Supply Chain: Logistics (4 Credits)

Learning Outcomes:

Explain the model for industrial logistics problems of its objectives, constraints and decision variables; Design logistics systems of its engineering design method; Distinguish major classes of industrial logistics systems, operations and most significant characteristics; Solve the variants of industrial logistics problems with basic solution algorithms.

Topics:

1. How Logistics Systems Work
2. Logistics Decision and Further Supply Chain Engineering
3. Demand Forecasting Methods
4. Causal Methods
5. The Constant Trend Case
6. The Linear Trend Case
7. The Seasonal Effect Case
8. Advanced Forecasting Methods
9. Selection and Control of Forecasting Methods
10. Transport Fundamentals
11. Transport Decisions
12. Planning and Managing Long Haul Freight Transportation
13. Planning and Managing Short Haul Freight Transportation
14. Inventory Policy Decisions
15. Supply Chain Systems and Models
16. Designing the Logistics Network
17. Global Logistics Systems