GRADUATE SCHOOL
Ph.D. In Business Administration
BA 622 | Course Introduction and Application Information
Course Name |
Advanced Modelling and Design Techniques for Supply Chain
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Code
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Semester
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Theory
(hour/week) |
Application/Lab
(hour/week) |
Local Credits
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ECTS
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BA 622
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Fall/Spring
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3
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0
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3
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7.5
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Prerequisites |
None
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Course Language |
English
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Course Type |
Elective
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Course Level |
-
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Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | - | |||||
Course Coordinator | ||||||
Course Lecturer(s) | ||||||
Assistant(s) | - |
Course Objectives | • To optimize the trade-offs encountered in logistics systems and to develop necessary analytical methods to establish a minimum cost highest quality of service. • To have students to demonstrate the ability to use management science, probability and statistics knowledge to make long, medium and short-term decisions regarding logistic system design, inventory management, warehouse design and operations, facility locations and freight transport. • To teach the ability to analyze and solve the complex logistics decision problems in a systematic perspective by using mathematical programming, heuristic algorithms and related computer applications. |
Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | Student will be able to analyze the solutions to the problem; as a decision maker assess the likely consequences and the degree of applicability in the real world. |
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Core Courses | |
Major Area Courses |
X
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Supportive Courses | ||
Media and Management Skills Courses | ||
Transferable Skill Courses |
WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES
Week | Subjects | Related Preparation |
1 | Introduction to humanitarian logisticsIntroduction: Logistics system analysis A review of Mathematical Programming | GLM – Ch. 1 |
2 | GAMS software Logistics network design | GLM – Ch. 3 |
3 | Logistics network design Facility location problem GAMS software | GLM – Ch. 3 |
4 | Multiple Criteria Decision Making | GLM – Ch. 4 and lecture notes |
5 | Classification of transport problems Fleet composition | GLM – Ch. 6.1 & Ch. 6.6 |
6 | Freight Traffic Problems | GLM – Ch. 6.2 |
7 | Service network design problems | GLM – Ch. 6.3 |
8 | Midterm Exam | |
9 | Shipment consolidation and dispatching Models for intermodal selection | GLM – Ch. 6.7 |
10 | Vehicle allocation problem Driver assignment problem | GLM – Ch. 6.4 & Ch. 6.5 |
11 | Short-haul freight transportation Vehicle Routing Problem | GLM – Ch. 6.8 |
12 | Vehicle Routing Problem | GLM – Ch. 6.8 |
13 | Vehicle Routing Problem | GLM – Ch. 6.8 |
14 | Designing and operating a Warehouse | GLM – Ch. 5 |
15 | Semester Review | |
16 | Final Exam |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Humanitarian logistics / Rolando Tomasini and Luk Van Wassenhove. Hampshire, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
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Suggested Readings/Materials |
EVALUATION SYSTEM
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | ||
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments |
3
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30
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Presentation / Jury | ||
Project |
1
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40
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Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exams | ||
Midterm |
1
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30
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Final Exam | ||
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade |
5
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100
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Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | ||
Total |
ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) |
16
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3
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48
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Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours) |
16
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0
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Study Hours Out of Class |
0
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Field Work |
0
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Quizzes / Studio Critiques |
0
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Portfolio |
0
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Homework / Assignments |
3
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30
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90
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Presentation / Jury |
0
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Project |
1
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40
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40
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Seminar / Workshop |
0
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Oral Exam |
0
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Midterms |
1
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40
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40
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Final Exam |
0
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Total |
218
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP
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Program Competencies/Outcomes |
* Contribution Level
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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1 | To be able to master existing theoretical knowledge in their specialized area of business administration. |
X | ||||
2 | To be able to gain in-depth knowledge of research methodologies and design. |
X | ||||
3 | To be able to acquire advanced knowledge of data collection and analysis techniques. |
X | ||||
4 | To be able to design and conduct original research with a scholarly theoretical emphasis. |
X | ||||
5 | To be able to disseminate scholarly knowledge in well-known academic networks. |
X | ||||
6 | To be able to demonstrate the ability to communicate the results of their research in a clear and effective manner with various audiences. |
X | ||||
7 | To be able to have concerns for the high ethical standards in research, and teaching. |
X | ||||
8 | To be able to adopt critical attitude toward the extant literature and practice in the specialized area of business administration. |
X |
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest