Course: New Trends in Supply Chain Management

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Course title New Trends in Supply Chain Management
Course code KEMCH/CD242
Organizational form of instruction no contact
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 0
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Branská Lenka, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Integration of logistics processes in companies and the supply chains. Cooperative strategies in supply chain management. New approaches in demand forecasting. Aggregate planning in the supply chain. Coordination in the supply chain with process productions. Stochastic models for inventory management. Supply chain integration with third-party logistics providers. Environmental aspects of activities implemented in the supply chain. Reverse logistics in the supply chain. Information systems for supply chain management.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Methods of individual activities
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide knowledge in the area of integration of activities at the level of the company and the supply chain and at the same time in area of the modern management of activities carried out within these integrated arrangements.
The student will have deep knowledge in the field of integration activities of companies and also in the field of modern management of logistics activities implemented at the level of the company and the supply chain.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Home assignment evaluation

Oral exam verifying the knowledge of the doctoral student in the scope of obligatory literature. The exam also includes the elaboration of a seminar paper or a scientific article on a topic related to the focus of the dissertation.
Recommended literature
  • BRANSKÁ, L., PATÁK, M., PECINOVÁ, Z. Preference logistických služeb v dodavatelských systémech s rychloobrátkovými produkty. Pardubice, 2019.
  • EMBLEM, A., EMBLEM, H. Packaging technology. Oxford, 2012.
  • GOLWALKAR, K. R. Production management of chemical industries. Cham: Switzerland, 2016.
  • GRANT, D. B., TRAUTRIMS, A., WONG, C.Y. Sustainable logistics and supply chain management. London: United Kingdom, 2017.
  • GRÜNE, G., LOCKEMANN S., KLUY, V., MEINHARDT, S. Business Process Management within Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries. Berlin, 2014.
  • HYNDMAN, R. J., ATHANASOPOULOS, G. Forecasting. Melbourne: Australia, 2018.
  • CHOPRA, S. Supply chain management: strategy, planning and operation.. New York, 2019. ISBN 978-0-13-473188-9.
  • KIRSCHSTEIN, T. Integrated supply chain planning in chemical industry. Wiesbaden, 2015.
  • RICHARDS, G., GRINSTED, S. The logistics and supply chain toolkit. London, 2016.
  • SAGEGG, O. J., ALFNES, E. ERP Systems for Manufacturing Supply Chains: Applications, Configuration, and Performance.. xx, 2020.


Study plans that include the course
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