Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Bachelor/Master Program)
Prof. Dr. Stefan Minner & Carolina Vale Rosa,
Tuesdays 15:00-16:30 (0980), for tutorials see Moodle
Information
- The course is held in English. / Der Kurs wird in englischer Sprache gehalten.
- The course is part of the module "Production and Logistics". Note that the exam covers the whole module, including the course "Production Management".
- Please register for a tutorial (see moodle) in order to get access to your respective moodle group and forum.
- Course material (slides and exercises) will be available for download on the moodle platform of the course. There is no script.
- Recordings of the course will be made available online after each lecture.
Course Description
The course covers the following topics:
- Introduction
- Transport logistics
- Travelling salesman problem
- Vehicle routing problem
- Packing logistics
- Inventory management
- Newsvendor and safety stocks
- Inventory control rules & simulation (Excel)
- Supply Chain Management
- Bullwhip effect
- Contracts and information
- Procurement
- Sourcing and data envelopment analysis
- Distribution
- Retail logistics, cross docking, service provider networks
- Locations: Warehouse location and Set covering
- Capacity planning
- Warehousing
Learning objectives
This is an introductory course providing an overview in the topic of logistics and supply chain management. The students shall get a first glimpse into existing logistical problems and learn about first (quantitative) methods for solving those problems.
Methods
The course consists of a sequence of lectures, exercises/tutorial classes and case studies.
Literature
- Ghiani, G., Laporte, G., Musmanno R. (2013), Introduction to Logistics Systems Management, Wiley
- Chopra, S., Meindl, P. (2016), Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operations, 6th ed., Pearson