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Aplication of logistics metods

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 151-0321/02
Abbreviation ALM
Course title Aplication of logistics metods
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Mathematical Methods in Economics
Course coordinator Ing. Mgr. Petr Kozel, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Origin and importance of logistics. Division of logistics. Methods used in logistics.
2. Graph theory and linear programming, introduction, basic terms, optimization tool Xpress-IVE, MS Excel - Solver.
3. Transport and distribution logistics, introduction, basic terms, transport network and its model, calculation of shortest paths and distance matrices.
4. Transport task and its variants, classical transport task, multi-commodity transport task, transport task with losses, multiple transport task, transport task with intermediate storage.
5. TSP problems, Euler paths.
6. Distribution systems, introduction, basic terms, location-allocation problems.
7. Decomposition - covering tasks, (p-median, p-center).
8. Supply logistics, introduction, basic terms, characteristics of supply tasks.
9. Basic models of inventory management. Schedule of deliveries.
10. Multi-criteria decision-making, introduction to the problem, basic terms, calculation of criteria weights, selection of the optimal variant.
11. Queueing theory - introduction, basic terms, systems with rejection, with infinite, with limited queue length.
12. Manufacturing logistics, introduction, basic concepts, schedule theory, network planning methods.

Literature

SIXTA, J., ŽIŽKA, M. Logistika - používané metody. Computer Press, Brno, 2009, ISBN 978-80-251-2563-2.
PALÚCH, S., PEŠKO, Š. Kvantitatívne metódy v logistike. Žilinská univerzita v Žiline, Žilina, 2016, ISBN 80-8070-636-0 .
BRAMEL, J., CHEN, X. and SIMCHI-LEVI, D. The Logic of Logistic. 3rd Edition. Springer: New York, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4614-9184-4 .

Advised literature

GROS, I. Kvantitativní metody v manažerském rozhodování. Grada Publishing, Praha, 2003, ISBN 80-247-0421-8.
JANÁČEK, J. Optimalizace na dopravních sítích. Žilinská univerzita v Žiline, Žilina, 2002, ISBN 80-8070-031-1.
RAY, S.S. Graph Theory with Algorithms and its Applications. Springer: New York, 2013, ISBN 978-81-322-0749-8 .