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

040331 KFK PM/LM: Logistical Management (E)- WS2006

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Lecturer

Dates & Places

  • Tuesday 10:00 - 12:00 and Thursday 12:00 - 14:00 (HS 5)
  • No course on 26.10.,  2.11.,  21.11.
  • Starting on October 3rd, 2006
  • Midterm Test: November 20th 14:15-15:15 (Audimax) - Results
  • Question time: January 16th 10:00 - 12:00 (HS5)
  • Endterm Test: January 18th 12:15-13:15 (Audimax) - Results

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%

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Problems

  • Download all problems here.
  • Tuesday 10.10.: Problems 1-5
  • Tuesday 17.10.: Problems 6-14
  • Tueseday 31.10.: Problems 16-23
  • Tuesday 14.11.: Problems 24-30
  • Thursday 30.11.: Problems 41-45
  • Tuesday 5.12.: Problems 34-37, 40
  • Tuesday 12.12.: Problems 46-48
  • Thursday 14.12.: Problems 39, 49, 50

 

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