Course syllabus for Logistics

After completion of the course the student should have gained: knowledge and understanding, skills and abilities, judgement and understanding according to the following:

Knowledge and understanding of:
• the logistics performance indicators and objectives
• the processes, functions, flows and actors in a logistics system
• the physical material flow, including storage, material handling and transport and packaging
• the influence of logistics on revenues, cost and tied up capital
• the structure of the logistics system including products, materials supply, production and distribution
• planning and control of the logistics system in the material supply processes, customer order process and the forecast process
• material and production control in a manufacturing company
• the decoupling purposes of various types of inventories in the materials flow
• various logistics effects in supply chains and some concepts to gain increased collaboration in supply chains
• logistics information systems
• the logistics system from a sustainability perspective

Skills and abilities, to apply:
• the most common measures for cost, tied up capital and customer service
• the basic material control and lot sizing methods
• customer order methods and forecast methods-
• common logistics analysis methods such as mapping of tied up capital, ABC analysis and total cost analysis

Judgment and understanding of:
• the influence of the context when choosing different structures and concepts
• how to evaluate different logistics solutions from a sustainability perspective, i.e. the combination of economic, environmental and social perspectives.
• The suitability of different methods and techniques for solving specific logistics problems. 

The following themes are included in the course:
• fundamentals of logistics
• the physical material flow (packaging, storage, material handling, transport)
• efficiency and goals of the logistics system (customer service, cost, tied-up capital, environment)
• the structure of the logistics system (products, material supply, production, distribution)
• planning and control of the logistics system (customer order and forecast processes, material supply processes, materials planning, manufacturing planning and control)
• logistics collaboration in supply chains
• logistics information systems
• logistics and environment
• methods and tools for analyses of the logistics system

The lectures in the course introduce different areas in logistics and lessons where the use of different logistics methods is taught. A case is used to train the analytic skills and apply different methods on a case. This also includes an excel exercise. A supply chain management game is used to give a good understanding of the interaction and dynamics in a logistics system. A number of literature seminars contribute to in-depth discussions. 

Jonsson, P. and Mattsson, S-A. (2016), Logistik - läran om effektiva materialflöden, Studentlitteratur, Lund (English title: Logistics and supply chain management).
Material published on the homepage.

Examination consists of a written examination and assignments. For the grade passed it is also required to attend compulsory parts of the course such as (a laboration, the supply chain game, literature seminars and certain lectures.