COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BUSINESS LOGISTICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MBA 3001 BUSINESS LOGISTICS COMPULSORY 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Maritime Business Administration

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

DOCTOR GÜVEN ŞENGÖNÜL

Offered to

Maritime Business Administration
Maritime Business Administration (Evening)

Course Objective

Having a strong background in business logistics is essential in the maritime business administration education.
Conceptual understanding is sustained by the problems, projects and applications in the laboratory.

Besides the meaning of the fundamental business logistics, we teach how various components of business logistics such as materials management, physical distribution, traffic management, warehousing, purchasing, inventory management, outsourcing, and logistics organization interact each other.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand the fundamentals of business logistics.
2   To examine the materials management functions.
3   To explore the inbound logistics activities.
4   To understand the physical distribution functions.
5   To apply business functions in a laboratory environment.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Business Logistics and Logistics Strategy
2 The Logistics Product
3 Customer Service and Order Processing
4 Transport Decision in Logistics
5 Warehousing and Distribution Center Management
6 Inventory Principles
7 Midterm Exam
8 Inventory Management
9 Inventory Management
10 Sourcing and Purchasing Decisions
11 Network Planning and Facility Location Decisions
12 Logistics Organization and Audit
13 Presentations of assignment
14 Presentations of assignment

Recomended or Required Reading

Business Logistics Management, R.H. Ballou, Fifth Edition, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall Inc., 2003

Contemporary Logistics, P.R. Murhpy and D.F. Wood,Ninth Edition, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall Inc., 2008

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Cooperative and active teaching and learning strategies.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FINS FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Lecturer Dr. Güven Şengönül
guvensengonul@gmail.com
guven.sengonul@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 15 15
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 1 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 124

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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