OPF:LOG117 Logistics - Course Information

LOG117 Logistics

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

• Economy of Tourism (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN)
• Business Economics in Trade and Services (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN)
• Economics of Enterprise in Trade and Services (programme OPF, M_EKOMAN)
• Business Economics in Trade and Services (programme OPF, N_EKOMAN)
• European Integration (programme OPF, B_HOSPOL)
• European Integration (programme OPF, N_HOSPOL)
• European Union (programme OPF, M_HOSPOL)
• Finance (programme OPF, B_HOSPOL)
• Finance (programme OPF, M_HOSPOL)
• Finance (programme OPF, N_HOSPOL)
• Corporate Finance (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN)
• Managerial Informatics (programme OPF, B_SYSINF)
• Managerial Informatics (programme OPF, M_SYSINF)
• Managerial Informatics (programme OPF, N_SYSINF)
• Marketing and Management (programme OPF, B_EKOMAN)
• Marketing and Management (programme OPF, M_EKOMAN)
• Marketing and Management (programme OPF, N_EKOMAN)
• Social Management (programme OPF, B_HOSPOL)
• Public Economy and Administration (programme OPF, B_HOSPOL)
• Public Economy and Administration (programme OPF, M_HOSPOL)
• Public Economy and Administration (programme OPF, N_HOSPOL)

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.

• Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2008, recent)
  
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