Universität Wien

040185 KU Logistics and Material Management (MA) (2020W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

The course language is English.

Only students who signed up for the class in univis/u:space are allowed to take the class (that means, that you have to at least be on the waiting list if you want to take this class). No exceptions possible.
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Most of the content of the class will be provided on a weekly basis online in form of slides with audio comments. To practice the new solution approaches, there will be homework examples every week which have to be solved individually and have to be uploaded in Moodle.

Live online sessions are planned for Oct. 6th, where the course modalities will be discussed, Nov. 10th, Nov. 24th and Jan. 19th (Q&A sessions).

The midterm exam will be held on Nov. 17th, the final exam on Jan. 26th. Both will be online.

Additional details and updates will be provided in Moodle.

  • Tuesday 06.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 13.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 20.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 27.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 03.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 10.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 17.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 24.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 01.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 15.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 12.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 19.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital
  • Tuesday 26.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course focuses on logistic concepts for designing and operating warehouses. The dimensioning of warehouses, the product allocation, the batch formation and order picker routing as well as the arising packing problems will be discussed.

Furthermore, different lot-sizing models and several solution concepts for them are being presented. The course aims to enable students to understand and solve the major decision problems faced in warehousing operations and lot-sizing.

Homework exercises will be used to practice the learned methods.

Assessment and permitted materials

A total of 100% can be obtained by:

- homework assignments (20%; weekly)
- midterm exam (40%, online: Nov. 17th, 2020)
- final exam (40%, online: Jan. 26th., 2021)

The homework examples have to be uploaded in Moodle.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

At least 50% have to be obtained for a positive grade. The other grades are distributed as follows:
4: 50% to <63%
3: 63% to <75%
2: 75% to <88%
1: 88% to 100%

Examination topics

All content discussed in the course (slides are of major relevancy), including

- Warehouse design
- Order batching
- Order picking
- Bin packing
- Dynamic lotsizing problems:
o big-bucket and small-bucket problems
o multi-level problems
o with and without capacity constraints

Reading list

- Cachon, G., Terwiesch, C. (2009), Matching Supply with Demand, 3rd edition, McGraw-Hill
- Tempelmeier (2008), Material Logistik, 7. Auflage, Springer
- Nahmias (2009), Production and Operations Analysis, 6th ed., Mc. Graw Hill
- Silver, E.A., Pyke, D.F., Peterson, R. (1998), Inventory Management and Production Planning and Scheduling, 3rd edition, Wiley.

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Fr 12.05.2023 00:12