International Logistics

International Logistics

Logistics is certainly one of the oldest disciplines, matching supply and demand if they are miles apart. Over centuries this was a practical skill, sometimes an art, but now it is also a science involving investigation, research and development in order to provide excellence in knowledge, methods and tools.

Logistics plays an increasingly important role in society, going far beyond mere production and distribution. It provides an improved match of transport and traffic processes in order to avoid traffic jams; it is a facilitating science when solving the run onto mega-cities in search for jobs by allowing for economic production in rural areas and it provides the key words to specify the terms of reference for development of infrastructure.

Maritime Logistics

Maritime Logistics In a world of increasing distribution of production and consumption, the drivers of globalisation, transport is a key factor. Production and supply tailor-made to quickly changing demands is a challenge for continuously improving transport solutions. According to volumes sea transport is by far the leading mode at the same time providing optimum economic and ecologic results. However, according to its nature sea transport is restricted to links between continents and along coasts and hence always requires road, rail or even airborne pre and post sea transports. Maritime logistics therefore must take into account door-to-door transports to contribute to an optimum overall transport chain.

Systems Management

As logistics companies have to manage organizational resources and capabilities to fulfill the requirements of changing environments in open and global systems, Jacobs University's Systems Management Working Group concentrates on new methods and approaches to deal with the adaption to such complex and dynamic structures. This includes the evaluation and application of technologies, the development of process layouts, market positioning and management concepts.

Global Production Logistics

As a young discipline, logistics engineering responds to the demands of the highly complex and dynamical global economic system, which necessitates the development of novel methods using interdisciplinary approaches. Jacobs University's Global Production Logistics Working Group focuses on these intrinsic interdisciplinary aspects of logistics, including fields such as systems biology, physics, auditory display, engineering, computer science, management, and applied mathematics.

 Research in International Logistics

 

Undergraduate Program in International Logistics