Physical Internet Foundations
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This professional learning certificate introduces executives and supply chain professionals to the Physical Internet, a transformative model for hyperconnected logistics and supply chain ecosystems. Participants will explore core concepts, building blocks, and applications that drive efficiency, resilience, and sustainability across industries. Through immersive learning, casework, and team projects, learners gain the skills to lead innovation and develop strategic roadmaps for adopting and leveraging the Physical Internet.
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What You Will Learn
- Core concepts and foundations of the Physical Internet (PI)
- Building blocks such as modular containers, protocols, and open facilities
- PI applications for hyper-connected transportation, distribution, and production
- Examination of large-scale transformations in cities, industries, and global supply chains
- Application of innovation, AI, and digital intelligence to logistics decision-making
- Project-based learning and immersive, hands-on casework
- Strategic roadmap development to adopt and leverage the Physical Internet

How You Will Benefit
- Gain expertise in a breakthrough logistics and supply chain paradigm.
- Build skills to lead transformation in business, industry, and government.
- Enhance problem-solving with data-driven, AI-enabled decision-making.
- Increase capacity to design resilient, sustainable supply chain solutions.
- Strengthen leadership as a change agent in the Physical Internet era.
- Expand professional networks through collaborative projects.
- Earn a Georgia Tech certificate that validates advanced knowledge.
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Taught by Experts in the Field
Course Offerings
This course introduces the Physical Internet (PI) as a global, hyperconnected logistics system designed to dramatically improve economic, environmental, and societal sustainability. Participants will learn how PI transforms the movement, design, and use of physical goods through standardized…
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This course explores how the Physical Internet (PI) revolutionizes the movement of goods across cities, regions, continents, and beyond. Learn how PI shifts from siloed, dedicated systems to interconnected, multiparty, synchromodal networks using relay-based, hub-consolidated, modular…
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This course examines how the Physical Internet (PI) transforms product deployment for retailers, distributors, manufacturers, and suppliers through open-access, multi-party networks of deployment centers. Participants will learn how PI enables cloud-like distribution, expanding stock proximity…
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Learn how the Physical Internet (PI) transforms end-to-end supply chains through hyperconnected transportation, deployment, manufacturing, supply, and service. During this hybrid course, learners explore the ways in which PI enables dynamic, multi-party networks of open-access factories and…
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