At the end of this course, the students; 1) Gain an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability 2) Gain an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams 3) Gain an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems 4) Have a knowledge of contemporary issues
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
None
COURSE DEFINITION
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Physical distribution systems
2nd Week
Inventory support
3rd Week
Logistics management strategies
4th Week
Production, purchase and packing
5th Week
Logistics cost.
6th Week
Logistics customer service
7th Week
Productivity measurement. Structure of distribution systems an distribution strategies
8th Week
Midterm
9th Week
Design of distribution network
10th Week
Logistics problems and solving approaches
11th Week
Outsourcing in Logistics: 3PL, 4PL
12th Week
Relation between logistics and supply chain
13th Week
Logistics and supply chain casestudies
14th Week
Project presentations
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Blanchard, B.S., Logistics Engineering and anagement, Prentice Hall. Waters, D., Logistics: An introduction to supply chain management, Macmillan. Staock, J.R., Lambert m.d., Strategic logistics management, McGraw-Hill, Irwin, 2002