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Terminated in academic year 2020/2021

Logistics B

Type of study BachelorFollow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 152-0451/06
Abbreviation LOG B
Course title Logistics B
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Business Administration and Law
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Pavla Macurová, CSc.

Subject syllabus

1. Economics of logistics.
2. Decoupling point, logistics mix, push-pull systems, postponement.
3. Analysis of customers and logistic services differentiation.
4. Standardization of material consumption and laboure consumption.
5. Theory of constraints and its utilization in logistics.
6. Logistics in purchasing.
7. Inventory control (prediction of demand, inventory analysis incl. ABC analysis, inventory models).
8. Manufacturing planning and control (MRP technice, DBR systém, Kanban, ERP and APS systems).
9. Concept of lean manufacturing.
10. Selected problems of distribution logistics.

Literature

Jacobs, Roger a Richard Chase. Operations and Supply Chain Management. 3rd ed. McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2012. 518 s. ISBN 978-0073525235.

Advised literature

Schroeder, Roger, Susan Meyer Goldstein a Johnny Rungtusantham. Operations Management in the Supply Chain: Decisions and Cases. 6th ed. McGraw-Hill/Irwin. 2013. 558 s. ISBN 978-0073525242 .