Elective Subject: "Quality Management": Logistics & Transport Engineering

Department
  • Master's program Food Technology & Nutrition
Course unit code
  • 24_LTE_MAS_3_3
Number of ECTS credits allocated
  • 5.0
Name of lecturer(s)
Mode of delivery
  • face-to-face
Recommended optional program components
  • none
Recommended or required reading
  • Poirier, CC.: The Supply Chain Manager Problem-Solver: Maximizing the Value of Collaboration and Technology, CRC Press, 2002
    Pistikopoulos, E., Georgiadis, M., Dua, V.: Process Systems Engineering- Volume 3: Supply Chain Optimization, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2010
    McKinnon, A., Cullinane, S., Browne, M., Whiteing, A.: Green Logistics: Improving the Environmental Sustainability of Logistics, Kogan Page, 2010
    Schönsleben, Integrales Logistikmanagement (6. Auflage Zürich 2011)
    Weber/Wallenburg, Logisitk und Supply Chain Controlling (6. Auflage Stuttgart 2010)
Level of course unit
  • Master
Year of study
  • Fall 2025
Semester when the course unit is delivered
  • 3
Language of instruction
  • English
Learning outcomes of the course unit
  • Participants learn to understand the basics of logistics and supply chain management with a focus on fast moving consumer goods. They are familiarized with the importance of logistics and supply chain management in the design of goods and information flows and the generation of competitive advantages, in particular by differentiation in customer service. The information basis for the examples discussed is provided by the agricultural and food industries.
Course contents
  • This course is divided into nine modules.

    Module 1: Introduction, terms and definitions
    Module 2: The value chain – agriculture and processing as catalysts for transport and logistics
    Module 3: The value chain – retail and consumption as catalysts for transport and logistics
    Module 4: Supply chain management concepts
    Module 5: Indicator sytems
    Module 6: Logistics systems
    Module 7: Traceability
    Module 8: ERP systems and IT
    Module 9: Quality programs as a logistical challenge
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
  • The course comprises an interactive mix of lectures, discussions and individual and group work.
Work placement(s)
  • none

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