COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TRANSPORTATION, LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIŞ 5005 TRANSPORTATION, LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Foreign Trade (English)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR CANSU YILDIRIM

Offered to

Foreign Trade (English)

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to provide an understanding of fundemental concepts and terminology used in international logistics and supply chain management including logistics activities, supply chain evolution, power and conflict between chain members, and supplier selection.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Have a knowledge understanding the operations management principles with emphasis on design and management of the trade operations system and the supply chain.
2   Recognize the role of logistics management in order to identify the strategic importance of transport in global logistics and networking to gain a competitive advantage by creating value throughout supply chains
3   Demonstrate an understanding the role of information systems and technology in logistics and supply chain management.
4   Apply transportation, network design and other decision-support models to make informed decisions about real transportation, logistics and supply chain problems using appropriate software
5   Improve oral and written communication skills through class discussions and presentations.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course
2 Introduction to Logistics
3 Introduction to Supply Chain Management (SCM): Evolution of Strategic Management of Supply Chain
4 Make or Buy Decision: Outsourcing vs. Backsourcing
5 Customer Service, Service Failure, Service Recovery
6 Inventory Management/Logistics Information Systems (TBA)
7 Mid-Term
8 Mid-Term
9 Transportation Management and Logistics Service Providers
10 Procurement
11 Global Logistics and Management of Risk
12 Green Supply Chains & Humanitarian Supply Chain
13 Service Supply Chain
14 Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Lambert, D.M.; Stock, J.R.; Ellram, L.M. (1998). Fundamentals of Logistics Management. McGraw-Hill.
Cousins, P., Lamming, R., Lawson,B.,Squire,B. (2008).Strategic Supply Management: Principles, Theories and Practice.Prentice Hall.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course consists of lectures, class discussions, assignments and term project.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 PRJ PROJECT
3 PRS PRESENTATION
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE* 0.20 + PRJ* 0.20 + PRS* 0.20 + FIN* 0.40
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + PRJ * 0.20 + PRS * 0.20 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Your reference will be the course notes, papers, cases and powerpoints presented in the class.

Assessment Criteria

Lectures will focus on the transfer of knowledge to recognize and use the principles of operations management, logistics, supply chain management, transportation, network design and other decision-support models to facilitate the trade operations where comprehension is substantially enhanced by additional elaboration and illustration.

Exams will measure the ability to identify and apply the appropriate concept/method to the real situations. Each exam will cover course materials and include exercises like those assigned for homework, questions on lecture materials, and additional items covered in class meetings.

In this course, in addition to midterm and final exams, students are expected to complete several assignments and term project throughout the semester. Assignments include mini case analyses (1 - 4 pages), exercises (2 - 4 problems) for developing and solving a mathematical model for logistics-transportation and SCM related problems, readings (5 - 10 page articles) for class discussions.

Students are required to complete a Term Project. For the term project (10, max 20 pages), they select a business topic within the context of the operations management, logistics, supply chain management, transportation, network design and other decision-support models facilitating the trade operations; then elaborate this topic with its all important aspects like main concepts, features, advantages-disadvantages, usage areas, and potentials for future, and so forth. At the end of semester, they present their topic.

By completing the project, students will improve communication skills through presenting the relevant research with the real cases. Project reports will enable students improve their competency using the scientific language to communicate the results.

Project reports will be graded by the instructors and be evaluated for such factors as apparent understanding of the topic, originality of treatment and discussion, accuracy of results, comprehensiveness of the report's content and depth of
the analysis, clarity and mechanics of presentation such as organization, format, punctuation, grammar, and quality of exhibits and charts.

A good participation record may bring the grade up one level, for grades on the boundary between two grade levels. Student Participation will depend on (i) class attendance, (ii) the quality of answers the student provides to questions posed by the instructor during class, and (iii) the general contribution the student makes to the creation of a positive learning environment.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligatory to attend at least 70% of the classes.
2. Violations of Plagiarism of any kind will result in disciplinary steps being taken.
3. Absence will not be considered an excuse for submitting homework assignments late.
4. Delayed project reports will suffer grade decay equivalent to one letter grade per day late.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst.Prof. Dr. Cansu YILDIRIM
cansu.yildirim@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

By appointment

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 15 15
Preparing assignments 8 4 32
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Project Preparation 1 35 35
Final 1 1,5 2
Midterm 1 1,5 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 147

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.155
LO.255
LO.335
LO.45455
LO.535