Logistics Case, 6 credits

Case i logistik, 6 hp

TNSL14

Main field of study

Logistics

Course level

First cycle

Course type

Programme course

Examiner

Erik Bergfeldt

Director of studies or equivalent

Erik Bergfeldt

Education components

Preliminary scheduled hours: 18 h
Recommended self-study hours: 142 h
ECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary
Course offered for Semester Period Timetable module Language Campus ECV
6KFTL Air Transportation and Logistics 6 (Spring 2017) 1 2 Swedish Norrköping, Norrköping E
6KLOG Civic Logistics 6 (Spring 2017) 1 2 Swedish Norrköping, Norrköping E

Main field of study

Logistics

Course level

First cycle

Advancement level

G2X

Course offered for

  • Civic Logistics
  • Air Transportation and Logistics

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

Basics in economics, logistics, optimization and geographical information systems

Intended learning outcomes

The students will get deepened experience from working with a number of practical logistics related problems. The course will give experience in a number of different area. After that the course is completed, the student shall be able to:

  • Complete smaller cases from a case description
  • Find a use for the case relevant knowledge in referenced literature
  • Apply prior knowledge in the area of logicstics
  • Present case results orally and in writing
  • Discuss and make an opposition on other group's results
In a wider setting, the course goal is to give the students experience from working with practical problems in the area of logistics. The aim is to illustrate different questions and problems that may appear in future thesis work or future work experiences.

Course content

The specific cases can be different for each year. The cases are, for example, in the areas of

  • Logistic surveys
  • Lead time reductions
  • Inventory control, e.g. vendor managed inventory
  • Strategic logistic network planning
  • Distribution planning
  • Discrete simulation
  • Cost allocation
  • Production planning

Teaching and working methods

The course will consist of three or four cases. A new case is introduced, carried out and presented by the students each, or every second, week. The cases is carried out starting from a case description under supervision from the case owner. No theory lectures are given, except for the case introductions.

Examination

UPG4Individual assignment2 creditsU, 3, 4, 5
UPG2Opposition0.5 creditsU, G
UPG3Project3.5 creditsU, 3, 4, 5

Grades

Four-grade scale, LiU, U, 3, 4, 5

Department

Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskap

Director of Studies or equivalent

Erik Bergfeldt

Examiner

Erik Bergfeldt

Education components

Preliminary scheduled hours: 18 h
Recommended self-study hours: 142 h

Course literature

Praktikfallsbesrkivningar som går att hämta från kursens hemsida Praktikfallsspecifik litteratur
Code Name Scope Grading scale
UPG4 Individual assignment 2 credits U, 3, 4, 5
UPG2 Opposition 0.5 credits U, G
UPG3 Project 3.5 credits U, 3, 4, 5

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. 

Praktikfallsbesrkivningar som går att hämta från kursens hemsida Praktikfallsspecifik litteratur

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)

                            
1.2 Fundamental engineering knowledge (G1X level)

                            
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

                            
2.2 Experimentation, investigation, and knowledge discovery

                            
2.3 System thinking

                            
2.4 Attitudes, thought, and learning

                            
2.5 Ethics, equity, and other responsibilities

                            
3. INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION
3.1 Teamwork

                            
3.2 Communications

                            
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

                            
4.2 Enterprise and business context

                            
4.3 Conceiving, system engineering and management

                            
4.4 Designing

                            
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

                            
5.2 Economic conditions for knowledge development

                            
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

                            

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