Course: Principles of Logistics

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Course title Principles of Logistics
Course code KEMCH/C812
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
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)
  • Paták Michal, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Conception of logistics, - the circumstances of the origination and development of logistics in enterprise, supply chain management Total Supply Chain - objectives, strategy, activities, cost and value part. Customer services - content, measurement, audit, providers of customer services. Logistics information system as a part of management information systém - its subsystems. Systems identification of logistics process - distribution subsystem, channels of distribution. Subsystem production subsidies - systems production management, link on customer service level. Production strategy - MRP II, JIT, KANBAN, OPT, LOC. Purchasing subsystem - types of purchasing situations, operational purchase, vendors rating. Cross logistic activities - systems of inventory management. Material packaging, wraps, pallets, containers. Warehousing, technology, inventory management in warehouses. Traffic systems, manipulating technique, transport choice and optimization. Logistic technologies. Company diagnostic from the logistic point of view, process of logistic conception elaboration and its conversion into practice. Organizational support of logistic management of enterprise.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities, Skills training
  • Home preparation for classes - 13 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an exam - 20 hours per semester
  • Participation in an excursion - 4 hours per semester
  • Individual project - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for a partial test - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for a final test - 20 hours per semester
  • Preparation of a presentation (report) - 5 hours per semester
  • Participation in classes - 52 hours per semester
  • Independent critical reading - 10 hours per semester
  • Data/material collection - 6 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of this subject is to develop to give to student complex conception about logistic management of company with usage of new logistic technologies and with respect of chemical industry specifics.
Student is able after fulfillment this subject to understand and apply logistic approach in management of company with emphasis on mutual close relation between individual processes and complexity of solution.
Prerequisites
Knowledge in mathematics and business economics and management taught within the bachelor study is needed for study of the subject.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination, Home assignment evaluation

Exam from this subject is in written and oral form. Final classification takes into account also results of individual works elaborated by student during semester.
Recommended literature
  • Cempírek, Václav. Nebezpečné zboží v logistických systémech. Pardubice: Institut Jana Pernera, 2004. ISBN 80-86530-22-1.
  • Gros I. Logistika, 1996, Vydavatelství VŠCHT Praha..
  • CHRISTOPHER M. Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Prentice Hall, Great Britain, 2005..
  • Christopher M. Logistika v marketingu. 2000, Managenent Press.
  • KAMPF R., CEMPÍREK, V. Logistika. Institut Jana Pernera, Pardubice, 2005..
  • Lambert D. M. a kol. Logistika, 2000, Computer press..
  • Pernica P. Logistika pro 21.století, 2004, RADIX, s.r.o..


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