Logistics
8 courses · Rio Hondo College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Spring 2027
LOG 101 Supply Chain Management
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Advisory
- It is advised that students be able to engage in written composition at a college level and have knowledge of elementary algebra.; CIT 051
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course is designed for students seeking a career in logistics or supply chain management. The course presents the tools and techniques for the design and improvement of any supply chain, through the optimal use of information, materials, and technology to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Students examine the processes for planning, sourcing, making, delivering, and returning products in order to integrate suppliers and customers into an organization's supply chain. Students also receive an overview of career opportunities within the logistics and supply chain management field.
LOG 105 Purchasing Management
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Advisory
- ECON C2002 or ECON C2001, LOG 101
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course is intended for students seeking a career in logistics or supply chain management. This course explores the basic purchasing functions including establishing purchasing requirements and quantities, developing purchasing policies and procedures, receiving acceptable goods, arranging for packaging and shipping, managing inventory control, and the integration of the purchasing activities with other business functions.
LOG 110 Warehouse Management
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Advisory
- CIT 051, ECON C2002, LOG 101
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course is intended for students seeking a career in logistics or supply chain management. The course provides warehouse managers, supervisors, distribution center leaders, and warehouse personnel with a pathway to gain and apply practical skills in warehouse design, layout planning, the safe storage of inventory, identifying appropriate material handling equipment, and quality control of warehouse services. Topics include industry terminology, modern warehouse management system tools, industry quality standards, and warehouse contracting.
LOG 115 Inventory Management
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Advisory
- ACCT 100, LOG 101
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course is intended for students seeking a career in logistics or supply chain management. The course reviews the concepts and techniques available for planning and controlling inventories. Students will examine methods to determine the appropriate amount of inventory to carry; the relationship between inventory as a physical asset and an accounting asset; the difference between raw material, work-in-process, and finished goods inventories; controlling the physical locations of inventory; recognizing and analyzing inventory dysfunctions; bar code technologies; and protecting inventory from natural, technological, and man-made disasters.
LOG 120 Transportation Management
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Advisory
- CIT 051, LOG 101
- Transfers to
- CSU
The course provides a study of traffic management principles and techniques that facilitate distribution of the world's commerce, and is intended for students seeking a career in logistics or supply chain management. Topics covered include analysis of the major forms of transportation, such as motor, rail, air, water, pipeline, inter-modal, and international; the integration of transportation forms into a distribution system; carrier management and selection, including rate structures, scheduling, outsourcing, private fleet operations, and transportation customers; government regulations on tariffs; and transportation of hazardous materials.
LOG 125 Contract Management
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Advisory
- BUSL 110 or LOG 101
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course is designed for students seeking a career in logistics or supply chain management. The course provides a study of the legal and regulatory requirements applicable to contracts for product transportation and logistics functions, as well as considerations for drafting and negotiating contracts with freight carriers, warehousemen, and other logistics service providers.
LOG 130 Computerized Logistics
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Advisory
- LOG 101 or LOG 115
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course is intended for students seeking a career in logistics or supply chain management. The course covers the need and use of computers in the supply chain and logistics industry, as well as an introduction to available, related software (e.g., enterprise resource planning, demand planning, and warehouse management applications). Emphasis is placed on the need to balance supply with demand through mathematical models and computerized analysis.
LOG 135 Quality Management Concepts
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 54 Lecture
- Advisory
- LOG 101 or LOG 105
- Transfers to
- CSU
This course is intended for students seeking a career in logistics or supply chain management. The course covers the basic principles, objectives, and policies of a quality management program. Topics include the implementation of continuous quality improvement and understanding various quality philosophies such as Deming's 14 Points, process management, ISO 9000 certification, Six Sigma efforts, Baldrige Award criteria, and an introduction to statistical process control.