Singapore University of Social Sciences

Singapore has been ranked by the World Bank as Asia’s top logistics hub for the last ten years and plays a vital role in the ASEAN region. SCM505 Managing International Logistics considers Singapore’s importance and helps the students to appraise various aspects of international logistics and related complexities. When formulating strategies to tackle these complexities, different political, legal, and environmental factors should be considered. This course plans to focus primarily on the logistics scenario in ASEAN, China and India. Students will assess the possible issues Singapore may face as a logistics hub in the future. Students will examine emerging markets and the direction international logistics is taking.