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Logistics A

Anotace

1. What is logistics, the mission and principles of logistics management.
2. Typical logistic activities.
3. Consumer service level in logistics. Logistic costs. Logistic trade-offs.
4. Batch sizing, economic order quantity model.
5. Throughput time planning and analyzing.
6. Inventory management: reasons for holding inventory, functional classification of inventories, inventory replenishment model.
7. ABC classification and its implementation in inventory management.
8. Production planning: the principles, product mix, agregate planning, master production schedule, capacity balancing, scheduling.
9. Synchronous operations philosophy, theory of constraints.
10. Logistics in distribution: consolidation and deconsolidation, costs of distribution, cross docking, hub and spoke, logistic providers.
11. Tracebility and tools for automatic identification.

Povinná literatura

Jacobs, R. and Chase, R.: Operations and Supply Chain Management. Mcgraw-Hill/Irwin. 2012. ISBN 978-0073525235

Doporučená literatura

Ghiani, G. – Laporte, G. – Musmanno, R.: Introduction to logistics systems management. Second edition. Wiley, 2013. ISBN 978-1-119-94338-9.


Language of instruction angličtina, angličtina, angličtina
Code 152-0503
Abbreviation LOG A
Course title Logistics A
Coordinating department Department of Business Administration and Law
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Pavla Macurová, CSc.