CLTD Exam Prep Course
Prep for CLTD Certification and Gain Recognition as a Logistics Expert!
Learn from an industry-leading instructor and get ready to pass the CLTD exam that will ultimately lead to career advancement.
Stand Out Among Candidates in a Job Search
Increase Your Salary Potential
Build Your Credibility With a Globally-Recognized Certification
Course at a Glance
Format
Live-Online
Length
13 Weeks
Program Hours
40 Hours
Meeting Days and Times
Registration for the Fall 2024 course will open on April 1, 2024. Request to be notified the day Fall 2024 registration opens.
Price
$2,195 Standard Registration Fee
Discounts are available for UTC Alumni. Learn more about discounts and other financial aid options here →.
If you are enrolling as a UTC undergraduate student and seeking academic credit, note that you will also pay the standard credit by exam fee of $64 per credit hour (totaling $192) for the course.
Non-degree-seeking students seeking academic credit, including undergraduate students from another university or college, will pay the standard credit by exam fee of $64 (totaling $192) as well as a separate UTC application fee of $30. More information on how to pay these fees can be found in the "How to Gain Academic Credit" section.
Do You Still Have Questions?
Schedule a call with our program coordinator or email [email protected].
Who Should Attend
The course is designed for proven professionals already working in logistics and/or transportation who are looking for an industry-backed credential to advance their careers. It's also perfect for individuals seeking an introduction to the supply chain industry.
How to Enroll
UTC's CLTD course is offered for both academic and non-academic credit. Whether you plan to complete the course for academic credit or not, you will still register for the course through UTC Center for Professional Education.
How to Gain Academic Credit
ACADEMIC CREDIT: If you are planning to take the course for academic credit as a degree-seeking student, please see our step-by-step instructions on earning credit if you are:
- Earning CLTD Academic Credit as a Degree-Seeking, UTC undergraduate student
- Earning CLTD Academic Credit as a Non-Degree Seeking student enrolled in another university
- Earning CLTD Academic Credit as a Non-Degree Seeking student who is not currently enrolled in another university
Please note that completing the class for academic credit and taking the CLTD certification exam are NOT related. The CLTD certification exam is taken through ASCM, a separate entity from UTC. Students may choose to take the class solely for academic credit, to take the class in preparation for the CLTD certification exam, or for both purposes.
The course will be graded on a 4-point letter grade scale, requiring a C or higher to pass. You do not have to be a student at UTC to take the course for academic credit, but make sure that your program will accept the course for credit if registering from another university.
What You Will Learn
- The essential knowledge, vocabulary, processes, and frameworks needed to address challenges and opportunities within the industry
- The design and administration of systems to ensure proper positioning of material and information at the lowest total cost
- How to align logistics initiatives with business objectives to streamline operations and increase profits
- Best logistics practices to apply in organizations based on global standards
- How to boost productivity, collaboration, communication, and innovation within a supply chain team
How You Will Benefit
- Learn the essential knowledge needed for the logistics, transportation and distribution industry
- Develop concepts that can be applied in your organization
- Improve understanding of global logistics trends and developments
- Gain recognition as a logistics expert
- Reduce costs and impact your organization’s bottom line
- Demonstrate ability to communicate with others across your extended supply chain
Course Outline
The course content aligns with the CLTD Learning System.
