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Logistics
FAST-CW057Acad. year: 2018/2019
The bases and principles of logistics systems, logistics chains and their creation in the form of tangible and intangible flows. The mathematical methods used in selected areas of logistics along with processes used in the identification and decomposition of systems, methods and means. The options for the application of a logistics approach in the area of construction processes, the equipping of a building site and during the execution of structures. Principles and methods of systems engineering, operational analysis and decision-making processes and their practical use mainly in the preparation and operation of equipment at building sites. Options for the use of computer programmes in the modelling and simulation of phenomena and processes involved in real-world civil engineering activities – with a main focus on the management of building site operation.
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Course curriculum
2. Logistics chains – principles and creation of chains. Logistics of tangible and intangible flows – material, information and financial flows. Analysis and reciprocal links. Logistics decomposition of a real corporate structure. Interaction of logistics and production management.
3. Mathematical methods of logistics. Modelling and simulation. The use of simulation programmes.
4. Decision-making processes in practice – relationships between decision making and management. The role of the Chinese postman and Travelling salesman problems. Their use in civil engineering practice – the management of building site operations and the supplying of construction work.
5. Operational research - principles and methods. Linear programming and its practical application.
6. The basics of graph theory. The basics of game theory. The fundamentals of queueing theory and its use in the operation of construction site equipment.
7. Practical tasks and objectives of logistics in business. Use of logistics in the system by which construction processes are managed.
8. Logistics and decision-making functions in the area of the management of building site equipment operation – the provision and management of supplies (warehouses), methods: KANBAN, Just In Time.
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2. Logistics chains – principles and creation of chains. Logistics of tangible and intangible flows – material, information and financial flows. Analysis and reciprocal links. Logistics decomposition of a real corporate structure. Interaction of logistics and production management.
3. Mathematical methods of logistics. Modelling and simulation. The use of simulation programmes.
4. Decision-making processes in practice – relationships between decision making and management. The role of the Chinese postman and Travelling salesman problems. Their use in civil engineering practice – the management of building site operations and the supplying of construction work.
5. Operational research - principles and methods. Linear programming and its practical application.
6. The basics of graph theory. The basics of game theory. The fundamentals of queueing theory and its use in the operation of construction site equipment.
7. Practical tasks and objectives of logistics in business. Use of logistics in the system by which construction processes are managed.
8. Logistics and decision-making functions in the area of the management of building site equipment operation – the provision and management of supplies (warehouses), methods: KANBAN, Just In Time.
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2. Logistics chains – internal relationships and relations with surroundings. Example of tangible and intangible flow solutions in real-world building sites and building execution.
3. Examples of operational analysis, decision theory and queueing theory. Solution of supply and transportation problems – application of the roles of the Chinese postman and the travelling salesman.
4. Programmes for logistics modelling. Simulation of examples from the area of queueing theory.
5. Simulation of examples from the area of queueing theory – concurrent production.
6. Simulation of a supply problem.
7. Simulation of an example of a logistics chain from the area of construction site equipment.
8. Simulation of an example of a logistics chain used in building execution.