Modul

The assessment is carried out as partial exams (according to section 4 (2), 1 SPO) of the core course “Fundamentals of Production Management” [2581950] and one further single course of this module, whose sum of credits must meet the minimum requirement of credits of this module. The assessment procedures are described for each course of the module separately.

The overall grade of the module is the average of the grades for each course weighted by the credits and truncated after the first decimal.

• Students shall be aware of the important role of industrial production and logistics for production management.
• Students shall use relevant concepts of production management and logistics in an adequate manner.
• Students shall be able to reflect on decision principles in firms and their circumstances in the light of the production management aspects studied.
• Students shall be proficient in describing essential tasks, difficulties and solutions to problems in production management and logistics
• Students shall be able to describe relevant approaches of modeling production and logistic systems.
• Students shall be aware of the important role of material and energy-flows in production systems.
• Students shall be proficient in using exemplary methods for solving selected problems.

The course “Fundamentals of Production Management” [2581950] and one additional activity have to be chosen.

This module is designed to introduce students into the wide area of industrial production and logistics management. It focuses on strategic production management under the aspect of sustainability. The courses use interdisciplinary approaches of systems, also theory to describe the central tasks of industrial production management and logistics. Herein, attention is drawn upon strategic corporate planning, research and development as well as site selection. Students will obtain knowledge in solving internal and external transport and storage problems with respect to supply chain management and disposal logistics.

Total effort will account to 270 hours (9 credit points) and can be allocated according to the credit point rating. Therefore, a course with 3.5 credits requires an effort of approximately 105h and a course with 5.5 credits 165h.

The total effort for each course consists of attending lectures and tutorials, examination times and the time an average student needs to prepare himself in order to pass the exam with an average grade.