OPF:PEMBALOG Logistics - Course Information

PEMBALOG Logistics

Extent and Intensity

3/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Ing. Petr Vlček (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Ing. Petr Vlček
Department of Business Economics and Management – School of Business Administration in Karvina
Contact Person: Ing. Žaneta Rylková, Ph.D.

Prerequisites

The course can be registered independently on the courses.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Business Economics in Trade and Services (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN)

Course objectives

The course objective is focused on basic logistics terms and approaches used in logistics. Logistics plays important role for all business activities for its entrepreneurial philosophy character. The intention of this course is to know elementary methods and logistic approaches and enlighten them in practice by practical examples of modern ways for solving logistic problems with regard to market and marketing strategy.

Syllabus

• 1. Logistics and supply chain management
  2. Logistics objectives and activities
  3. Logistics costs management
  4. Inventory concepts and management
  5. Nature and importance of customer service
  6. Phases of customer service
  7. Transportation
  8. Warehousing
  9. Materials handling, packaging and reverse logistics
  10.Logistics methods and techniques
  11.Logistics information systems and technology
  12.Business logistics trends
  13.Logistics strategy
  

Literature

recommended literature
• MURPHY, P.R., WOOD, D.F. Contemporary logistics. N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2011. ISBN 01-361-1077-0. info
• CHRISTOPHER, M. Logistics and Supply Chain Management. New York: Prentice Hall, 2010. ISBN 978-0-273-73112-2. info
• HARISSON, A., HOEK, R. Logistics management and strategy: competing through the supply chain. Harlow, England: Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2010. ISBN 978-027-3730-224. info
• BRANDIMARTE, P., ZOTTERI, G. Introduction to Ditribution Logistics, Statistics in Practice. Wiley, 2007. ISBN 978-0.471-75044-4. info
• GRANT, D.B., LAMBERT, D. M., STOCK, J.R., ELLRAM, L. Fundamentals of Logistics Management. London: McGraw-Hill, 2006. ISBN 978-0-077-10894-6. info
• LAMBERT, D., M., STOCK, J., R., ELLRAM, L., M. Fundamentals of Logistics Management. Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 1998. ISBN 0-256-14117-7. info

Teaching methods

Skills demonstration

Assessment methods

Written exam

Language of instruction

English

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

Teacher's information

Attendance in seminars, discussion, ongoing test, course credit test, seminar paper.

Activity	Difficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž	37
Přednáška	39
Zkouška	40
Summary	116

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