ASSIGNMENT BRIEF

LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT 2B 2023

Your company is a consulting firm and had been contracted to conduct a market analysis for an organ
under the South African ministry of transport. You are supposed to research and report issues under the
headings below:
1.1 The role of logistics in the South African and Global economy
- Discuss the global and local economic status quo
- Discuss the logistics role in local and economic development
- Suggest logistics related improvements to better the South African economy
1.2 Road vs Rail
- Should South Africa move freight from road to rail?
- Yes, No? Why and how?
1.3 Efficiency and Effectiveness in transport and warehousing
- How to achieve E&E
- Trade-offs in and between transport and warehousing
1.4 Warehousing for efficiency
- Identify and discuss warehousing design and equipment that will achieve optimal levels of
efficiency
1.5 Technology and the future of freight transport and warehousing
- Identify and discuss advances in technology that can be leveraged in freight transport and
warehousing
- Make a projection of the future state of transportation and warehousing
1.6 Sustainable logistics management
- Discuss the influence of logistics on sustainability
- Discuss green logistics

1.7 Conclusion

- Motivation on changes to be made based on the outlook of the future