Logistics and Transport
The logistics section of this course covers the themes `Warehouse management under security and insecurity, `Production planning' and `Distribution planning'.
The transport economy section covers the themes `Transport demand', `Direct and external costs', `Profitability analysis of investments in transport infrastructure' and `Optimal level of price and quality under different objectives'.
Lectures will emphasise seeing logistics and transportation from an integrated point of view. Both themes will constitute approximately equivalent parts of the course.
The logistics section of this course covers the themes: inventory management , production planning, distribution planning and forecasting.
The transport economy section covers the themes: transport demand, direct and external costs of transport, economic analysis of investments in transport infrastructure and pricing of transport services.
Lectures will emphasise seeing logistics and transportation from an integrated point of view. Both themes will constitute approximately equivalent parts of the course.
Upon successful completion of this course, the student:
Knowledge
The student shall have:
- Advanced knowledge of key themes on firms logistic systems.
- Advanced knowledge of procurement and inventory control in firms.
- Knowledge on distribution- and route planning.
- Thorough knowledge of generalized transport costs for passenger and freight transport.
- Knowledge of welfare economic analyses in the transport industry
Skills
The student shall:
- be able to analyse a firm’s logistic system and give advices regarding changes that can improve the firms profitability.
- be able to calculate optimal purchase policy for a firm and evaluate critically the service level for different products.
- be able to evaluate critically advantages and disadvantages of intermodal transport systems.
- be able to analyse generalised transport costs for passenger- and freight transport.
- be able to conduct profitability analyses of transport and logistics initiatives and relate this to firm objectives and authority's policy instruments.
General competence
The student shall:
- be able to identify and analyse relevant logistical problems and provide argued recommendations of solutions to these.
- be able to analyse and communicate the significance of transport infrastructure and transport services for the competitiveness of businesses and industries, the social welfare and the current environmental challenges in both a local and a global perspective.