Logistics Project, 6 credits

Main field of study

Course level

Advancement level

Course offered for

• Air Transportation and Logistics, Bachelor's Programme
• Civic Logistics, Bachelor's Programme

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.

Intended learning outcomes

The aim of the course is to introduce the subject of logistics to the students, as well as being an introduction to studies at Campus Norrköping. It is also an aim to introduce structured project work to the students. After the course, the students shall:

• understand the role of logistics in the society and in companies.
• know the three dimensions of sustainability.
• have an understanding for the relationships between logistics and sustainability, and the importance of logistics to achieve sustainability.
• know and understand basic concepts in logistics.
• know hot to work according to the project model LIPS.
• know hot to make a project plan according to a given demand specification.
• know how to, if needed, update the demand specification.
• know how to make a time plan for the project and register time used.
• plan, lead, and follow up project meetings, including writing agenda and meeting minutes.
• know which roles that may exist in a project group, ant their respective tasks.
• be able to describe the different stages of a group and different types of learning styles.
• know how to make an oral presentation of the work of the group.
• know how to present the results of the project in a written report.
• know how to support the results presented in the report with scientific references to methodology as well as to the studied topic.
• be familiar with search strategies to explore reference literature within a specific problem area.
• know how to evaluate the result of the project. 

Course content

The course includes an overview of the contents of the program. The subject of logistics, in a broad sense, will be presented at lectures. Lecturers from business and society will highlight different planning and logistics problems that are relevant for students in the field of logistics. Together with an introduction to the program as well as to logistics, it will serve an introduction to the area of logistics. The dimensions economical, ecological and social sustainability are introduced, and are discussed in relations to logistics
The course includes a smaller project work that is carried out under supervision. In the project the students will evaluate a real problem, or a problem inspired from reality, dealing with logistics or planning problems. The project work will be structured using the project model LIPS. There will be a focus on giving the students a structured workflow, based on the project model. To support the students in their project work, there are a number of lectures relating to communication, including information gathering, scientific writing, group dynamics, written and oral presentation. There will be a project conference towards the end of the project, where each group presents their results for the other groups.

Teaching and working methods

Lectures, individual hand-ins and project work. There will be a mandatory project conference towards the end of the course.
The course runs over the entire autumn semester.

Examination

Grades

Other information

Supplementary courses:
The course will connect to a number of courses that will follow in the program, in particular in project and logistics oriented courses i the second and third year.
 

Department

Director of Studies or equivalent

Examiner

Education components

Course literature

Additional literature

Books

• Merkel, Magnus, Önnegren, Britta, Andersson, Ulrika, (2011) Lathund för rapportskrivning. [Elektronisk resurs]
  Linköping, Linköpings universitet, 2011
• Svensson, Tomas, Krysander, Christian, (2011) Projektmodellen LIPS
  ISBN: 9789144075259
  Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2011