The total management of the supply chain, from initial manufacturers of goods or producers of food and fibre, through to the points of final sale, consumption and waste disposal, requires good managers to ensure that the logistics involved do work efficiently and value is added along the way. Transport is made up of the structure and systems that govern the way all modes of transport operate. Coordination is vital. Investment in physical and human capital is essential. Planning ahead is needed to help avoid, remedy or mitigate any harmful environmental effects of transport whilst reaping the benefits that mobility affords.
Governments set policy parameters for the safe conduct of all modes of transport.
They also enter into international accords and protocols that control the conduct of international maritime and aviation transport and land transport where there are land borders. These are excellent. At the close of the millennium, too few graduates in the field of transport policy and planning, logistics and supply chain management are being produced to meet the needs of this sector of the economy in New Zealand. In the last three years of the 20th century New Zealand firms such as, New Zealand Post, Courier Post, Fulton Hogan, Milburn NZ, NZL Group, Owens Road, Fletcher Aluminium, Mainfreight, NZ Express, Solid Energy, Centreport, Air New Zealand, Carter Holt Harvey, Statistics NZ, Alexander Petroleum Services, Ohau Ski Fields, Regional Councils and other organisations have employed students from Lincoln University s programmes in Transport Studies. The following past students have indicated their willingness to be contacted directly for information as to how their course of study prepared them for their careers in the transport sector.