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Course Catalog 2010-2011
LIKU-8306 Logistics strategies and outsourcing, 3 cr |
Person responsible
Jorma Mäntynen
Lessons
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Requirements
Seminar work and presentation
Learning outcomes
After passing this course, the student can define companies' logistics strategies and the main theoretical issues of logistics. The student can write a term paper about logistics strategies and supply chain management.
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | The need for a logistics strategy, different logistics strategies and their connection to company's strategy. The connection between company's logistics strategy and business success. | Environmental changes affecting logistics strategies | |
| 2. | Outsourcing decisions and their connection with logistics strategies. Possibilities and difficulties in outsourcing cases. | ||
| 3. | Write a term paper about logistics strategies and supply chain management. |
Evaluation criteria for the course
Quality of seminar work and its presentation.
Assessment scale:
Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course
Prerequisites
| Course | Mandatory/Advisable | Description |
| LIKU-8207 Supply Chain Management | Advisable |
Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)
Correspondence of content
There is no equivalence with any other courses
More precise information per implementation
| Implementation | Description | Methods of instruction | Implementation |
| In the course, companies' logistics strategies and the main theoretical issues of logistics are defined. The student writes a term paper about special issues of the logistics strategies and supply chain management. |