General information


Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Julián Horrillo Tello

Trimester: Third term

Credits: 4

Teaching staff: 

Pau Palacios Vilajuana

Skills


Specific skills
  • CE19: Manage the logistics of the production process: stock management, production planning and production scheduling and control systems.

Transversal competences
  • CT1: That the students know a third language, which will preferably be English, at an adequate level orally and in writing and in accordance with the needs of graduates in each degree.

  • CT2: That students have the ability to work as members of an interdisciplinary team either as another member, or performing management tasks in order to contribute to developing projects with pragmatism and a sense of responsibility, assuming commitments taking into account the available resources.

Description


Subject framed in the matter of direction of operations. The course aims to introduce students to the basic concepts, principles and foundations of business logistics especially with regard to the distribution and management of the sales chain, the design and management of warehouses, and transport management. for distribution. The course also includes content related to the process of internationalization of the company and international logistics.

 

Learning outcomes


  • LO2: Apply the methods, techniques and instruments for the management and design of warehouses, as well as the planning and control of material flow in a production plant and the techniques, instruments and simulators for the design and management of supply routes. , storage and distribution. (EC 19)
  • LO6: Identify the elements and variables for justifying supply, production, storage and distribution plans (EC 19).
  • LO14: Recognize the main computer and communication technologies used in the management of the logistics chain, and in corporate information systems in general (EC 19).

Working methodology


- Master classes to develop the theoretical contents of the subject

- Laboratory sessions, in small groups, to work in a practical way the main concepts of the subject

- Individual and group exercises and work

Contents


Content title 1: Demand management in logistics

Dedication: 28

Large Group: 8

Small Group: 4

Autonomous learning: 16    

Description

  • Customer Service
  • Order cycle management
  • Selling Chain Management (SCM)
  • Logistics management of theE-commerce

Related activities

Activity 1

       

 

Content title 2: Warehouse management

Dedication: 28

Large Group: 8

Small Group: 4

Autonomous learning: 16 

Description

  • Warehouse function in the logistics network
  • Storage control instruments
  • Quick Answer and ECR (Efficient Consumer Response)
  • Warehouse design.
  • Warehouse automation. Smart Warehousing   

Related activities

Activity 2 and Activity 3

       

 

Content title 3:  Distribution

Dedication: 20

Large Group: 6

Small Group: 2

Independent learning: 12   

Description

  • Logistical strategies for the distribution of goods
  • Types of distribution networks
  • Distribution network design
  • Urban distribution. Smart City
  • New technologies for logistics
  • Logistics operators

Related activities

Activity 3

       

 

Content title 4: Transport management for distribution

Dedication: 18

Large Group: 6

Small Group: 0

Independent learning: 12  

Description

  • Modes of transport
  • Selection of transport routes
  • Route planning
  • Case studies

Related activities

 

       

 

Content title 5: International logistics

Dedication: 6

Large Group: 2  

Small Group: 0

Independent learning: 4 

Description

  • International trade. The process of internationalization of the company
  • INCOTERMS
  • Physical and legal protection of goods
  • International transport. International transport documentation

Related activities

 

Learning activities


- Attendance to theory sessions

- Practical activities: developed in a laboratory with the aim of working at a practical level the theoretical contents of the subject

- Solving exercises

Evaluation system


ACTIVITIES

PES discipline

EXAMS

50%

ACTIVITIES

 50%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Attendance at the theoretical and laboratory sessions, and the delivery of the corresponding reports of the activities is a necessary condition for the evaluation of the subject.

 

  • It will be up to the teachers of the subject to decide on the possibility of adding activities that allow the recovery of the suspended activities.

 

  • Completion of all activities is mandatory to obtain the final grade of the subject. The grade calculation algorithm is only applied if the weighted average grade of the activities is equal to or higher than 4 and the weighted average grade of the exams is equal to or higher than 4. Otherwise, the subject remains suspended.

 

  • The make-up exam only gives the option to pass the subject with a grade of 5. The make-up exam only gives the option to make up the grade corresponding to the exams, in no case for the activities.

 

 

REFERENCES


Basic

Ballou, Ronald H. (1991). Business logistics. Ed. Díaz de Santos.

Ballou, Ronald H. (2004). Logistics. Supply chain management. Ed. Pearson, Prentice Hall.

Velasco Sánchez, J. (2013). Logistics management in the company. Pyramid.

Ghian, Gianpaolo et al. (2004). Introduction to Logistics Systems. Planning and Control. Ed. Wiley.

Langevin, André; Riopel; Diane (2005). Logistics Systems: Design and Optimization. Ed. Springer.

Chopra, S., & Meindl, P. (2016). Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation. (6th ed.) Pearson Education.

Guasch Petit, J; Piera, MA; Figueras Jové, J; Casanovas, J. (2009). Modeling and simulation: Application to logistics processes of manufacturing and services. Politex.

Complementary

Chase, Aquilano & Jacobs. (2014). Production and Operations Management. (13th ed.) Mexico: McGraw Hill.

Institute of Foreign Trade (2014): International logistics: a tool for competitiveness. Madrid, ICEX.

Russell, RS and Taylor, BW (2014). Operations and Supply Chain Management, 8th Edition, Wiley.

Arteaga Ortiz, Jesús (Coord.) (2017): Manual of Internationalization. Madrid: ICEX-CECO Manuals

Cabrera Cánovas, Alfonso (2012): International transport of goods. Practical aspects. "Basic notebooks." Madrid: ICEX.

Krajewski, LJ, Ritzman, LP and Malhotra, MK. (2013). Operations Management: Processes and Supply Chains: Global Edition. Ed. Pearson.

Soler, D. (2010). Urban logistics: city and goods (1ª Ed.). Barcelona: Marge Books, Logistics Library Collection.