COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WAREHOUSE AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
LGM 3001 WAREHOUSE AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT COMPULSORY 2 2 0 5

Offered By

Logistics Management

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR VOLKAN ÇETINKAYA

Offered to

Logistics Management

Course Objective

To be informed about warehouse and inventory management cases, to be able to reach current progressions related to warehousing systems, to be able to interpret these cases.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To understand technical concept related to inventory and storing.
2   To learn the role of warehouse in supply chain management.
3   To determine optimum order quantity in inventory management.
4   To learn warehouse equipment and vehicles and warehouse design principles.
5   To learn warehouse process.
6   To have ability of following new developments in warehouse systems considering Information Sciences.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Warehouse Management Course introduction, the need for warehouse, warehouse management organization
2 Warehouse Processes Warehouse operations, picking systems-receiving operations, operations flow diagram, replenishment
3 Warehouse Design Site location, Layout, storage equipments, handling equipments
4 Warehouse costs and performance Types of warehouse cost, performance metrics
5 Inventory Management Carrying stocks, holding stocks, order timing, economic order quantity
6 Inventory Management Safety stock, Stochastic stock models
7 Inventory Management Inventory Valuation, Classificaton, ABC Analysis
8 Current Technics in warehousing New warehousing trends, automization in warehouse, future of warehousing
9 Current Technics in warehousing New warehousing trends, automization in warehouse, future of warehousing
10 Process Improvement in Warehouse Warehouse project examples from sector
11 Health and Safety Management in Warehouse H&S Management, H&S Performance measures, precautions
12 Warehousing in production operations (Expert visitor) Warehouse operations in a production company, expert presentation and questions from students
13 Warehouse Project Management Integration in an existing facility or new facility
14 Project studies Discussing the output of the projects
15 Presentation Project presentations
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Hompel ten, M. , Schmidt, T. , Warehouse Management, Springer, 2007
Essentials of Inventory Management, Max Muler, Second Edition, American Management Association, 2011.
Mulcahy, D.E., Sydow, A Supply Chain Logistics Program for warehouse management, 2008.
BARTHOLDI J.J., HACKMAN, S.T. Warehouse and Distribution Science, 2017

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature review, case studies, problem analysis, technical warehouse visits.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MD Midterm
2 HW Homework
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MD * 0.30 + HW * 0.20 + FN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MD * 0.30 + HW * 0.20 + BUT * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Oral and written competencies regarding the use of knowledge, abilities and skills in the field of Warehousing and Inventory Management in terms of research, investigation and evaluation will be evaluated.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Room:211
Tel: 301 88 21
mail: volkan.cetinkaya@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Monday : 11:00-12:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 0 0 0
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 6 6
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 0 1 0
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 119

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.133
LO.233
LO.35333
LO.43335
LO.55355
LO.6

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