Entry requirements

75 credits within the Bachelor's Programme in Sustainable Development in Industrial Engineering / Industrial Engineering and Development. Calculus. Sustainable Development, CSR and Life Cycle Analysis. Participation in Production Management I and Industrial Management (15 credits).

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course, students should be able to

• describe and explain strategic and sustainability-related positions concerning the logistic system and the supply chain in a global context,
• describe the historical development of transport and production systems,
• evaluate and develop logistic systems,
• identify and analyse transport and production systems and their components,
• identify challenges in logistic systems from a sustainability perspective and prepare solutions to these,
• use operations research-related tools such as linear programming, queue theory and simulation,
• apply and explain complex forecasting systems,
• explain, develop and use methods to control and optimise operational systems for transport, production and inventories,
• explain and use methods for strategic planning of the supply chain, including facility localisation and capacity planning.

Content

Logistic systems and how an efficient logistic system contributes through efficient use of resources to the long-term sustainability of the organisation. Transport and production systems and the complete supply chain. Operations research-related methods such as basic optimisation theory, stochastic models, queue models and simulation. Planning methods and tools for the operational control of production and transport systems, including forecasting, detailed and master planning of production, inventory management and transport planning. Strategic planning of the logistic system and the supply chain, including facility localisation and capacity planning. Evaluation and development of the logistic system.

Instruction

Lectures, teaching sessions, seminars, laboratory sessions and supervision of group assignments.

Assessment

Written examination (8 credits), written assignments, seminars and laboratory sessions (4 credits) and oral presentations of group assignments (3 credits).

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding targeted pedagogical support from the university's disability coordinator.

Other directives

The course cannot be included in a degree together with 1TG267 Process Management and Logistics or 1TG289 Logistics.