Objectives and competences
Learning objectives:
Presenting methods and techniques in warehouse management.
Improving skills in transport optimizing.
Presenting IT systems in warehousing and transportation.
Improving skills and knowledge in the field of business transportation and its economic impacts.
Improving skills and knowledge in the fields of physical, technological, process and safety considerations of warehouse/distribution operations.
Competences:
Student is able to improve logistics processes in area of transportation and warehousing.
Student can select important information which has an influence on transport and warehouse processes.
Student has an impeccable attitude to work and coworkers.
Student can include innovations in transportation operations.
Content (Syllabus outline)
Warehouse costs.
Health and safety programme.
Storage systems.
Technology in warehousing.
Warehouse operations.
Order Picking.
Risk management in warehouse.
Warehouse management system (WMS).
Transport mode.
Choices of modalities.
Transport supplier agreements.
Transport scheduling.
Distribution network.
Transport management systems (TMS).
Organization of transport and routes.
Transport logistics terminals.
Smart mobility/green transport logistics.
At tutorials:
Improves receipt of goods from suppliers.
Selects appropriate storage systems.
Implements a 5S programme in warehouse environment.
Defines and implements Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to improve warehouse operations.
Understands and implements appropriate technology in warehousing.
Selects and implements a warehouse management system (WMS).
Optimizes transport mode selection.
Evaluates freight market and selects appropriate carriers.
Optimises transport scheduling.
Selects logistics service providers.
Designs a distribution network.
Defines and implements Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to improve transportation.
Selects and Implements a transport management systems (TMS).
Learning and teaching methods
• Lectures: Students understand the theoretical frameworks of the course. Part of the lecture course is in a classroom while the rest is in the form of e-learning (e-lectures may be given via video-conferencing or with the help of specially designed e-material in a virtual electronic learning environment)
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Tutorials: Students enhance their theoretical knowledge and are able to apply it. Part of the seminar is in a classroom while the rest is in the form of e-learning (e-tutorials may be given via video-conferencing or with the help of specially designed e-material in a virtual electronic learning environment).
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and Understanding:
Student has a knowledge about methods and techniques used in warehouse and transport management.
Student knows the main aims of warehouse and transport management.
Student knows a decision structures used in warehouse and transport management.
Student understands the role of private fleets, freight forwarders and brokers.
Student understands the role of IT in the transportation operations.
Student understands the basics of international transportation considerations.
Student understands picking and shipping processes and material handling equipment.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
Transferable/Key Skills and other attributes:
Student is able to improve transport and warehousing processes with using IT systems.
Student is able to assess effectiveness of different decisions variants in area of transportation and warehousing.
Student can use standards to solve logistics problems in area of transportation and warehousing.
Student is able to identify the unique features, advantages and disadvantages of the various modes of transport.
Student is able to describe the cost and pricing consideration of various transportation options.
Student demonstrates metrics to measure transportation service quality and efficiency.
Student explains the facility configuration consideration, representative storage and handing techniques, performance metrics, and the role of distribution operations.
Student is able to identify key operations within a warehouse and their relations.
Student is able to identify and explain the different warehouse operating ownership models.
Readings
• Lerher, T. (2021). Skladiščno-komisionirni sistemi (1. izd.). Univerzitetna založba. https://doi.org/10.18690/978-961-286-519-1
• Lerher, T. (2022). Avtomatska vozila in mobilni roboti v intralogistiki (1. izd.). Univerzitetna založba. https://doi.org/10.18690/um.fs.3.2022
• Martin, H. (2021). Technische Transport- und Lagerlogistik. Springer Vieweg.
• Bartholdi, J. J. & Hackman, S. T. (2019). Warehouse and distribution science, Release 0.98.1. The Supply Chain & Logistics Institute, H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, USA.
• Hendrickson, J. (2020). Transportation management: a practical handbook. Heartland Professional Services.
• Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. (2014). The definitive guide to transportation: principles, strategies, and decisions for the effective flow of goods and services. Pearson Education.
Additional information on implementation and assessment Successful completion of e-lectures and e-tutorials is a prerequisite for entering the exam.
• Coursework 30%
• Written examination 40%
• Oral examination 30%
