COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MANAGEMENT OF LOGISTICS OPERATIONS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
END 3946 MANAGEMENT OF LOGISTICS OPERATIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

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

The aim of this course is to teach students logistics operations, logistics operations management strategies, the problems related to logistics operations and solution techniques for the logistics problems.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the main concepts of logistics operations.
2   To be able to define the problems related to logistics operations.
3   To be able to solve the problems related to logistics operations.
4   To be able to explain the main concepts of global logistics and strategies.
5   To be aware of the new trends in logistics.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

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

Recomended or Required Reading

Introduction to Logistics Systems Planning and Control. Gianpaolo Ghiani, Gilbert Laporte, Roberto Musmanno, John Wiley & Sons, 2005.
Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation. Sunil Chopra, Peter Meindl, Pearson Education, 2015.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

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


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 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 3 3
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 125

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11
LO.12
LO.233
LO.33333
LO.4222
LO.532