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International logistics focus on managing import and export activities. Exchanges are organised by cross-border transport, whilst applying known logistical methods. It provides logistical stakeholders with optimised solutions for exchanging goods and transporting people between different countries.
The ultimate goal in international logistics is to devote activity to the management of goods transportation. The goods are first of all picked up (from a factory, logistician, supplier warehouse, etc.) and conveyed to the export country where they will be unloaded by the importer.
The Center for International Trade and Transportation (CITT) is dedicated to delivering education programs, innovative research, and community engagement in the area of transportation workforce development and training.
The CITT Policy and Steering Committee consists of representatives from academia, representatives from modal transportation sectors, units of government, organized labor, and other individuals with distinguished reputations and career accomplishments in international trade and transportation or who are identified as key goods movement stakeholders.
Education and Training Programs
We develop a suite of degree and competency-based education and training solutions designed to provide incumbent and emerging professionals with essential industry-recognized knowledge, skills, and abilities. We provide customized contract training programs designed to address organizational development and capacity needs for public and private organizations.
Research and Policy Initiatives
We engage in labor market analysis, policy analysis, and applied research to map new competencies required to empower the new mobility workforce, study the impact of regulations across the supply chain, and develop real-world pilot programs to test new initiatives.
Community and Industry Engagement
We have become a demonstrated community and industry resource in connecting partners across the supply chain to understand and respond to trade and transportation challenges and opportunities. Our organization provides leadership in convening leaders in industry, education, and government to develop common calls to action.
This special edition of Trade Talks is sponsored by the Harbor Association of Industry & Commerce (HAIC) in which Dr. Thomas O'Brien speaks with Mario Cordero, The Executive director of the Port of Long Beach.
Thomas O'Brien, Executive Director of the Center for International Trade and Transportation, and Mario Cordero, Port of Long Beach Executive Director, discuss the technological shifts in the goods movement industry and the zero-emission goals that the Port is working toward. Cordero addresses how the Port of Long Beach is leading the nation in the implementation of environmentally sustainable infrastructure and technology, and how it is preparing for associated workforce and technological challenges.
Thomas O'Brien, Executive Director of the Center for International Trade and Transportation, and Terry Bills, the Global Transportation Industry Director at Esri, discuss the underpinnings of GIS technology in this episode of Trade Talks. Esri is the global market leader in GIS, headquartered in Redlands, California; and Terry Bills is responsible for all of Esri's transportation infrastructure segments worldwide.
Dr. Thomas O'Brien, Executive Director of the Center for Trade and Transportation at California State University, Long Beach, talks Canadian trade with Patricia Elliott, Consul & Senior Trade Commissioner; and Gavin Nardocchio-Jones, Consul for Political & Public Affairs, both from the Canadian Consul of Los Angeles.
The first episode of the quarterly video series Trade Talks features CITT Executive Director, Dr. Tom O'Brien, sitting down with Paul Bingham, the VP of Trade and Logistics for the EDR Group. Bingham provides an update on the state of global trade, and offers his thoughts on what a new administration in Washington means for the freight sector.
Transportation and supply chains are always adapting to new challenges in response to a shifting mobility landscape. While nothing has tested these sectors like the current pandemic, we have seen how the mobility workforce has been changing at an ever-increasing rate, influenced by advancing demands of the economy, workforce, and technology.
The Mobility Matters podcast addresses mission-critical issues facing the professionals who design, develop, operate, and maintain the mobility systems that get people where they need to go and transport essential goods for communities and families throughout the country. Join host Tyler Reeb, Director of Research & Workforce Development at the Center for International Trade & Transportation, as he delves into pressing mobility issues in each episode.
In 1991, Congress authorized the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to implement the Tribal Technical Assistance Program (TTAP), which worked to build professional capacity within federally recognized Tribes to support the management of their transportation assets. In 2017, FHWA consolidated the seven regional TTAP Centers into just one, and two years later suspended the program entirely. Today, the TTAP remains suspended pending the release of new guidance and funding, however there is an ever-growing consensus that the program should be reconstituted to provide regionally specific technical assistance for tribal communities throughout the United States.
Be sure to also check out the companion webinar, broadcast nationally on November 17th, 2021, which takes a look at the history of Tribal technical assistance, the importance of maintaining strong rural/Tribal engagement, and how a national research summit could become an effective venue for assessing the needs of Tribal communities.
CITT conducts contract and customized training for a variety of public sector organizations and private industry groups. Options include a customized version of CITT's award-winning Global Logistics Professional program as well as contract training designed to meet the unique workplace needs of logistics and transportation organizations.
Through a partnership with the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA), CSULB students have an opportunity to compete for scholarships that fund enrollment in CITT's Global Logistics Professional program and provide research stipends for work performed on intermodal-related research. Students may also enroll in programs offered through IANA's Education-On-Demand virtual course offerings free of charge. Information on these educational programs can be found at
www.intermodal.org/upcoming-education.
Numerous scholarships are offered by industry associations and organizations involved in international trade and transportation for students enrolled in programs offered by the Center for International Trade and Transportation (CITT). These organizations recognize the need for specialized training and education in this industry. Please use the following links to find information about each of these endowments and scholarship programs.
In addition to the IANA Scholarship Program, CSULB students may also enroll in programs offered through IANA's Education-On-Demand virtual course offerings free of charge. Information on these educational programs can be found at
www.intermodal.org/upcoming-education.
The partnership of USC and CSULB brings together two large, urban universities with complementary strengths. USC is among the nation's leading research universities, and CSULB is one of the largest teaching universities in California. METRANS Transportation Consortium research includes many disciplines; faculty come from several fields of engineering, as well as planning, public policy, public administration, economics, and geography.
In this video, learn how the National Center for Sustainable Transportation brings together six innovative universities to move the U.S. toward a more economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable transportation system.
CITT is dedicated to delivering innovative research in the areas of transportation and trade with an emphasis on workforce development. Our portfolio consists of research and policy initiatives in the following areas:
Working to foster information exchange and industry research, CITT hosts and participates in a number of conferences and events throughout the year. By way of Town Hall meetings, webinar series, forums, and more, CITT seeks to establish a platform for stakeholders in the debate surrounding port growth, positively contribute to port-related conflict resolution, share emerging and multi-disciplinary research, and keep conversations going.
The California Supply Chain Success Initiative is a series of solutions-based dialogues among and between the set of system-wide stakeholders along the supply chain. It is a response to the many visible (and some not so visible) challenges to the supply chain that existed before the pandemic but that, in the wake of it, gained new prominence. The expected result is a set of consensus-driven, agreed-upon strategies for near-term and long-term steps that both industry and government can take to add value to the supply chain.
Join our email list to stay updated on the upcoming Virtual Workshop as well as insightful information including our Background Report, Industry Engagement Campaign, and Decisionmakers' Summit.
It outlines wicked problems within the broader supply chain; global trends that create both demand for goods and bottlenecks to efficient freight flows; and the varying interests of industry stakeholders.
Our social media campaign shares valuable knowledge about the supply chain, dispels some myths about it, and solicits video responses to the questions above, helping to identify solutions that add value to the supply chain.
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