Regulatory & Environmental Logistics

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008:

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Road and Rail accreditation schemes.
Quality and commodity based accreditation schemes.
Performance Based Vehicle standards
Regulatory policy considerations in urban logistics.
Environmental management systems.
Fatigue management systems and the new horizon for driving hours
The new compliance and enforcement rules in the logistics chain.
The types of Public Private Partnerships in logistics

One assignment of 4,000 words (100%) - A case study analysis requiring critical analysis would be drawn from experience or the workplace or re-assessment of the literature. A case study may be assigned by the course co-ordinator if participants do not want to venture their own company details.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

Identify the key features of the current regulatory frameworks in logistics, road transport and rail transport.
Understand the rapidly changing environmental aspects of especially urban logistics.
Understand the 9 road certification schemes and the operator rail certification scheme.
Appreciate the householder delivery constraints for the Business to Consumer market.
Rate a transport operator using the E++ Transport Environmental Operator Classification System.
Evaluate the viability and practicality of implementing various City Logistics schemes in Australia's major urban areas.
Compare and contrast Australian and European urban logistics regulations.
Describe the recent and current initiatives that Australian regulations have had on productivity.
Define a set of productivity and efficiency measures that should be used to assess the impacts of a specific regulatory policy.
Prepare guidelines for establishing a public-private partnership for new freight related infrastructure or services.
Determine the major safety, efficiency and productivity issues that should be considered when producing a regulatory impact statement for a new logistics related policy.