This course will focus on safety and risk management with emphasis on how it applies to supply chain management. Students will learn the processes used to characterize and manage risk, as well as maintain a safe operating environment with the protection of personnel, assets, and services. Hazard characteristics of products, appropriate modes of transport, carrier selection and qualifications, pack -aging and container specifications, driver training requirements, financial issues, security precautions, warehousing risk, OSHA, hazardous materials handling, and customer assessment will be addressed in this course.