604.400 (20W) International Operations Management and Logistics I

Wintersemester 2020/21

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First course session
15.10.2020 13:00 - 16:00 Off Campus Online Off Campus
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Overview

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it may be necessary to make changes to courses and examinations at short notice (e.g. cancellation of attendance-based courses and switching to online examinations).

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Lecturer
Course title german International Operations Management and Logistics I
Type Lecture
Course model Online course
Hours per Week 1.0
ECTS credits 3.0
Registrations 78
Organisational unit
Language of instruction English
Course begins on 15.10.2020
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Course Information

Intended learning outcomes

Understand operations management issues arising both in private companies and in public authorities in an iternational context. The students should be able to identify decision problems arising in a business context and to propose smart solution to increase the productivity both in terms of profit and in terms of quality of service offered to the customers. 


Teaching methodology including the use of eLearning tools

lecture, case studies, examples

Course content

International Operations Management and Supply Chain Management are concerned with key activities of business. Operations management, inventory management, warehousing, transportation, and facility location - have been performed since the start of commercial activity. It is not possible to visualize any product that could reach a customer without operations and logistical support. Firms have started focusing on international operations and supply chain management as a source of competitive advantage. This becomes even more important in a competitive international context.

The key of the success for a company is the smart exploitation of available resources. This can be achieved by optimizing startegies and operations processes with the help of advanced decision support tools. Only this way can be competitive at an international level.


Program:

1. Decision Problems (Who? Where? When? How? How many? How often?)

2. Assignment Problems

3. Facility Location

4.  Distribution and Transportation problems in a private and public environment

5. Packing problems

6. Scheduling problems (Industry and Health care management)

Prior knowledge expected

Students will be able to identify which are the main decision problems arising in a specific context, and to matematically describe them. 

Examination information

Im Fall von online durchgeführten Prüfungen sind die Standards zu beachten, die die technischen Geräte der Studierenden erfüllen müssen, um an diesen Prüfungen teilnehmen zu können.

Modified examination information (exceptional COVID-19 provisions)

The exam will be oral in a 1-to-1 colloquium with the teacher. The students must demonstrate to know the basilar decision problems analyzed in the course and to make comparison among these problems. They should be capable to analyze a realistic context and to identify the related decision problems and how they can be modeled. They must demonstrate to have understood the cases studies presented in the lectures, and to have earned the skill to critically  analyze a new problem and/or a practical example and to provide solutions to efficeintly model it.

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Position in the curriculum

  • Master's degree programme International Management (SKZ: 908, Version: 19W.1)
    • Subject: International Operations Management and Logistics (Compulsory subject)
      • 6.1 International Operations Management and Logistics I ( 0.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 604.400 International Operations Management and Logistics I (1.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme International Management (SKZ: 908, Version: 16W.1)
    • Subject: International Operations Management and Logistics (Compulsory subject)
      • International Operations Management and Logistics I ( 0.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 604.400 International Operations Management and Logistics I (1.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
  • Master's degree programme International Management (SKZ: 908, Version: 16W.1)
    • Subject: International Operations Management and Logistics (Compulsory subject)
      • International Operations Management and Logistics I ( 0.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)
        • 604.400 International Operations Management and Logistics I (1.0h VO / 3.0 ECTS)

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Wintersemester 2023/24
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Wintersemester 2022/23
  • 604.400 VO International Operations Management and Logistics I (1.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2021/22
  • 604.400 VO International Operations Management and Logistics I (1.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2019/20
  • 604.400 VO International Operations Management and Logistics I (1.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2018/19
  • 604.400 VO International Operations Management and Logistics I (1.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2017/18
  • 604.400 VO International Operations Management and Logistics I (1.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2016/17
  • 604.400 VO International Operations Management and Logistics I (1.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2014/15
  • 604.400 VC Repetitorium International Management (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2014
  • 604.400 VC Repetitorium International Management (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2013/14
  • 604.400 VC Repetitorium International Management (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Sommersemester 2013
  • 604.400 VC Repetitorium International Management (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)
Wintersemester 2012/13
  • 604.400 VC Repetitorium International Management (2.0h / 3.0ECTS)