Student rights and obligations (login required)
Linköping University common rules and regulations (in Swedish)
This is an internal version that might contain incomplete information.
Sustainable Logistics Systems, 6 credits
Hållbara logistiksystem, 6 hp
TETS36
Main field of study
Industrial Engineering and ManagementCourse level
Second cycleCourse type
Programme courseExaminer
Maria BjörklundDirector of studies or equivalent
Björn OskarssonEducation components
Preliminary scheduled hours: 40 hRecommended self-study hours: 120 h
ECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary
Main field of study
Industrial Engineering and ManagementCourse level
Second cycleAdvancement level
A1XCourse offered for
- Energy-Environment-Management
- Industrial Engineering and Management - International, M Sc in Engineering
- Industrial Engineering and Management, M Sc in Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering, M Sc in Engineering
Entry requirements
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
Prerequisites
Basic course in logisticsIntended learning outcomes
The general aim of the course is that the student should acquire knowledge about the role logistics plays for a sustainable development, environmentally, socially as well as economically. The course's focus lies on how environmental demands affect logistical systems, and the possibility to use logistics to positively affect the environment. After taking the course, the student should
- be able to reflect and argue about the important role logistics has for a sustainable development.
- have gained an increased insight in how increased environmental and sustainability demands may affect the future design of logistical systems.
- in a well motivated manner be able to estimate and calculate a logistical system's environmental effects, and to some extent also the social effects.
- have knowledge about different actions for reducing the logistical system's environmental effects, and motivate and argue for the suitability of different actions in certain situations.
- be acquainted with knowledge and tools for integration of environmental aspects (and to some extent also social aspects) when designing a logistical system.
- be able to describe central theories and frameworks within the field, critically analyse these and apply them in a way suited to the situation.
- be able to design economically profitable action plans for a sustainable adaptation of logistical systems.
- from a sustainability perspective be able to analyse logistical proposals and solutions; identify strengths, weaknesses and unclarities in them; and propose alternative solutions.
Course content
An understanding for the state of the art is created by describing logistical trends, statistics etc from the transportation field, and show how the volatile society affects the logistics system and its sustainability. Different methods for changing the effects from transports and logistics are gone through, both concerning current needs for transportation, and by reducing the transport work with help from logistical solutions. Possibilities and problems connected to calculation of transports' environmental effects are treated.
Teaching and working methods
On lectures, different areas are being introduced and penetrated. Case and theoretical assignments are performed individually or in groups, presented in written or oral form, as well as discussed at seminars. Critical review of each other's reports and presentations.
Examination
| UPG2 | Optional Project Assignment | 0 credits | U, 3, 4, 5 |
| UPG1 | Case Study | 4 credits | U, G |
| KTR1 | Written Test | 2 credits | U, G |
Grades
Four-grade scale, LiU, U, 3, 4, 5Other information
Supplementary courses:
Advanced courses within Logistics, such as Logistics Project and Logistics Strategies, and within Environmental management
Department
Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utvecklingDirector of Studies or equivalent
Björn OskarssonExaminer
Maria BjörklundCourse website and other links
http://www.iei.liu.se/logistik/Education components
Preliminary scheduled hours: 40 hRecommended self-study hours: 120 h
Course literature
Björklund (2012), Hållbara logistiksystem, Studentlitteratur. Relevanta forskningsartiklar och rapporter.| Code | Name | Scope | Grading scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPG2 | Optional Project Assignment | 0 credits | U, 3, 4, 5 |
| UPG1 | Case Study | 4 credits | U, G |
| KTR1 | Written Test | 2 credits | U, G |
Regulations (apply to LiU in its entirety)
The university is a government agency whose operations are regulated by legislation and ordinances, which include the Higher Education Act and the Higher Education Ordinance. In addition to legislation and ordinances, operations are subject to several policy documents. The Linköping University rule book collects currently valid decisions of a regulatory nature taken by the university board, the vice-chancellor and faculty/department boards.
LiU’s rule book for education at first-cycle and second-cycle levels is available at http://styrdokument.liu.se/Regelsamling/Innehall/Utbildning_pa_grund-_och_avancerad_niva.
Course literature is preliminary.
Björklund (2012), Hållbara logistiksystem, Studentlitteratur.
Relevanta forskningsartiklar och rapporter.
Note: The course matrix might contain more information in Swedish.
I = Introduce, U = Teach, A = Utilize
| I | U | A | Modules | Comment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE AND REASONING | ||||||
| 1.1 Knowledge of underlying mathematics and science (G1X level) |
|
|
X
|
|||
| 1.2 Fundamental engineering knowledge (G1X level) |
|
|
X
|
|||
| 1.3 Further knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural science (G2X level) |
|
|
|
|||
| 1.4 Advanced knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural sciences (A1X level) |
|
|
|
|||
| 1.5 Insight into current research and development work |
|
|
|
|||
| 2. PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES | ||||||
| 2.1 Analytical reasoning and problem solving |
|
|
X
|
|||
| 2.2 Experimentation, investigation, and knowledge discovery |
|
|
X
|
|||
| 2.3 System thinking |
X
|
X
|
X
|
|||
| 2.4 Attitudes, thought, and learning |
|
X
|
X
|
|||
| 2.5 Ethics, equity, and other responsibilities |
X
|
|
|
|||
| 3. INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION | ||||||
| 3.1 Teamwork |
|
|
X
|
|||
| 3.2 Communications |
|
|
X
|
|||
| 3.3 Communication in foreign languages |
|
|
|
|||
| 4. CONCEIVING, DESIGNING, IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING SYSTEMS IN THE ENTERPRISE, SOCIETAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT | ||||||
| 4.1 External, societal, and environmental context |
X
|
X
|
X
|
|||
| 4.2 Enterprise and business context |
X
|
X
|
X
|
|||
| 4.3 Conceiving, system engineering and management |
X
|
X
|
X
|
|||
| 4.4 Designing |
|
X
|
X
|
|||
| 4.5 Implementing |
|
|
|
|||
| 4.6 Operating |
|
|
|
|||
| 5. PLANNING, EXECUTION AND PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH RESPECT TO SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS | ||||||
| 5.1 Societal conditions, including economic, social, and ecological aspects of sustainable development for knowledge development |
X
|
|
|
|||
| 5.2 Economic conditions for knowledge development |
X
|
|
|
|||
| 5.3 Identification of needs, structuring and planning of research or development projects |
|
|
|
|||
| 5.4 Execution of research or development projects |
|
|
|
|||
| 5.5 Presentation and evaluation of research or development projects |
|
|
|
|||
This tab contains public material from the course room in Lisam. The information published here is not legally binding, such material can be found under the other tabs on this page.
There are no files available for this course.