040331 KFK PM/LM: Logistical Management (E)- WS2005

FINAL RESULTS - click here
Dates for inspection:

• 6.2.2006 10:00-12:00
• 8.2.2006 10:00-12:00

Lecturer

• Dr. Christian Almeder

Dates & Places

• Wednesdayday 14:00-18:00(HS 5)
• No course on 26.10. and 2.11.
• Starting on October 5^th, 2005
• Midterm Test: November 30^th 16:30-17:30 (Audimax) - Formulary - RESULTS
• Endterm Test: January 25^th 16:30-17:30 (Audimax) - Formulary - RESULTS
• There will be an extra course on January 24^th, 10:30 - 12:00 (HS 13) for questions!

Textbook

• Introduction to Logistics Systems Planning and Control by Ghiani, Laporte, Musmanno, John Wiley & Sons, 2004

Additional Literature

• Design and Managing the Supply Chain: Concepts, Strategies, and Case Studies by Simchi-Levi, Kaminsky, Simchi-Levi,McGraw-Hill, 2000.
• Produktion and Operations Analysis, 3rd ed.,  by Nahmias, Irwin 1997.
• Modelling and Analysis of Manufacturing Systems by Askin and Standrigde, John Wiley & Sons, 1993.
• Inventory Management and Production Planning and Scheduling by Silver, Pyke, Peterson, John Wiley & Sons, 1998.
• Supply Chain Management and Advanced Planning by Stadtler and Kilger, Springer, 2000.
• The Logic of Logistics by Bramel and Simchi-levi, Springer, 1997.
• Logisitkmanagement by Vahrenkamp (german), Oldenbourg, 1998.
• Foundations of Inventory Management by Zipkin, McGraw-Hill, 2000.

Course Content and Organization

Aim of the course is to introduce students to problems arising in the management of logistical systems and make them familiar with traditional and recent approaches to address and solve these problems. Topics to be covered are Forecasting, Location Problems, Inventory Management, Warehouse Design, and Supply Chain Management. There will be a midterm and a final exam. Problem sets will be assigned regularly and the solutions will be discussed at the beginning of the following week’s unit. Students are encouraged to present these solutions for credit on their grade.

Grading

• Midterm Exam: 40%
• Final Exam: 40%
• Problems: 20% (for each problem solution presented in class up to 10% credit can be obtained with on overall maximum of 20% and with a maximum of 14% per chapter)
• Marks:
1. >=87.5%
2. >=75%
3. >=62.5%
4. >=50%
5. <50%

Downloads

• Corrections for the script:
  • Lower slide on page 60 and upper slide on page 61 (Powerpoint or PDF)
  • Lower slide on page 81 (Powerpoint or PDF)
  • Lower slide on page 82 + 2 new slides (Powerpoint or PDF)
  • Upper slide on page 86 (Powerpoint or PDF)
• Beer Game - download
• Examples for chapter 2 - Ex. 2.2, Ex. 2.4, Ex. 2.5, Ex. 2.6, Ex. 2.7
• Examples for chapter 3 - Lagrangian Heuristic

Problems

• Wed 19.10.: From the textbook: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.6, 2.1, 2.3 2.5 2.6a, 2.9acd, 2.10abc; from the additional problems1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  
• Wed 9.11.: From the additional problems: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• Wed 16.11.: From the textbook: 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5; From the additional problems: 6, 7, 8 (for 7 and 8 the notation has to be changed: gamma = alpha, a = q, b = d)
• Wed 22.11.: From the textbook: 3.5; From the additional problems: 8 (for 8 the notation has to be changed: gamma = alpha, a = q, b = d)
• Wed 14.12.: From the Location Problems: B1 - B5
• Wed 11.1.: From the additional problems: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
• Wed 18.1.: From the additional problems: 15-20, (Probl. 24-26 will also be discussed briefly.)