342-0677/01 – Logistics (Log)

Gurantor departmentInstitute of TransportCredits4
Subject guarantorprof. Ing. Aleš Slíva, Ph.D. Paed.IGIPSubject version guarantorprof. Ing. Aleš Slíva, Ph.D. Paed.IGIP
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementCompulsory
Year1Semestersummer
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2018/2019Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesFSIntended for study typesFollow-up Master
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
BAR0345 Ing. Veronika Kociánová
SLI74 prof. Ing. Aleš Slíva, Ph.D. Paed.IGIP
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Credit and Examination 2+2
Part-time Credit and Examination 10+7

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

In the subject of Logistics, students will become familiar with logistics as a field of science with a focus on general logistics specializing in transport and handling in relation to the implementation of Industry 4.0 principles in the form of monitoring, designing and recording the flow of material. The subject is devoted to production strategy, warehouse management in a company, IT technology of traceability of critical parts production with on-line process control and control of limit values of monitored quantities in internal company logistics.

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Summary

The graduate will be able to describe the development and goals of logistics as a scientific discipline and explain the structure of the logistics chain and its active and passive elements. He will be able to design the layout of handling and storage facilities, calculate logistics costs and apply multi-criteria decision-making methods to a logistics problem. He will be able to independently process and defend the solution of assigned tasks in the field of inventory logistics, material movement and palletization and containerization.

Compulsory literature:

Christopher, M.: Logistics & Supply Chain Management. 6th ed. Harlow: Pearson, 2022. ISBN 978-1292420660. Coyle, J. J., Langley, C. J., Gibson, B. J., Novack, R. A.: Supply Chain Management: A Logistics Perspective. 11th ed. Boston: Cengage Learning, 2021. ISBN 978-0357442135. Bowersox, D. J., Closs, D. J., Cooper, M. B., Bowersox, J. C.: Supply Chain Logistics Management. 5th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2019. ISBN 978-1260092691. Rushton, A., Croucher, P., Baker, P.: The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management. 7th ed. London: Kogan Page, 2022. ISBN 978-1398602045.

Recommended literature:

Grant, D. B., Trautrims, A., Wong, C. Y.: Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management. 3rd ed. London: Kogan Page, 2023. ISBN 978-1398604667. Ivanov, D., Tsipoulanidis, A., Schönberger, J.: Global Supply Chain and Operations Management. 3rd ed. Cham: Springer, 2021. ISBN 978-3030723552. Jacobs, F. R., Chase, R. B.: Operations and Supply Chain Management. 17th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2024. ISBN 978-1266478550. Slack, N., Brandon-Jones, A., Burgess, N.: Operations Management. 11th ed. Harlow: Pearson, 2022. ISBN 978-1292407616. Paksoy, T., Koçhan, Ç., Ali, S. S. (eds.): Logistics 4.0: Digital Transformation of Supply Chain Management. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2021. ISBN 978-0367340032.

Additional study materials

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Vypracování 3 úloh z oblasti logistiky a vypracování zápočtového testu: Úloha 1 – Logistika zásob – hodnoceno maximálně 5 body. Úloha 2 – Pohyb materiálu v podniku – hodnoceno maximálně 5 body. Úloha 3 – Logistika v dopravě-paletizace a kontejnerizace – hodnoceno maximálně 5 body.

E-learning

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Other requirements

Vypracování 3 úloh z oblasti logistiky a vypracování zápočtového testu: Úloha 1 – Logistika zásob – hodnoceno maximálně 5 body. Úloha 2 – Pohyb materiálu v podniku – hodnoceno maximálně 5 body. Úloha 3 – Logistika v dopravě-paletizace a kontejnerizace – hodnoceno maximálně 5 body.

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1) Origins and Development of Logistics, Logistics Objectives and Strategies 2) Integrated Logistics 3) Logistics Chain, Active and Passive Elements of Logistics, Micro-Logistics and Macro-Logistics, Transport Logistics in the Context of Material Handling 4)Internal and External Transport Systems and Their Specific Characteristics 5) Information Systems in Logistics, Material Flow in Space and Time 6) Material Handling Problem Formulation, Design of Material Handling Equipment – Relationships between Sources and Destinations 7) Methods for Facility Layout Planning and Facility Location Design 8) Warehousing and Warehouse Systems 9) Distribution Logistics and Its Key Aspects 10) Business Logistics 11) Logistics Costs 12) Logistics Technologies 13) Multi-Criteria Decision Making in Logistics

Conditions for subject completion

Part-time form (validity from: 2019/2020 Winter semester)
Task nameType of taskMax. number of points
(act. for subtasks)
Min. number of pointsMax. počet pokusů
Credit and Examination Credit and Examination 100 (100) 51
        Credit Credit 35  18
        Examination Examination 65  15 3
Mandatory attendence participation: Creation of 3 essays aimed at solving typical logistics examples: 1. sorting of different materials into manipulation groups, 2. creation of paletograph, 3. placing of objects.

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: Creation of 3 essays aimed at solving typical logistics examples: 1. sorting of different materials into manipulation groups, 2. creation of paletograph, 3. placing of objects.

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2026/2027 (N1041A040002) Transport Systems and Equipment P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2026/2027 (N1041A040002) Transport Systems and Equipment K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2025/2026 (N1041A040002) Transport Systems and Equipment P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2025/2026 (N1041A040002) Transport Systems and Equipment K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2024/2025 (N1041A040002) Transport Systems and Equipment P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2024/2025 (N1041A040002) Transport Systems and Equipment K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2023/2024 (N1041A040002) Transport Systems and Equipment K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2023/2024 (N1041A040002) Transport Systems and Equipment P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2022/2023 (N1041A040002) Transport Systems and Equipment P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2022/2023 (N1041A040002) Transport Systems and Equipment K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2021/2022 (N1041A040002) Transport Systems and Equipment P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2021/2022 (N1041A040002) Transport Systems and Equipment K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2020/2021 (N1041A040002) Transport Systems and Equipment K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2020/2021 (N1041A040002) Transport Systems and Equipment P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2019/2020 (N1041A040002) Transport Systems and Equipment P Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan
2019/2020 (N1041A040002) Transport Systems and Equipment K Czech Ostrava 1 Compulsory study plan

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