KKAs are comprised of eighty Universal Concepts and eight Professional Areas.
Education programs for transport and logistics are expected to exhibit methods for ensuring that students will learn as many of the Universal Concepts at the undergraduate level. In a Master’s level course there will be greater specialisation and it would not be possible to cover as many of these areas.
The Eighty Universal Concepts
The most popular of the Eighty Universal Concepts are: (more can be found via this link):
- Overview of transport and logistics for organizations, the community and society
- The importance of logistics and transport in socio-economic development
- Stakeholders in logistics and transport; their varied requirements and influence
- Environmental impact of logistics and transport, energy options, green logistics and sustainability
- Business and market structures used in logistics and transport
- Innovation, performance improvement, benchmarking and good practice
- Management, measurement and evaluation of financial performance
- Key elements of national and international legislation
- Modal and intermodal characteristics and opportunities
- Health and safety in the transport and logistics environment
- Security and Risk management, assessment, mitigation and response
- Customer service quality and adding value
- Developing organizational strategies
- Economic principles of supply and demand
- Project Management and negotiations
- Importance of information systems for efficiency and effectiveness
- Leadership, management and the development of people
- Reverse Logistics and Lean Logistics
- Transport logistics financing and investment, insourcing vs. outsourcing
- Business ethics and corporate social responsibility
The Eight Professional Areas
In addition to providing coverage of the Universal Concepts, courses also need to demonstrate that students will develop knowledge and competence in one of the eight Professional Areas. The eight professional areas are listed below with links to the Universal Concepts as they relate to each of the areas.
The eight Professional Areas are: