COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BUSINESS DYNAMICS FOR LOGISTICS SYSTEMS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
LOG 5022 BUSINESS DYNAMICS FOR LOGISTICS SYSTEMS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Logistics Engineering (Non-Thesis-Evening)
Logistics Engineering

Course Objective

Examining:
Systems thinking and the system dynamics worldview for logistics engineering;
Tools for systems thinking, including methods to elicit and map the structure of complex logistics systems and relate those structures to their dynamics;
Tools for modeling and simulation of complex logistics systems;
Procedures for testing and improving models;
Guidelines for working with client teams and successful implementation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Learning about the dynamics of complex logistics systems
2   Undrestanding the design of dynamic supply chains in business and other organizations
3   Examining the dynamics and quality management of logistics services
4   Applying system dynamics concepts to the problems in transportation and traffic congestion
5   Designing system dynamics approaches for project management and product development in logistics engineering

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Learning in and about Complex Systems
2 System Dynamics in Action
3 Causal Loop Diagrams
4 Stocks and Flows
5 Dynamics of Stocks and Flows
6 Closing the Loop: Dynamics of Simple Structures and Logistics Systems
7 S-Shaped Growth: Epidemics, Innovation Diffusion, and the Growth of New Products and Logistics Services
8 Delays, Coflows and Aging Chains
9 Modeling Decision Making, Formulating Nonlinear Relationships and Logistics Systems
10 Modeling Human Behavior and Expectation Formation and Logistics Services
11 Supply Chains and the Origin of Oscillations
12 Validation, Model Testing and Challenges for the Future
13 Project Evaluation
14 Project Evaluation

Recomended or Required Reading

Forrester, Jay W. (1961). Industrial Dynamics. Pegasus Communications. ISBN 1883823366.
Forrester, Jay W. (1969). Urban Dynamics. Pegasus Communications. ISBN 1883823390.
Meadows, Donella H. (1972). Limits to Growth. New York: University books. ISBN 0-87663-165-0.
Morecroft, John (2007). Strategic Modelling and Business Dynamics: A Feedback Systems Approach. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0470012862.
Roberts, Edward B. (1978). Managerial Applications of System Dynamics. Cambridge: MIT Press. ISBN 026218088X.
Randers, Jorgen (1980). Elements of the System Dynamics Method. Cambridge: MIT Press. ISBN 0915299399.
Ballou R. H. (2004) Business Logistics Management, 5/E, Prentice Hall, London.
Johnson J.C, Wood F.W., Warlow D.L. and Murphy P.R.(1999) Contemporary Logistics Seventh Edition Prentice Hall , London.
Bowersox D.J. and Closs D.J. (1996) Logistics Management : The Integrated Supply Chain Management The MacGraw Hill Corp. New York.
System Dynamics Review

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Active and collaborative teaching and learning strategies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 PRS PRESENTATION
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.50 + PRS * 0.50


*** 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)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Presentations 12 2 24
Case Studies 12 1 12
Preparing assignments 12 2 24
Reading 12 2 24
Design Project 2 10 20
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 6 2 12
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 2 24
Final Exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 147

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