PEMBALOG Logistics

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Winter 2015
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
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.
ActivityDifficulty [h]
Ostatní studijní zátěž37
Přednáška39
Zkouška40
Summary116
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Winter 2016, Summer 2017, Winter 2017, Summer 2018, Winter 2018, Summer 2019, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021.
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