Course: Logistics II

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Course title Logistics II
Course code KDMML/YALG2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hruška Roman, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
The role of logistics in business economics Pull and push system and their disconnection point Lean logistics and its importance Selected methods of lean logistics Logistics in the automotive industry Automation, robotics and digitization in logistics Supplier relationship management and selection of supplier The importance of business information systems in logistics Use of automatic identification and data collection technologies in logistics Logistic information system Outsourcing in logistics Basics of city logistics Global logistics and its connection to the environment

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
  • Contact teaching - 16 hours per semester
  • Home preparation for classes - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 50 hours per semester
  • Independent critical reading - 30 hours per semester
  • Data/material collection - 34 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with a broader concept of logistics in relation to current trends in this area such as in particular automation, robotics, digitization and greater emphasis on lean logistics due to globalization.
After passing this subject, the student has basic knowledge of the logistic activities and costs and their software support. The student knows basic methods of customer service and optimization and the student can apply. The student can calculate average physical stock, time of stock turnover and speed of stock turnover. He is well informed about issue of warehouses and planning of warehousing net, types of distribution channels. He knows basic types of handling equipment and transport means. Student orients in problematic of global logistics.
Prerequisites
It's expected, that the student knows basic of secondary mathematics and microeconomics.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

The student must prove during the semester and also by the exam, that he/she understands solved problems.
Recommended literature
  • Gros, Ivan. Velká kniha logistiky. Praha: Vysoká škola chemicko-technologická v Praze, 2016. ISBN 978-80-7080-952-5.
  • Jurová, Marie. Výrobní a logistické procesy v podnikání. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2016. ISBN 978-80-247-5717-9.
  • Lukoszová, Xenie. Logistické technologie v dodavatelském řetězci. Praha: Ekopress, 2012. ISBN 978-80-86929-89-7.
  • Pernica, Petr. Logistika (supply chain management) pro 21. století. Praha: Radix, 2005. ISBN 80-86031-59-4.
  • Tomek, Gustav. Integrované řízení výroby : od operativního řízení výroby k dodavatelskému řetězci. Praha: Grada, 2014. ISBN 978-80-247-4486-5.


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