Logistics
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About

​​​​​​​​The Department of Logistics ​ is one of several departments within Stellenbosch University’s Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, and is also the oldest tertiary academic department in South Africa to provide training in transport and logistics.

The department houses the disciplines of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Operations Research, Business Analytics and Transport Economics, as well as two modern postgraduate research laboratories for M and PhD students. It is the only department at a South African university fully offering the various disciplines integrated in one department. Subjects can be followed in several BCom​ and BSc programmes.

The four major subjects, namely Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Operations Research​, Business Analytics and Transport Economics are all offered at second-year, third-year and postgraduate level.​

For more information, please see the ​​Department of Logistics Brochure


​​​​Organisational Structure


Departmental Chair​ (interim)

Prof SE Visagie
Email: svisagie@sun.ac.za​
Tel: +27 21 808 2254


Subject Heads

​Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Prof JJ Louw
Email: jjlouw@sun.ac.za
Tel: +27 21 808 3412​


​Operations Research and Business Analytics​

Prof SE Visagie
Email: svisagie@sun.ac.za​
Tel: +27 21 808 2254

Curriculum Vitae


​Transport Economics

Mr M October
Email: moctober@sun.ac.za
Tel: +27 21 808 2412​