

Please note: This only applies to courses taken directly through CITT. Fees may vary for courses taken through other educational institutions.

Transportation Law

Transportation Law is the study of the legal issues typically encountered by suppliers and users of all modes of transportation in their day to day operations. The course is primarily focused on legal precedents established by various levels of the Canadian judiciary system, along with government mandated legislation and regulations.

Using readings and assignments, a range of factual scenarios and their ramifications on the transportation sector are examined from a legal standpoint. Students will also learn how to read and interpret case law, statutes, carriage contracts, as well as the proper application of air and rail cargo claims.

Upon completion of Transportation Law, participants will be able to:

Efficiently decipher a government statute, and determine how it applies to their own circumstances.
Quickly identify the salient points when reading case law. (the reported decisions of appellate and other courts)
Develop a practical understanding of Constitutional Law as it applies to the transportation sector.
Learn how a Contract of Carriage works, along with the rights, duties and liabilities of the parties involved.
Understand the entire cargo claim process for both rail and air transport, and be able to initiate a claim.

Prerequisites: Transportation Systems, Logistics Processes
Recommended: Business Law or equivalent.

To take Transportation Law online, register here.

Course Materials:

Course materials will be sent to the student once payment has been received and processed.

Assignments and Examination:

This course will require candidates to complete assignments focusing on the content of the course. All assignments must be completed online. The final examination is also held online. More detailed information regarding your final examination will be provided with your course registration confirmation. Exam dates cannot be changed.

Grades are reported as Honours, Pass, or Fail. To obtain a Pass, candidates must obtain a grade of 50%. The final grade is based on both term work and the final examination.

Students have the option of completing assignments and examinations in French if they desire.

Course Fee:

The fee for Transportation Law is $615 plus applicable tax (see chart). International students must pay an additional $125 plus 5% GST per course. There are no refunds issued for courses taken directly through CITT once your registration and payment has been received and processed.

Please note: This only applies to courses taken directly through CITT. Fees may vary for courses taken through other educational institutions

Integrated Logistics

Integrated Logistics is a senior-level course that combines the many facets of a company's operations and its logistics systems into a more cohesive process. Students will learn how to integrate the numerous functions within a company with its materials suppliers and service providers, thus helping to design a supply chain that creates the greatest value for all stakeholders. Additional areas of focus include how progressive, professional management reports help develop a final logistics model for the company that promotes cross-functional efficiencies.

Using readings, case study-based reports and a final exam, candidates will learn how strategic decisions offer effective consideration to all parts of the firm.

Upon completion of Integrated Logistics, participants will be able to:

Efficiently apply transportation, inventory, customer service, quality control, data exchange, warehousing, finance, order processing, materials management and materials handling components to create an integrated logistics environment.
Understand why logistics cannot be effective or sustained as a stand alone department or as part of a department.
Identify legal, ethical and human resource components that impact a decision in a logistics environment.
Create micro and macro value chains that offer quantitative and qualitative support for a strategic decision.
Allocate physical and financial resources to the parts of the firm that best suit the entire logistics system.

Prerequisites: Transportation Systems and Logistics Processes.

Candidates should have a functional understanding of the components of a typical firm, and its related stakeholders. They should also be able to function in a MS Word and Excel environment.

To take Integrated Logistics online, register here.

Course Materials:

Text: Supply Chain Management: A Logistics Perspective 8e

Course materials will be sent to the student once payment has been received and processed. The cost of textbooks is not included in CITT tuition fees. An additional text book fee of $162.92 ($155.16 plus 5% GST) must be paid upon registration, and CITT will ship the textbook to you.

Assignments, Formal Report and Examination:

Candidates must complete one introductory assignment, three subject-linked case studies, and one final examination.

All assignments must be completed online. The final examination is also held online. More detailed information regarding your final examination will be provided with your course registration confirmation. Exam dates cannot be changed.

Grades are reported as Honours, Pass, or Fail. To obtain a Pass, candidates must obtain a grade of 50%. The final grade is based on both term work and the final examination.

Students have the option of completing assignments and examinations in French if they desire.

Course Fee:

The fee for Integrated Logistics is $615 plus applicable tax (see chart). An additional text book fee of $155.16 plus 5% GST ($162.92 total) must be paid upon registration. International students must pay an additional $125 plus 5% GST per course. There are no refunds issued for courses taken directly through CITT once your registration and payment has been received and processed.

Please note: This only applies to courses taken directly through CITT. Fees may vary for courses taken through other educational institutions.