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 associated with logistics operations and solution techniques developed for them.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To be able to explain the main concepts and strategies in logistics operations management
2   To be informed about the logistics costs
3   To be able to define and solve the problems related to logistics network design
4   To be able to define and solve the problems related to warehouse design and operations
5   To be able to define and solve the problems related to freight transportation

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, main concepts
2 Logistics operations and their costs
3 Logistics operations and their costs
4 Logistics network design
5 Logistics network design
6 Warehouse design and warehouse operations
7 Warehouse design and warehouse operations
8 Warehouse design and warehouse operations
9 Long haul freight transportation
10 Long haul freight transportation
11 Short haul freight transportation
12 Short haul freight transportation
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