Course detail

Supply Management

FP-BmzPAcad. year: 2017/2018

Students will be made familiar with:
Material requirements planning system of production process; normative basis for consumption calculation. Order processing. Purchasing strategy for markets. Inventory management – inventory technologies base methods. Inventory sorting with Pareto analysis. Warehouse systems. Goods identification. Order processing and packing.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

7

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. Marie Jurová, CSc.

Department

Institute of Management (ÚM)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will be able to analyse and sort structure of inventory. Beside students will be able to make strategic decision in the field of warehouse projecting; warehouse technology and question how to effective manage material flows. The application of prediction tools and techniques of inventory both inventory management in practise is emphasized.

Prerequisites

Students are expected to have the following knowledge and skills when they begin the course – Logistics, Mathematics and Statistics. The course develops all completed knowledge from economy; technical science; informatics and production management.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations.
Lectures will be conducted with the use of educational technology for the use of Power Point.
Seminars will be calculated as well as a seminar.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The evaluation of the course is based on the systematic, continuous work of the students during whole semester. The final assessment is classified according to ECTS and depends on not only exam results, but also semester work solution, presentation and discussion, case study solution and additional course activities. The course requirements grade are course credit and exam.

Course credit (maximum 50 points):
Solution, presentation and discussion of semester work (30 points);
Case study solution (10 points);
Additional course activities e. g. Excursion, external lectures etc. (5 points);
Partial logistics topics solution during seminars (5 points).

Semester work evaluation is based on weight of following factors i. e. theoretical knowledge understanding and application (20 %); solution approach and quality (40 %); scope, formal form, graphic form, correct references usage (20 %); team presentation (20 %).

Case study evaluation is based on weight of following factors i. e. theoretical knowledge understanding and application (40%); solution approach and quality (40 %); meeting with formal conditions (20%).
Course credit is given under successful fulfilling the conditions of min. 25 points. At least 15 points have to be from semester work and 5 points have to be from case study solution. Late submission of the topic of the semester work is penalized by 5 points. Late submission of the semester work is penalized by 5 points.

Course exam (maximum 50 points):
The written exam contains example, set of opened and closed questions.
The final evaluation (maximum 100 points) is classified according to ECTS: 100-90 points (A); 89-80 points (B); 79-70 points (C); 69-60 points (D); 59-50 points (E); 49-0 points (F).

Course curriculum

Warehouse function. Analysis and inventory classification. Inventory prediction. Inventory controlling. Warehouse technology. Package and packing technology. Marking and identification. Automation identification. Collaborative approach of inventory management.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

System approach how to understand of inventory management is a key activity of each company. The objective of the course is to provide students with the necessary supply management function of enterprise; economy and strategy point of view of inventory management in present global and competitiveness environment.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance is recommeded and checked by the tutor in written form of an attendance list. Also controlled is a partial solution of the case study in the middle of the semester.

Recommended optional programme components

Nejsou určeny.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

EMMETT, S. Řízení zásob. 1. vyd. Brno: Computer Press 2008, 298 s. ISBN 978-80-251-1828-3. (CS)
HORÁKOVÁ, H., KUBÁT, J. Řízení zásob: logistické pojetí, metody, aplikace, praktické úlohy. Praha Profess Consulting 1998, 236 s. ISBN 80-85235-55-2. (CS)
LAMBERT, D. M. Logistika. 2. vyd. Brno: Computer Press, 2005. 589 s. ISBN 80-251-0504-0. (CS)

Recommended reading

TOMEK,G.,TOMEK, J.Nákupní marketing.1 vyd. Praha: GRADA Publishing 1996, 176s. ISBN 80-85623-96-X. (CS)
LAMBERT,D.M.,STOCK,J.R.,ELLRAM,L.M. Logistika. Přel.Nevrlá,E. Praha Computer Press 2000, 589s. ISBN 80-7226-221-1. (CS)
CHRISTOPHER,M. Logistika v marketingu. Přel.Prokeš R., Praha Management Press 2000, 166s. ISBN 80-7261-007-4. (CS)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BAK Bachelor's

    branch BAK-EPM , 3. year of study, summer semester, compulsory

  • Programme BAK-MIn Bachelor's

    branch BAK-MIn , 3. year of study, summer semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

20 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Vladimír Bartošek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Logistics of supply management, Sourcing of Supply Management
2. Purchasing, function Purchasing and purchasing strategy
3. Strategy and Systems of Inventory Management
4. Economics of Inventory – Demand forecasting and prediction.
5. Warehouse systems, warehouse technology and trends in stock, standardization
6. Packing; Packaging and its function. Packaging techniques and standardization
7. Marking forms, identification of material flows and goods. EAN and further systems
8. Automation Identification
9. – 10. Collaborative approaches of inventory management - VMI strategy; Consignment stock inventory

Exercise

20 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Vladimír Bartošek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Case study setting. The role of inventory, function of inventory in enterprise.
2. Quantification of inventory costs.
3. Range of inventory in logistic system.
4. Ordering systems; point of decoupling – mathematical and statistical methods of demand calculation
5. Purchasing strategy decision making
6. Systems and models of inventory management
7. Optimal ordering quantity
8. Analysis and methods of inventory classification
9. Case study
10. Course unit credit. Presentation of case study solution