Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics

Department of Business Administration

Chair of Production and Operations Management
(Lehrstuhl für Produktion und Logistik)
o. Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Richard F. Hartl

 040892  

 International Logistics (E)


Lecturer

Dates & Places

  • Monday 09:45-11:15 HS 9, 11:30-13:00 Uhr HS 9
  • Starting on 7 March, 2016
  • Exam: Midterm: 09.05.2016 PC 05+03, Final exam: 27.06.2016

Secretary 

Alexandra Ederer


Language of Instruction

English

Course Descripton

    In International Logistics models for different global planning problems are introduced, developed and discussed  (location planning, supplier selection, long-haul transportation, global sourcing, global production). As solution techniques excel-solver or specific heuristics and exact techniques are presented. In collaborative logistics auctions and negotiations are introduced.
    For the excel homework an excel tutorial is offered. Area of applications: Humanitarian Logistics, Maritime Logistics, Airport and airline management).


      Overview

      Introduction, Strategic Decisions: Warehouse Location Models revisited – branch and bound,
      Covering Location Models, Stochastic Location Models
      Selecting the suppliers,
      Global Transportation: Long Haul Transportation (Freight Traffic Assignment, Min-cost flow, Multi-commodity Min-cost flow, Network design)
      Vehicle allocation problems, dynamic driver assignment problem, fleet composition, shipment consolidation, (Transshipment and Cross-docking)
      Global Sourcing (Auctions), Global Production
      Collaborative Logistics: Negotiations, Auctions, Fair and efficient allocations
      Humanitarian Logistics, Disaster Relief, Humanitarian objectives, Multi-objective Optimization
      Maritime Logistics and Transportation (Port Management)
      Hazardous Material Logistics, Reverse and Green Logistics
      Airport Management: Gate Assignment
      Airline Management, Crew Rostering and Crew Assignment, Air Traffic Flow
      Presentation of Term project
      For the excel based homework an introductory tutorial  is offered at the beginning of the semester.
      Two tutorials are offered (one in English/one in German)
      Content of the tutorial: general introduction in excel and excel solver, preparation for the homework.

        Evaluation

        •  20% - Homework exercises presented and discussed in class (Excel homework uploaded in  Moodle)
        •  10% - Term projects, due dates TBA, presentation May 18 and May 20
        •   35% - Midterm exam on May 9 2016
        •   35% - Final exam on June 27 2016, 

            Literature

            • Ghianpaolo Ghiani, Gilbert Laporte, Roberto Musmanno (2013), Introduction to Logistics Systems Management, 2nd edition, Wiley
            • Jan A. Van Mieghem, Gad Allon (2015), Operations Strategy Principles and Practice, 2nd edition, Dynamic Ideas
            • Recent Research Articlesl

            Course Materials

            ...available on the Moodle e-learning platform.

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