COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIY 6007 INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR SERHAN TANYEL

Offered to

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

Course Objective

To put foward the developments in international logistics management and to examine the scope of the integrated understanding of all the sub-components of the logistics activities

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To comprehend the importance of logistic activities
2   To have knowledge on international transportation systems
3   To evaluate simple logistic organization flowcharts
4   To gain knowledge about supply chain management

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic terms
2 International logistic activities
3 International logistic cost analysis
4 International transportation modes
5 International transportation mode choice and logistic organization
6 Inventory management
7 First mid-term exam
8 Storage and dilivery centers
9 International dilivery chanels and logistic management
10 International supply chian management
11 Full-time manufacturing and international supply chain management
12 Financing of international logistics
13 Second mid-term exam
14 Homework submission and presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

BALLOU R. H. (1992): Business Logistics Management, Third Edition , Prentice-Hall, London.

BOWERSOX D.J. AND CLOSS D. J. ( 1996): Logistical Management: The Integrated Supply Chain Management , The McGraw Hill Companies, New York.

CHRISTOPHER M. (1998): Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Second Edition , Financial Times Pitman Publishing, London.

GRAY; KIM (2000): Logistics and International Shipping .

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The visual presentations and presentation slides

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE 1 MIDTERM EXAM 1
2 MTE 2 MIDTERM EXAM 2
3 ASG ASSIGNMENT
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE 1 + MTE 2 + ASG/3 * 0.60 + FIN * 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE 1 + MTE 2 + ASG/3 * 0.60 + RST * 0.40


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1, 2 and 4: Consideration with mid-term exam and final exam
LO 3: Consideration with assignments and presentations

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance will be considered in the evaluation

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

okan.tuna@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 4 48
Preparation for midterm exam 2 20 40
Preparation for final exam 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 35 35
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Midterm 2 2 4
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.13344
LO.23344
LO.33344
LO.43344