Modul
Logistics and Supply Chain Management [M-MACH-105298]
Credits
9Recurrence
Jedes SommersemesterDuration
1 SemesterLanguage
EnglishLevel
4Version
2Responsible
Organisation
- KIT-Fakultät für Maschinenbau
- Institut für Fördertechnik und Logistiksysteme
Part of
Bricks
Identifier | Name | LP |
---|---|---|
T-MACH-110771 | Logistics and Supply Chain Management | 9 |
Competence Certificate
The assessment consists of a 120 minutes written examination (according to §4(2), 1 of the examination regulation).
Competence Goal
The student
- has comprehensive and well-founded knowledge of the central challenges in logistics and supply chain management, an overview of various practical issues and the decision-making requirements and models in supply chains,
- can model supply chains and logistics systems using simple models with sufficient accuracy,
- identifies cause-effect relationships in supply chains,
- is able to evaluate supply chains and logistics systems based on the methods they have mastered.
Prerequisites
None
Content
Logistics and Supply Chain Management provides comprehensive and well-founded fundamentals for the crucial issues in logistics and supply chain management. Within the scope of the lectures, the interaction of different design elements of supply chains is emphasized. For this purpose, qualitative and quantitative description models are used. Methods for mapping and evaluating logistics systems and supply chains are also covered. The lecture contents are enriched by exercises and case studies and partially the comprehension of the contents is provided by case studies. The interacting of the elements will be shown, among other things, in the supply chain of the automotive industry.
Recommendation
none
Workload
contact hours (1 HpW = 1 h x 15 weeks):
- lecture: 60 h
independent study:
- preparation and follow-up lectures: 90 h
- preparation of case studies: 60 h
- examination preparation: 60 h
total: 270 h
Learning type
Lectures, tutorials, case studies.