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Industrial Logistics

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 654-2014/01
Abbreviation PL
Course title Industrial Logistics
Credits 5
Coordinating department Department of Industrial Systems Management
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Petr Besta, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Logistics management of industrial enterprise - definition, objectives, basic principles.
2. Industrial supply chain management - development and the latest trends of industrial supply chain management.
3. Purchase logistics management - definition, types of pruchasing situations, purchasing process, supplier evaluation and selection.
4. Manufacturing logistics management - definition, reasons for its development, logistics solutions in manufacturing, logistics in Czech industrial production, types of production and their impact on logistics.
5. MRP/ERP systems - definition, structure and example of utilisation of MRP I systém in industrial production, MRP II, ERP, and APS systems.
6. Theory of Constraints and DBR system - definition of Theory of Constraints, ongoing improvement process, DBR system and possibilities of its application in industrial production.
7. Just-in-time concept and Kanban system as main pillars of Lean manufacturing - just-in-time concept definition, comparison of traditional and JIT manufacturing, problems with JIT implementation, JIT implementation in industrial production, alternative solutions, Kanban and Milkrun system.
8. Distribution logistics management - definition and reasons of its development, structure of industrial distribution chains, Distribution Requirement Planning, ECR and QR systems.
9. Inventory analysis and control - reasons for holding inventories, inventory costs, inventory classification, methods and recommendations for inventory control.
10. Packaging and handling - definition, packaging and handling units, handling equipment.
11. Warehouse management - definition, warehouse activities and technologies.
12. Transportation and transport - definition, industrial transport segmentation, selection of mode of transport.

E-learning

Studijní opory, animace a videa: http://www.person.vsb.cz/archivcd/FMMI/PL/index.htm

Literature

LENORT, R. Production Logistics Concepts and Systems: Potential for Use in Metallurgical and Waste Processing Companies. Krakow: AGH University of Science and Technology Press, 2010. ISBN 978-83-7464-302-3 .

Advised literature

MURPHY, P. R. and A. M. KNEMEYER. Contemporary logistics. Boston: Pearson, 2015. ISBN 978-1-292-00484-6 .