Transport Management Systems (5 op)

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Purpose
Transport Management is one of the key business processes of supply chain. By Transport Management Systems you can manage transports, improve service and reduce cost whilst reducing environmental impact. By measuring, analyzing, and continuously improving transport management you can affect goods availability for customers and customer satisfaction. By managing and controlling transports, you can proactively react for better customer need fulfillment.

During the course you will learn basics of Transport Management and meaning of basic concepts of Transport Management Systems. Course will also help to understand basics of logistics network and monitoring of results. After the course you will have a perspective to transport management tasks.

Competencies
This course develops and assesses the following knowhow:
- Business skills, engineering practice, communication and team working.

Learning outcome
After completing this course, you will know the principles of Transport Management Systems. You will be able to apply how to plan and execute transports in global logistics network. You will understand how to control transports in Transport Management Systems. You will also understand to how Transport Management Systems is connected to companies’ other systems.

Sisältö

The course covers following main themes:
- Principles of Transport Management Systems
- Logistics Network
- Transport Management
- Transport Management and Logistics Systems

Opetusmenetelmät

Opintojakso on päivätoteutus ja sisältää lähiopetusta (luennot), etäluentoja, itseopiskelua (materiaalit ja oppimistehtävät), pienryhmätyöskentelyä ja käytännön projekteja.

Yksityiskohtainen toteutustapa ja ryhmäjako tarkentuvat opintojakson aloitusvaiheessa.

Harjoittelu- ja työelämäyhteistyö

Kurssilla on vierailijaluennoitsijoita logistiikan alalta.

Tenttien ajankohdat ja uusintamahdollisuudet

Kurssiin ei kuulu tenttiä.

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

Laskennallinen kuormittavuus on n. 27 h/opintopiste, viiden opintopisteen kurssin kuormittavauus on siten 135 h.

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (1)

(1) The student demonstrates his / her competence in the subjects dealt with in the course, identifies the topics dealt with in the course.

(2) In addition to the above, the student can describe the topics covered in the course systematically and knows how to apply them.

Arviointikriteerit, hyvä (3)

(3) In addition to the above, the student demonstrates the ability to justify the effects of different solutions and to make informed choices between options.

(4) In addition to the above, the student demonstrates the ability to apply what he or she has learned and to evaluate the solutions and their effects analytically.

Arviointikriteerit, kiitettävä (5)

(5) In addition to the above, the student demonstrates an in-depth knowledge of the course topics and the ability to structure and analyze the effects of solutions in a broader context. It also demonstrates innovation in applying what they have learned to different situations.

Esitietovaatimukset

Global supply chain