Business Operations with Logistics Management

Your Path to Excellence

Transport Economics is essential for understanding the physical movement of freight and passengers from origin to destination, ensuring they arrive in the right place, in the desired condition, and at the expected time. These activities are vital to the functioning of any economy.

With our BCom in Business Operations specialising in Transport Economics and Logistics Management, you'll gain hands-on expertise in supply chain optimisation, inventory management, and transportation logistics. Our programme equips you to lead in optimising operations and navigating the complex world of logistics, driving businesses forward.

Typical tasks in this field include implementing transport activities, ensuring quality and timeliness of deliverables, developing data collection methodologies, conducting financial management assessments, designing fund flow and disbursement mechanisms, and estimating investment risks.

Typical Tasks Include:

  • Implementing transport activities
  • Interacting with clients to ensure quality and timely deliverables
  • Developing data collection methodologies and reviewing design and monitoring frameworks
  • Conducting financial management assessments
  • Designing fund flow and disbursement mechanisms
  • Estimating investment risks

 

Core subjects 

Subjects include, but are not limited to:

  • Introduction to Logistics
  • Logistics Strategies and Customer Service
  • Logistics Business Systems
  • Transportation Planning
  • International Logistics

 

Degree options

BCom in Business Operations with Logistics Management

  • Degree duration: 3 years, full time
  • Offered at Mahikeng [M]  campus
  • Curricluim code: 5FJH01

BCom in Business Operations with Logistics Management

  • Degree duration: 4 years, full time
  • Offered at the Mahikeng [M] campus
  • Curricluim code: 5XJH01

 

Admission requirements

BCom in Business Operations with Logistics Management

  • APS: 24
  • Mathematics: Level 4 (40%)
  • English: Level 4 (50%) 

BCom in Business Operations with Logistics Management - Extended Programme

  • APS: 20
  • Mathematics:  Level 3 (40%) or Mathematical literacy: Level 4 (50%)
  • English: Level 3 (40%)

 

Career opportunities 

  • Logistics management
  • Supply chain manager
  • Logistics manager
  • Freight forwarder
  • Warehousing
  • Stock control
  • Public transport planner/scheduler/modeller
  • Traffic and travel impact assessor
  • National government, provincial, district and local municipality

 

Postgraduate studies

Postgraduate studies in Economic Sciences include

  • BCom Honours Degree 
  • MCom and
  • PhD

These postgraduate degrees are offered at

  • Potchefstroom [P] 

 

 

 

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