COURSE UNIT TITLE

: DISASTER LOGISTICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
AFY 5020 DISASTER LOGISTICS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Disaster Administration

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ZERRIN TOPRAK KARAMAN

Offered to

Disaster Administration

Course Objective

The course will give students fundamental and advanced knowledge about humanitarian logistics and the design, management and measurement of supply chains in the humanitarian context. Disaster relief as well as logistics in developing countries will be covered. The scope of the course is to provide an overview of the specific context of humanitarian logistics and a set of important available concepts, models and tools. The course will furnish an understanding of the important role of logistics and supply chain management in the humanitarian context. It will also convey the knowledge and skills to methodically analyses needs, and consequently to design, manage and measure the supply chain.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Be obtain to the necessary knowledge about the fundamental organization in disaster logistics in general,
2   Be able to learn the fundamental processes and be able to comment on the subjects about disaster logistics,
3   Be able to learn the developing role of the public administrator concerning the facts which is required risk and disaster logistics,
4   Be able to use theories, models and tools to describe, analyse and evaluate supply chains in a humanitarian context.
5   Be able to understand how this (may) impact on the design of the supply chain

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Humanitarian Context, Supply Chain Fundamentals
2 Forecasting
3 Needs Assessment, Distribution Tracking
4 Procurement, Mobilization
5 Inventory Management
6 Inventory Management
7 Integrated Supply Chain
8 Midterm Exam
9 Integrated Supply Chain
10 International Transportation
11 Inland Transportation
12 Warehousing
13 Coordination & Prioritization
14 General Assessments

Recomended or Required Reading

Tomasini, R & Wassenhove, L: Humanitarian logistics. INSEAD Business Press and Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, ISBN: 9780230205758.
Simchi-Levi, D, Kaminsky, P & Simchi-Levi, E: Managing the supply chain, The definitive guide for the business professional. McGraw-Hill, 2004, ISBN: 9780071410311.
Christopher, Martin: Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 4 ed. Financial Time Prentice Hall, 2012, ISBN: 9780273731122.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To remind the topics of the previous lesson for 15 minutes.
To give a general overview on the topic of the current week.
To give a lecture accompanied by a presentation prepared using the materials provided by the basic course book and other resources.
To make control-oriented brainstorming practices during some weeks.
To support the course topics with sample event examinations.
To analyze the given case studies.
To internalize the knowledge of students through homework applications.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** 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

Turkish

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)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 10 10
Preparation for Final Exam 1 10 10
Preparing Individual Assignments 1 20 20
Preparing Presentations 1 6 6
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Final 1 2 2
Mid-term 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 115

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.12
LO.23
LO.34
LO.425
LO.534

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