COURSE UNIT TITLE

: BUSINESS LOGISTICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DLU 7002 BUSINESS LOGISTICS COMPULSORY 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Logistics and Maritime Transport Non-Thesis (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR OKAN TUNA

Offered to

Logistics and Maritime Transport Non-Thesis (Evening)

Course Objective

Analyzing logistics activities in business

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding the main terms of business logistics
2   Detirmining and understanding the logistics functions
3   Analyzing the environment of logistics
4   Analyzing logistics management through different perspectives( marketing, management, organization, engineering etc.)
5   Solving the problems related to logistics and supply chain management and analysing the solutions in written and oral forms.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course and main terms of business logistics, business logistics and external environment factors
2 Transport and Transport Decisions in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
3 Transportation in Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Recent Transportation Solutions
4 Inventory Management in Logistics
5 Warehouse Management
6 Outsourcing in Logistics
7 Midterm Exam
8 Order Management and Customer Sevice in Logistics
9 Packaging and Labeling in Logistics
10 Information Flow and IT in Logistics
11 Logistics Costs
12 Creating Customer Value in Logistics
13 Global Supply Chains and International Logistics
14 Homework Presentations

Recomended or Required Reading

Main resources:
Ronald Ballou (1999) Business Logistics Management-Planning, Organizing and Controlling the Supply Chain. Prentice Hall: New Jersey.
Martin Christopher (2009), Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Prentice Hall
Other Resources: International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Journal of Business Logistics, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal
Other course materials:
Publications and reports of the logistics sector

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Literature survey, case studies

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Achieving specialist level of knowledge, skill and competency and researching, commenting, expressing (oral-written forms) in logistics management will be evaluated.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Asst.Prof.Dr. Gül Denktaş ŞAKAR, DEU Maritime Faculty , No: 213

Office Hours

Monday, 16:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 10 120
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 15 15
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 203

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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