Page 1049 - SUBSEC_April2017_WorkingDocument_Neat

SECTION 7: LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN (cont’d)

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES CONTENT

Students should be able to: Forms of technology:
(a) Global Positioning Systems (GPS);
10. outline the impact of information (b) Geographic Information System (GIS);
technology on logistics and supply (c) Portnet;
chain operations. (d) Telemarketing, e-commerce;
(e) Global logistics providers such as

Fedex, DHL, and Amazon Logistics;
and,
(f) Logistics hubs, for example, Jamaica.

Suggested Teaching and Learning Activities

To facilitate students’ attainment of the objectives of this Section, teachers/facilitators are encouraged
to engage students in the teaching and learning activities below.

1. Invite guest speakers (such as providers of goods and services, employers at warehouses, ports,
agencies which provide courier services, custom brokers and haulage contractors) to explain
how they operate and the impact they have on business.

2. Arrange actual or virtual field trips to locations such as warehouses, ports, agencies which
provide courier and haulage services, and custom brokers to see how they operate and the
impact they have on business.

RESOURCES Business Logistics/ Supply Chain Management, 5th edition.
Ballou, R.H. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004.

Mangan, J. and Lalwani, C. Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 2nd edition.
John Wiley and Sons, 2013.

WEBSITES
www.caribbean-maritime.com

CXC 08/G/SYLL 17 37