LOG117 Logistics

School of Business Administration in Karvina
Summer 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Ing. Radek Jureček (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ing. František Němec, Ph.D.
Department of Business Economics and Management – School of Business Administration in Karvina
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
there are 21 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Syllabus (in Czech)
  • The course objective is to introduce logistics as a broad function, which has a great impact on all business activities. Logistics plays an important role in a life of every business unit as it influences costs and level of customer service. Logistics has to be understood as a process compiled out of many activities and has to be tuned to provide the best possible result as a whole. The first part of the course analyses each part of the logisctics process. The second part is determined to describe logistics organisation, cooperation and new trends in it.
    1. The Role of Logistics
    2. Logistics Information Systems
    3. Inventory Concepts and Inventory Management
    4. Managing Material Flow and Transportation
    5. Warehousing, Materials Handling and Packaging
    6. Purchasing
    7. Organising for Effective Logistics
    8. Supply Chain Management
    9. Global Logistics and Implementing Logistics Strategy
Literature
    required literature
  • NĚMEC, F. Výrobní logistika pro ekonomy. Karviná: OPF SU, 2002. ISBN 80-7248-141-X. info
  • NĚMEC, F. Logistické procesy. Karviná: OPF SU, 2001. ISBN 80-7248-128-2. info
  • LAMBERT, D, STOCK, J. ELLRAM, L. Fundamentals of Logistics Management. Irwing: McGraw-Hill, 1998. ISBN 0-256-14117-7. info
  • CHRISTOPHER, M. Logistics and Supply Chain Management. London: Financial Times/Prentice Hall, 1998. ISBN 0-273-63049-0. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Summer 2010.
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