Subject 'Strategies and Services of Logistics'

Year:   2016/2017    2017/2018    2018/2019    2019/2020    2020/2021    

Development of logistics. Areas of logistics. Business logistics. Areas of business logistics. Goals and tasks of logistics. Transportation. Warehousing. Inventory management. Procurement and purchasing. Customer service.

Logistics functions and operations. Crossfunctional areas in logistics. Logistics system. Enterprise logistics system. Micro- and macrologistical systems. Logistics process. Logistics management. Logistics management functions. Enterprise logistics strategy. Strategical, tactical and operative management in logistics. Management of company’s logistics system. Logistics functions of wholesale and retail company. Logistics functions of manufacturing plant. Time, cost, quality and risks management in logistics. Flexibility in logistics. Lead time. Lead time analysis. Enterprise logistics competitive ability and logistics potential.

Supply chain (SC). Supply chain flows. Material, information, financial and service flows. Supply chain members. Upstream and downstream in supply chain. Customers, suppliers and consumers. Supply chain management (SCM). Goals and tasks of SCM. Value creating in SC. Value chain. Supply cahin management functions. Supply chain manager functions in company and in supply chain. Main types of supply chains. Supply chain and demand chain. Push and pull management in supply chain. Distribution functions. Distribution chain. Distribution chain management.

Logistics resources. Logistics costs. Types of logistics costs. Totoal cost concept. Relation between time and costs. Reverse logistics. Goals and tasks of reverse logistics. Reverse logistics functions. Recycling. Waste management process. Enterprise role in reverse logistics process. Green logistics. Sustainable logistics.

Logistics services. Selling logistics services. Outsourcing in logistics. Purchasing of logistics services. Critical factors of purchasing and outsourcing logistics services. Logistics services providers. Third and fourth party of logistics.

1. Give students initial knowledge about business logistics goals and tasks, logistics areas and functions, also about logistics management.
2. Give students initial knowledge about supply chains, supply chain management goals and tasks, supply chain flows, members and functions of members in supply chain.
3. Give students view of purchasing and selling logistics services, about outsourcing and outsourcing critical factors.

Student knows:
1. basic theory of logistics and supply chain management, also area-based specific
2. basic termins and concepts of logistics and supply chain management
3. goals, tasks, areas and functions of logistics
4. logistics management functions and management levels
5. supply chain flows, roles of supply chain members and main activities of supply chain management
6. reverse logistics goals, tasks, functions and main waste treatment technologies

Lectures and interactive seminars.

Portfolio of lecture materials.

Assessment is based on the following partial results:
- test 50%
- solving the tasks individually 30%
- translation and review of special article 20%

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2016: RT  

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