Interdisciplinary Elective Smart Logistics

Brief description

• Tender design • E-commerce processes • Fulfillment processes • Process modelling • Process cost accounting • Performance controlling • Process key figures • Offer preparation • Presentation of offers

Mode of delivery

face to face

Type

compulsory

Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools

Martin, H. (2014). Transport- und Lagerlogistik: Planung, Struktur, Steuerung und Kosten von Systemen der Intralogistik. Wiesbaden: Springer Vieweg. Mühlencoert, T. (2012). Kontraktlogistik-Management. Gabler Verlag, Wiesbaden Schulte, C. (2017): Logistik: Wege zur Optimierung der Supply Chain. 7. Auflage, Vahlen.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Lecture, blended learning, group work and group presentations, self-study

Assessment methods and criteria

• Continuous assessment (49%, written work, presentations, active contribution in class • Written final exam (51%) • Content criteria: degree of problem identification and problem characterisation, complexity of solutions in terms of subject and methodological competence • Formal criteria: completeness of answers, terminological differentiation, and independent presentation of results.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Contract Logistics, Distribution Management, Capacity and Inventory Management, Information Management Module, Smart Logistics

Infos

Degree programme

Logistics & Transport Management (Bachelor)

Cycle

Bachelor

ECTS Credits

3.00

Language of instruction

German

Curriculum

Part-Time

Academic year

2025

Semester

5 WS

Incoming

Yes

Learning outcome

After successful completion of the courses, students can • name and explain the relationships and dependencies of the individual fulfilment processes to the overall e-commerce process (1,2) • explain alternative design options and their influences on the performance and costs of the fulfilment processes. (1,2) • explain e-commerce fulfilment processes and develop and implement/apply them on the basis of given cases/tasks (2,3) • to analyse requirements for e-commerce fulfilment processes on the basis of real and fictitious tenders and to derive possible solutions (3,4) • develop and implement practical cases for fulfilment processes, e.g. goods receipt, storage/retrieval, picking, packaging, dispatch, returns and processing (3) • evaluate the developed fulfilment processes on the basis of real process times and costs and modify/adapt them accordingly (3,4,5)

Course code

0391-21-01-BB-DE-48a