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Supply chain management

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Course Unit Code152-0357/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
MAC40doc. Ing. Pavla Macurová, CSc.
LUK50doc. Ing. Xenie Lukoszová, Ph.D.
Summary
The subject extends the knowledge about logistics into areas overcoming one company borders (supply chain management, external logistic integration, ways to ensurance the resilience of supply chains), it presents and compares various logistic concepts. It supports the development of analytical, diagnostic and designing procedures in logistics based on advanced techniques. It provides knowledge about progress in particular fields of logistic.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The outpusts of the subject:
1) obtaining the theoretical knowledge about global logistics, logistic concepts, criteria for location in logistics, partnership in supply chains, approaches and methods of logistic analysis and auditing, demand forecast, process cost measurement,
2) understanding and ability to explain the impact of structure and managing the logistic network on logistic variables and economic results, the purpose and using the logistic analyses,
3) ability to implement the methods for time and material consumption measurement and analysis, techniques of demand forecast,
4) ability to analyse the process and logistic chain with use of more criteria and identify the potential for improvement,
5) ability to design and evaluate appropriate variants of logistic network icluding the risk mitigation.
Course Contents
1. Internal and external supply chains, supply chains structure, interfaces i n logistics. Goals, basic tasks and organization support of supply chain management.
2. Contradictions, risks and bullwhip effects in supply chains.
3. Directions of solving problems in supply chains: internal and external integration, resilience increasing, rationality.
4. Comparison of lean concept, agile SCM concept and Efficient Customer Response concept.
5. Demand forecasting - principles and techniques for demand forecasting.
6. Approaches to safety stock setting.
7. Trends in warehousing and warehouse management.
8. Trends in distribution logistics.
9. Reverse logistics organization.
10. Methodology of supply chain mapping, measurement, analysis and improvement.
11. Speciality of supply chain risk management.
12. Implementation of Industry 4.0 elements in supply chains I.
13. Implementation of Industry 4.0 elements in supply chains II.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
BOWERSOX, Donald. Supply Chain Logistics Management. New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2019. 479 p. ISBN 978-0078096648.
LUKOSZOVÁ, Xenie a STOPKA, Ondrej. Logistická centra na globálním trhu. Jesenice: Ekopress, 2019. 194 s. ISBN 978-80-87865-51-4.
STANTON, Daniel. Supply Chain Management For Dummies. New Jersey: John Wiley&Sons, 2020. 368 p. ISBN 978-1-119-67701-7.
LUKOSZOVÁ, Xenie. Logistika pro obchod a marketing. Jesenice: Ekopress, 2020. 146 s. ISBN 978-80-87865-59-0.
SLACK, Nigel a LEWIS, Michael. Operations strategy. Sixth edition. Harlow: Pearson, 2020. 475 p. ISBN 978-1-292-31784-7.
TICHÝ, Jaromír. Logistické systémy. Praha: Vysoká škola finanční a správní, a.s., 2021. 127 s. ISBN 978-80-7408-225-2.
Recommended Reading:
BELVEDERE, Valeria a GRANDO, Alberto. Sustainable operations and supply chain management. Chichester: Wiley, 2017. Wiley series in operations research and management science. ISBN 978-1-119-28495-6.
John MANGAN, Chandra LALWANI and CALATAYUD, Augustina. Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management. 4th edition. New Jersey: Wiley&Sons, 2020. ISBN 978-1119702993.
Udo BUSCHER, Rainer LASCH and SCHONBERGER, Jorn. Logistics Management. Cham: Springer, 2021. ISBN 978-3-030-85842-1.
Bedřich RATHOUSKÝ, Petr KOLÁŘ a NOVÁK, Radek. City logistika. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2021. ISBN 978-80-7676-212-1.
Iveta KUBASÁKOVÁ, Marián ŠULGAN a KUBÁŇOVÁ, Jaroslava. Logistika pre zasielateľstvo a cestnú dopravu. Bratislava: Edis, 2020. ISBN 978-8055417004.
MACUROVÁ, Pavla, Naděžda KLABUSAYOVÁ a TVRDOŇ, Leo. Logistika. 2. upravené a doplněné vydání. Ostrava: VŠB –TU Ostrava, 2018. ISBN 978-80-248-4158-8.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit30 (30)20
                Zápočtový projektProject30 20
        ExaminationExamination70 (70)31
                Písemná a ústní zkouškaOther task type70 31