Academic Year/course:
2023/24
532 - Master's in Industrial Engineering
60832 - Logistics
Syllabus Information
Academic year:
2023/24
Subject:
60832 - Logistics
Faculty / School:
110 - Escuela de Ingeniería y Arquitectura
Degree:
532 - Master's in Industrial Engineering
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
2
Semester:
First semester
Subject type:
Optional
Module:
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1. General information
The academic objective of the subject is for the student to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively and efficiently manage the operations associated with the logistics activity of a company or group of companies operating in the same supply chain.
These approaches and objectives are aligned with some of the Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, of the 2030 Agenda (https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/es/) and certain specific targets, so that the acquisition of the learning results of the subject provides training and competence to the student to contribute to some extent to the achievement of Objectives 9.4 and 9.5 of Goal 9.
2. Learning results
- Apply the principles associated with the comprehensive management of logistics and the holistic management of the supply chain.
- Interpret and apply logistic optimization models, establishing balance and coordination between operation, costs and service.
- Evaluate the main parameters in the design of a logistics network and in its application and interpretation in real environments.
- Identify the technical specifications in the computerization of a company's logistic systems, facilitating the evaluation of the strategy to be implemented.
3. Syllabus
1. Introduction to logistics and supply chain management
2. Supply chain coordination.
3. Design and optimization of the logistics network.
4. Analytical methodologies for inventory management.
5. Warehouse logistics. PRL.
6. Transportation and distribution.
7. Risk management in the supply chain.
8. Computerization of the logistic network.
4. Academic activities
Master classes. Weekly two hours sessions: 30h.
Laboratory practices and projects: 30h.
Completion of practical application or research works: 60h.
Effective personal study: 28h.
Assessment tests: 2 h
5. Assessment system
Both in the first and second call, the assessment will consist of a comprehensive test made up of two parts:
- Multiple choice test. This exam will make up 25% of the student's grade.
- Practical work(s). Based on one or several practical group works, which must be handed in and presented on the day of the test. The quality of the documentation and its defence will be valued, and will represent 75% of the student's grade. The grades will be nominal (by student, not by group). For this assessment, peer evaluation systems may be proposed.
To pass the subject, a minimum of 5 is required in each of the parts.