Study Guide 2015-2016

TLO-25466 Logistics Strategies and Outsourcing, 3 cr

Person responsible

Kaisu Laitinen

Lessons

Implementation 1: TLO-25466 2015-01

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer
Lectures
Seminar


 


 
 4 h/per


 8 h/per


 

Lecture times and places: Tuesday 14 - 16 TB223 , Wednesday 9 - 15 TB219

Requirements

Seminar work and presentation. Please note that there is no final exam on this course.

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. Writing a term paper about logistics strategies and supply chain management.     

Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes

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
TLO-25456 Supply Chain Management Advisable    



Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
TLO-25466 Logistics Strategies and Outsourcing, 3 cr LIKU-8306 Logistics strategies and outsourcing, 3 cr  

Last modified 17.11.2015