Bachelors in Logistics in Middle East 2017. SAS “Foreign Trade and Logistics Department” consists of two different, however closely related fields: Foreign Trade and Logistics. International goods and services trade within the frame of globalization as well as capital flows have reached a liveliness and complexity recently that cannot be compared with those in the past. The subject of foreign trade discipline consists of different, however complementary areas such as economical basics, transactions and applications, documents used in foreign trade, and foreign trade financing related to the companies in different countries or multinational companies. On the other hand, “logistics” does not consist of solely transportation as it is sometimes misinterpreted. Logistics is the science of coordinating activities such as delivery, storage or transporting up to the customer’s point of requirement of goods, services and information within an economical plan. These are the subjects of School of Applied Sciences “Foreign Trade and Logistics Department” in a narrow sense; however, our Department is equivalent with other 4-year higher education institutions in the fields of economics, finance, and business management as SAS is also a 4-year higher education school and has identical curricula and course contents compared to those of similar 4-year universities. SIGNIFICANCE AND FUTURE OF THE PROFESSION Although foreign trade is an old economic activity, it is getting more and more complex and requires specialization due to globalizing economic relations. Numerous financial products have emerged in the international finance markets to provide foreign trade finance. Firms desperately require specialists who are... [-]

Operations and Information Management is about getting things done right with high quality in minimum time and with as little waste and expense. Superior management of the operations function is vital in all types of businesses today due to the increasing demand for successful project management, continuous business process improvement, better quality, better customer service, and intense time-based competition. 

The Operations and Information Management program provides an in-depth study of the major concepts and tools in the theory and application of ‎modern Operations and Information Management techniques such as project management, quality management, forecasting techniques, service and product design, supply chain management and logistics.... [-]