5 credits
30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Agrell Per Joakim; Chevalier Philippe;
Language
English
Main themes
This advanced course describes the logistics systems, their managerial objectives and the current trends in the development of advanced decision support systems. In particular, emphasis is put on modeling and solving logistics problems using state-of-the-art approaches. The transportation, distribution and warehousing functions will be studied indetails through lectures and case studies.
Aims
At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to : | |
| 1 | During their programme, students of the LSM Master¿s in management and Master¿s in Business engineering will have developed the following capabilities¿ KNOWLEDGE AND REASONING
A SCIENTIFIC AND SYSTEMATIC APPROACH
WORK EFFECTIVELY IN AN INTERNATIONAL AND MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT
TEAMWORK AND LEADERSHIP
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The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
The class mixes - lectures with additional individual readings and exercises, - solution of cases in groups: design and implementation of solutions . Content : 1. Introduction to logistics systems: - Logistics systems - Managerial issues and trends - Decision support systems 2. Models and methods - Network Optimisation models and methods, - Mixed Integer Programming and decomposition methods, - Heuristic optimisation methods. 3. Design of Logistics Network 4. Design and Operation of Warehouses 5. Planning and Scheduling for Long-Haul Freight Transportation 6. Planning and Scheduling for Short-Haul Freight Transportation Methods : In-class activities 1 Lectures 1 Exercices/PT 1 Project based learning At home activities 1 Readings to prepare the lecture 1 Exercices to prepare the lecture 1 Paper work 1 Students presentation
Evaluation methods
Continuous evaluation
- Date: To be specified late
- Type of evaluation: Group work (I&II)
- Comments: No
- Oral: No
- Written: No
- Unavailability or comments: No
- Oral: No
- Written: 2 hours
- Unavailability or comments: No
Other information
Evaluation : - Case solutions including class presentations, - Written exam (open book) with open questions and exercises. References : - Stadtler H., C. Kilger (Eds), Supply chain management and advanced planning : concepts, models, software and case studies , 2d edition, Springer, 2002. - Y. Pochet, L.A.Wolsey: Production Planning by Mixed Integer Programming , Springer, 2006. - Introduction to Logistics Systems Planning & Control, Ghiani, Laporte, Musmanne, Wiley 2004. Additional and more specialized references will be provided during the class Internationalisation : 1 international content (does the course tackle international issues related to the course content ?) 1 international case study Corporate features : 1 case study 1 corporate guest Skills : 1 presentation skills 1 writing skills 1 team work 1 problem solving 1 decision making 1 critical thinking Techniques and tools for teaching and learning : 1 IT tools 1 modelling 1 quantitative methods 1 mathematics
Bibliography
: No TEXTBOOK. and available on line . No book protected by copyright. . READING FILE compulsory and available on line Supports available on line are on ICAMPUS.
Faculty or entity
CLSM
