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Basics in Logistics Management, 6 credits
Grundläggande logistik, 6 hp
TETS37
Main field of study
Industrial Engineering and ManagementCourse level
First cycleCourse type
Programme courseExaminer
Mårten FristedtDirector of studies or equivalent
Björn OskarssonEducation components
Preliminary scheduled hours: 54 hRecommended self-study hours: 106 h
ECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary
Main field of study
Industrial Engineering and ManagementCourse level
First cycleAdvancement level
G2XCourse offered for
- Design and Product Development
- 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 Industrial economics.
Intended learning outcomes
After having completed the course the student shall be able to:
- Understand and describe how different logistical systems are designed.
- Understand and describe the activities that constitute the logistical systems.
- Describe and use basic concepts, models, and tools observe, chart, and describe a logistics system.
- Describe and use basic principles and models of how a logistics system interacts with the profitability of the enterprise.
- Compare and evaluate several given alternatives with regard to changes in a specific logistics system, recommend and justify one or several of these options, and clearly communicate the results of such an investigation.
Course content
- The prime unit of analysis is the single goods producing enterprise, viewed from a systems perspective.
- Central logistical activities (transports, warehousing, materials handling) and processes (supply, distribution).
- Logistics impact on profitability, by means of:
- Costs - from a holistic perspective.
- Delivery service - affecting the revenues.
- Capital - reduced need by suitable logistical solutions.
Teaching and working methods
Lectures in which basic principles, models, and tools, as well as self-study cases are presented and discussed. Seminars to support group work with the cases.
Examination
| UPG1 | Group assignment | 2.5 credits | U, G |
| TEN2 | Written examination | 3.5 credits | U, 3, 4, 5 |
The examination will partly be individual, partly in groups. The course grade will be based upon the results from the different parts of the examination.
Grades
Four-grade scale, LiU, U, 3, 4, 5Other information
| Supplementary courses: Purchasing, Supply Chain Logistics, Logistics Analysis - Tools and Models, Logistics and Quality Development in Health Care |
Department
Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utvecklingDirector of Studies or equivalent
Björn OskarssonExaminer
Mårten FristedtCourse website and other links
http://www.iei.liu.se/logistik/Education components
Preliminary scheduled hours: 54 hRecommended self-study hours: 106 h
Course literature
Additional literature
Books
- Oskarsson, Björn, Ekdahl, Bengt, Aronsson, Håkan, (2013) Modern logistik : för ökad lönsamhet
ISBN: 9789147111268
Stockholm : Liber, 2013
| Code | Name | Scope | Grading scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPG1 | Group assignment | 2.5 credits | U, G |
| TEN2 | Written examination | 3.5 credits | U, 3, 4, 5 |
The examination will partly be individual, partly in groups. The course grade will be based upon the results from the different parts of the examination.
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.
Additional literature
Books
Oskarsson, Björn, Ekdahl, Bengt, Aronsson, Håkan, (2013) Modern logistik : för ökad lönsamhet
ISBN: 9789147111268
Stockholm : Liber, 2013
Note: The course matrix might contain more information in Swedish.
I = Introduce, U = Teach, A = Utilize
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| 1.1 Knowledge of underlying mathematics and science (G1X level) |
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| 1.2 Fundamental engineering knowledge (G1X level) |
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| 1.3 Further knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural science (G2X level) |
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| 1.4 Advanced knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural sciences (A1X level) |
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| 1.5 Insight into current research and development work |
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| 2. PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES | ||||||
| 2.1 Analytical reasoning and problem solving |
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| 2.2 Experimentation, investigation, and knowledge discovery |
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| 2.3 System thinking |
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| 2.4 Attitudes, thought, and learning |
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| 2.5 Ethics, equity, and other responsibilities |
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| 3. INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION | ||||||
| 3.1 Teamwork |
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| 3.2 Communications |
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| 3.3 Communication in foreign languages |
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| 4. CONCEIVING, DESIGNING, IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING SYSTEMS IN THE ENTERPRISE, SOCIETAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT | ||||||
| 4.1 External, societal, and environmental context |
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| 4.2 Enterprise and business context |
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| 4.3 Conceiving, system engineering and management |
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| 4.4 Designing |
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| 4.5 Implementing |
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| 4.6 Operating |
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| 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 |
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| 5.2 Economic conditions for knowledge development |
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| 5.3 Identification of needs, structuring and planning of research or development projects |
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| 5.4 Execution of research or development projects |
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| 5.5 Presentation and evaluation of research or development projects |
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