| Academic year: | 2007-2008 |
| Course code module | FTEBABK320 |
| Semester: | 1st semester |
| Credits: | 6 |
| Study load (hours) | 168 |
| Theory (hours): | 45,00 |
| Practice/Exercises(hours): | 15,00 |
| Other (hours): | |
| Part-time program: | 1 |
| Instructor(s) | August Blauwens
Claude Van Mechelen
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| Language of instruction: | Dutch |
| Semester exam information: | semester exam in January |
| Contract restriction information: | |
1. Prerequisites
*Algemene competenties
Knowledge of business economics and mathematics acquired in 1st and 2nd Ba in applied economics or commercial engineering.
*Sequentiality
FTEBAKM110 Mathematics with (business) economics applications (1Ba Applied Economics) OR FTEBAKM130 Mathematics with (business) economics applications (Commercial Engineering version) - for component on Production Management only
FTEBAKM100 Statistics with (business) economics applications (1Ba Applied Economics) OR FTEBAKM120 Statistics with (business) economics applications (1Ba CE(B)) - for component on Production Management only
2. Objectives (expected learning outcomes)
- Analytical insight in production management, logistics and transport
- Mastery of generic principles and research methods
- Ready knowledge of production management, logistics and transport, at executive level
3. Course content
Course component on Production Management and Logistics
1. Basic principles governing supply chain nodes: the relationships between turnaround time and stock availability on the one hand and their determinants on the other (order size, utilisation rate, uncertainty, variability, heterogeneity, complexity…)
2. Basic principles governing supply chain links: the bullwhip or whiplash effect, postponement, mass customisation…
3. Basic principles of material requirement planning
4. Bottleneck theory with applications
5. Simulation exercises Taylor ED, by means of supervised self-study
Course component on Logistics and Transport
1. Transport within the logistics chain
2. Just-in-time delivery and zero stock
3. Optimisation of batch size in transport
4. Modal choice
5. Cost calculation in transport firms
6. Waiting time in transport firms
7. Routing
8. Price calculation in transport firms
9. Investing in vehicles
4. Teaching method
Direct contact: Lectures
Personal work: Supervised self-study
5. Assessment method
Exam: Written, without oral presentationClosed book
Written assignment: Without oral presentation
6. Compulsory reading – study material
- Newly-developed course material
- G. Blauwens, P. De Baere, E. Van de Voorde, Transport Economics, De Roeck, 2006, pp. 77-245
7. Recommended reading - study material
- Factory Physics, Hopp and Spearman, McGraw Hill, 2002.
- Lambert, D.M. & Stock, J.R., Strategic Logistics Management, Irwin, 1993, 862 p.
8. Tutoring