Logistics 2600-DSz3Len

The course program covers the following topics:

1. The importance of logistics in business management. Supply chain management. Concepts, goals, challenges. (1 hour).

2. Logistic customer service. Factors determining the level of customer service, basic indicators and standards. Customer satisfaction index - example (2 hours).

3. Supply logistics. Goals and basic challenges. Ways of differentiating the company's assortment (ABC and XYZ methods) (1 hour).

4. Stock management. Stocking costs. Economic order quantity - example (2 hours).

5. Production logistics on the basis of MRP system (Material Requirements Planning) - example (1 hour).

6. Distribution. Functions, intermediaries, distribution channels. Idea of Efficient Consumer Response and Quick Response. Distribution as an integrator between logistics and marketing (2 hours).

Type of course

elective courses

Mode

Remote learning

Prerequisites (description)

Management – basic course General knowledge of business management

Learning outcomes

After the course, the student:

1.can define logistics and describe its basic departments,
2.understands the place and role of logistics in effective enterprise management,
3. understands the importance of logistic customer service,
4. can distinguish the basic goals and challenges related to supply logistics,
5. can distinguish costs related to stocking,
6. can estimate the economic order quantity,
7.understands the idea of materials requirements planning in production processes,
8.understands the role of distribution as a factor connecting logistics and marketing,
9. can describe the main issues connected with the supply chain management process.

Assessment criteria

Presence, activeness