Smart Logistics
Brief description
- Efficient process design
- Process layouts
- Process control
- Capacity of resources
- Capacity and use of employees
- Automation alternatives of the fulfilment process
- Alternatives for the organisation of fulfilment processes e. g. outsourcing, network organisation, integration of external services
- Marketing and sales in the e-commerce network
- Basic legal conditions, e. g. Distance Selling Act (FernAbsG)
- Definition and discussion of central terms and concepts
- Categorisation of goods and the resulting expected customer requirements for these goods (AMA classification), e.g. delivery times, availability, breadth and depth of product range
- Critical factors time and costs in the fulfilment process
- Fulfilment processes
- store
- convey
- transship
- picking
- packing
- dispatch and
- their information-technical recording
- Process design and process documentation
- Procedure for the implementation of fulfilment processes
- Use and integration of information systems in the fulfilment processes e. g. warehouse management systems, order management
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.
Rohrhofer, C./Graf H-C.(2018):
Intralogistik und Logistiktechnologie - Weißbuch für den Technologieeinsatz in der Logistik
2. Auflage, Shaker Verlag
Schulte, C. (2017): Logistik: Wege zur Optimierung der Supply Chain. 7. Auflage, Vahlen.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, blended learning, group work, group presentations, self-study
Assessment methods and criteria
- Written final exam (70%, open questions)
- 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.
- Continuous assessment (30%): individual and group work plus presentations and regular quizzes, active contribution in class
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Contract Logistics Distribution Management Capacity and Inventory Management Module Information Management 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 course, students can
- explain the embedding of the processes of logistical fulfilment and their individual processes, e. g. goods receipt, storage/retrieval, picking, packaging, shipping
- name and explain them in the context of the entire e-commerce process (from marketing to invoice control and customer care) (1,2)
- name (1) and explain (2) important terms and concepts of electronic commerce and related logistical concepts and then analyse practical e-commerce and fulfilment applications (4)
Course code
0391-21-01-BB-DE-47a