- Logistics Overview and Strategy
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- Outlining the principles that make logistics useful, including economic drivers
- Understanding how logistics fits within supply chain management
- Managing logistics strategy, including the logistics value proposition
- Developing flexible logistics frameworks and collaborative relationships
- Exploring strategic-level risk management
- Using fundamental performance measurements and benchmarking
- Implementing reengineering and continuous improvement philosophies
- Logistics Network Design
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- Implementing a logistics network design process
- Considering transportation requirements driving logistics network plans
- Using tools and analyses to select node patterns and links
- Adopting risk management
- Planning for network security and business continuity
- Sustainability and Reverse Logistics
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- Understanding how logistics plays a key role in demonstrating organizational social responsibility
- Managing the triple bottom line, including carbon footprint reductions and green initiatives
- Selecting vendors based on sustainable practices
- Demonstrating responsibility when handling and managing hazardous and dangerous materials
- Capacity Planning and Demand Management
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- Understanding the basics of forecasting including various types of forecasts
- Shaping demand for logistics services
- Translating demand information into planning for transportation and warehousing capacity
- Providing input during S&OP and participating in collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment
- Planning for distribution requirements
- Managing supply, including ERP master scheduling
- Developing a process and selecting a purchasing strategy
- Order Management
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- Performing customer relationship management during order management activities
- Implementing CRM to strengthen relationships
- Meeting customer needs
- Achieving service levels according to customer demand
- Managing the process steps and logistics decision points of inbound, intracompany, and outbound order management
- Inventory Management
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- Understanding inventory management, planning, and control
- Contrasting stakeholder expectations for inventory management
- Summarizing the different functions or purposes inventory serves in a business
- Illustrating the major types of inventory costs
- Differentiating approaches to safety stock and determinations of when to order
- Performing calculations related to standard deviation, economic order quantity, and reorder points
- Describing lean, just-in-time, ABC, vendor-managed inventory, and other alternative approaches
- Listing common performance metrics
- Warehouse Management
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- Understanding warehousing strategies and determining which to use
- Considering physical aspects and tactics related to warehousing design
- Exploring warehousing challenges and trends
- Summarizing warehouse ownership types and functions
- Determining warehouse operations performance measures
- Diving deep into warehouse processes, layouts, materials handling, systems and automation, and packaging
- Transportation
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- Outlining transportation fundamentals including cost structure, stakeholders, capabilities, carrier types, mode classifications, and selection considerations
- Diving deep into the modes of transportation including road, rail, air, water, pipeline, intermodal, and parcel/courier
- Managing transportation according to guiding principles
- Considering tradeoffs when designing transportation networks, selecting carriers and modes, and planning routes and schedules
- Global Logistics Considerations
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- Examining current factors in the global logistics space
- Staying competitive while balancing cost and level of service
- Exploring the history of international trade theories and infrastructure
- Discussing global logistics performance indicators and trade specialists
- Complying with international trade regulations
- Preparing customs documentation
- Discussing finance, payment options, terms of sale, payment methods, currency issues, trade zones, and hedging
Learn From an Approved Education Partner
UTC is a proud Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM) Academic Partner. When you choose us for your education, you are choosing quality.
Our program and course content aligns directly with the ASCM certification exams.
To learn more about membership, visit ASCM's site.
Exam Preparation and Details
Your journey to becoming certified begins with the CLTD Learning System, included with your registration for the course. The CLTD Learning System builds on existing strengths and deepens your understanding of supply chain management principles. The instructor-led class format helps you navigate concepts and enriches your learning.
The exam consists of 150 computer-based questions and takes approximately 3.5 hours.
The Learning System follows a three-part process of Assess, Study, Practice methedology to help you retain the information.
- Assess
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Measure your knowledge with the online assessment.
- Study
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Study the Learning System modules, flashcards, and practice quizzes.
- Practice
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Build confidence for exam day with a CLTD practice test.
Use Army Credentialing Assistance Funds
Army Soldiers have the opportunity to use Army Credentialing Assistance to pay for the class.
Eligible participants will receive the exam prep, exam voucher, and a one-year ASCM Plus Membership.
Membership beyond the first year is the responsibility and at the discretion of the participant.
Meet the Instructor
Andy Borchers, DBA, CPIM
Andy Borchers, DBA is a Professor of Management and Associate Dean of the College of Business at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. Before moving to Lipscomb in 2011, Andy spent 20 years in the auto industry and taught at Lawrence Technological University and Kettering University in Michigan. His teaching and research interests cover a broad range of topics including operations and supply chain management, enterprise systems, analytics, and environmental sustainability. Andy has published numerous academic articles and case studies in a variety of journals.