COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LOGISTICS OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
IND 3906 LOGISTICS OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Industrial Engineering

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MUALLA GONCA AVCI

Offered to

Industrial Engineering

Course Objective

Exposing students to current management thinking, methods and strategies used in managing logistics and operations systems, and prepare students for positions that analyze, plan, implement and control logistics and operations processes in firms.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the basic concepts related to logistics operations.
2   To be able to define the basic concepts related to logistics operations.
3   To be able to express logistics problems.
4   To be able to solve logistics problems.
5   To be able to explain the new developments in the field of logistics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition, scope and role of logistics in businesses
2 Logistic operations and their costs
3 Site selection models
4 Site selection models
5 Purchasing decisions and supplier contracts
6 Warehouse operations
7 Warehouse operations
8 Transportation operations
9 Transportation operations
10 Global logistics and risk management
11 New trends in logistics
12 New trends in logistics
13 Case studies
14 Case studies

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook:

Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation. Sunil Chopra, Peter Meindl, Pearson Education, 9781292093567, 2015.

Reference book:
Introduction to Logistics Systems Planning and Control. Gianpaolo Ghiani, Gilbert Laporte, Roberto Musmanno, John Wiley & Sons, 9780470849163, 2005.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, Student presentations and Class discussions

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ASG * 0.20 + RST * 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)

Tel: 301 76 28, e-mail: gonca.yunusoglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing presentations 1 25 25
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 101

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.14
LO.24
LO.3444
LO.444443
LO.54