EXPORT-ORIENTED MANAGEMENT - IMC Fachhochschule Krems

Section 2: project, presentation, final exam
Purchase and Logistics II
Semester Hours per week Subject code ECTS
Fall 2 PLG 2
Learning Outcomes / Course Objectives
The aim of the course is to provide an introduction into the area of (transport) logistics
and to understand what activities are included in this field. Students should have a
general overview about the area of purchase and logistics after the 2 semesters lecture
and should be able to identify logistical problems and have an idea of appropriate
solutions.
Prerequisites / Level
Purchase and Logistics I
Course Description
The course of purchase & logistics 2 consists of the following teaching modules
� Logistics Management/Transport Logistics
� Business Solutions/Cross Docking
� Supply Chain Management (SCM)
� Efficient Consumer Response (ECR)
� Transport Infrastructure/Route planning
� Road transport - water transport
� Air transport - rail transport
� Combined transport
� EU-transport policy & transport statistics
Literature
Hand-outs
The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management von Alan Rushton, Phil Croucher
und Peter Baker von Kogan Page, 2010.
Teaching Methods
The lecture will be „lectured― and organized by different lecturers and is going to be held
in an interactive way. Thus it can be considered more as lecture including workshop
elements. Students‘ participation is highly required in the discussions and in the group
work of different topics related with logistics. Nevertheless there will be a final exam
covering the contents of the whole lecture.
Evaluation
Written exam
Bachelor Seminar and Bachelor Thesis I (Part 1: International
Management & Business)
Semester Hours per week Subject code ECTS
Fall 1 BASE 5
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