Best Practices in Logistics and SCM

Brief description

  • Supply Chain Strategy
  • Processes for supply chain design
  • Decision phases in supply chain management
  • Competitive strategies and supply chain strategy
  • Supply chain drivers and their configuration
  • Metrics and key figures in supply chain management
  • Financial aspects in supply chain management
  • Distribution strategies
  • Procurement strategies
  • Production strategies
  • Options in the design of distribution networks
  • Inventory management
  • Supply chain management
  • Process modelling
  • Warehouse management processes
  • E-commerce fulfilment processes
  • Capacity planning and management
  • Process-oriented cost accounting

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools

Chopra, S., & Meindl, P. (2016): Supply chain management: Strategy, planning, and operation.
Chapter 30: Logistics of Supply Chain Management. The Supply Management Handbook, 7th edition.
Martin, H. (2014): Transport und Lagerlogistik: Planung, Struktur, Steuerung und Kosten von Systemen der Intralogistik. Wiesbaden: Springer Vieweg.
Measuring Cash to Cash Performance,” International Journal of Logistics Management.
Rohrhofer/Graf (2018): Intralogistik und Logistiktechnologie - Weißbuch für den Technologieeinsatz in der Logistik (2nd revised edition), Shaker Verlag.
Solutions to Strategic Supply Chain Mapping Issues,” The International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management.
Supply Chain Cash to Cash: Strategy for the 21st Century,” Strategic Finance.
Supply Chain Financing: Using Cash to Cash Variables to Strengthen the Supply Chain” The International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management.
Utilizing Inventory Flow Models with Suppliers,” Journal of Business Logistics.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lectures, blended learning, homework assignments, group work, case study method

Assessment methods and criteria

Written final exam 70% (open questions)
Continuous assessment (30 %): Individual and group work and presentation including assessed partial examinations
Content criteria: Degree of problem identification and problem characterisation, complexity of solutions in terms of technical and methodological competence.
Formal criteria: Comprehensiveness of answers, correct use of technical terms, and independent presentation of results.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

None

Infos

Degree programme

Logistics & Strategic Management (Master)

Cycle

Master

ECTS Credits

3.00

Language of instruction

German

Curriculum

Part-Time

Academic year

2025

Semester

1 WS

Incoming

No

Learning outcome

The course consists of two parts: (1) Supply Chain Management and (2) Logistics.
After completing the part "Concepts in Logistics and Supply Chain Management", students can

  • understand and explain the most important basic principles of logistics and supply chain management,
  • apply these principles to practical contexts and situations,
  • understand and analyse the costs associated with break-bulk and postponement strategies,
  • model supply chain structures and calculate the costs arising from different supply chain design options,
  • identify key problems and solutions through supply chain mapping,
  • model and predict the impact of supply chain changes ex ante,
  • model and implement alternative inventory management strategies and their impact on company assets,
  • analyse, calculate and implement design options to achieve optimal overall financial outcomes by targeting individual strengths and advantages of each business partner for supply chain financing.
After completing the part "Best Practice in Logistics", students can
  • explain the most important processes and their interdependence in e-commerce fulfilment, especially warehousing, replenishment, transport, picking, packaging, labelling and shipping,
  • analyse the main contents and requirements in tenders for contract logistics services,
  • name and explain the most performance-relevant parts of tenders,
  • develop and evaluate alternative process designs in contract logistics,
  • design and implement value-added process models and associated costing schemes,
  • present and argue contract logistics solutions.

Course code

1392-21-01-BB-DE-05