152-0302/10 – Logistics A (LOG A)
Gurantor department | Department of Business Administration | Credits | 4 |
Subject guarantor | doc. Ing. Pavla Macurová, CSc. | Subject version guarantor | doc. Ing. Pavla Macurová, CSc. |
Study level | undergraduate or graduate | | |
| | Study language | Czech |
Year of introduction | 2012/2013 | Year of cancellation | 2019/2020 |
Intended for the faculties | EKF | Intended for study types | Bachelor, Follow-up Master |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
The outpusts of the subject:
1) obtaining the theoretical knowledge about essential and aim of logistics and about its basic tasks,
2) understanding and ability to explain the factors that have impact on running the flows and on logistics costs, the way of setting the batch size, time planning, inventory analysis, replenishment models, as well as the procedures in warehousing and distribution,
3) ability to implement the methods for batch sizing, capacity calculations, lead time planning and scheduling, layout improvement, inventory Pareto analysis, reorder point setting,
4) ability to analyse the lead time, layout, inventory structure and inventory turnover,
5) ability to roughly suggest the appropriate directions of flow improvement.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Tutorials
Summary
The aim of the subject is to provide the introduction to logistics. The goals,
approach, principles and basic tasks of logistics will be presented. The
procedures of logistic flows organization will be explained and basic logistic
techniques will be trained.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
credit test 100%
E-learning
Other requirements
treatment credit test
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
1. The concept of logistics and logistic management, their functions and aims. Processes, logistic chain, logistic net, interfaces. Typical logistic activities. Service level and costs in logistics.
2. Pre-production preparing and its influence on the logistic: classification of processes and flows, types of production, steps of pre-production preparing, bill of material, time standards, standards of material consumption.
3. Batch sizing.
4. Capacity, specialization and layout of workplaces.
5. Throughput time – structure of throughput time, factors of throughput time, value- and non-value added activities, tools for planning and analysis of throughput time.
6. Inventory management: kinds of inventory, inventory costs, inventory turnover and inventory daysinventory replenishment models, safety stock, ABC-Analysis.
7. Production planning and control: kinds of production plans, term and capacity planning, scheduling, shop floor management.
8. Tracking and tracing in logistics. Means for automatical identification.
9. Logistics in distribution: basic tasks in distribution, consolidation, deconsolidation, logistic providers, distribution channels, comparison of transport means, reverse logistics, INCOTERMS, city logistics.
10. Warehousing: basic tasks in warehousing, kinds of warehouses, technical means for warehousing.
Conditions for subject completion
Conditions for completion are defined only for particular subject version and form of study
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction