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Production and Distribution, 6 ECTS credits.
/Produktion och distribution/
For:
FT
SL
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 42
Rec. self-study hours: 118
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Area of Education: Technology
Main field of studies: Logistics
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Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): G2
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Aim:
After completed course, the student shall
- have some knowledge about relevant issues in industrial production
- understand the principles behind Hierarchical Planning and the principles for product structures
- be able to use the most common ways of making demand prognoses
be able to use the most common ways of inventory control
- be able to explain the roles of different parties in a distribution system
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Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Mathematics corresponding to mathematics for SL, basic knowledge in economics, basic knowledge in statistics and probability theoury
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
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Supplementary courses:
Quantitative logistics
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Organisation:
The course is delivered using lectures, lessons, and laboratory work. Lectures are used for the major part of theory, lessons are for solving numerical examples for problems relating to the course content. Laboratory work may be used for computer based calcuations.
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Course contents:
- Basic production economics: important concepts and classifications of companies and supply chains
- Prognosis: evaluationg future product demant on short and long terms
- Material and production control, planning on long and short terms, from sales and operations planning, through master planning, to detailed planning and follwo-up
- Inventory control, different principles for inventory control and calcualtions of safety stock
- Vendor managed inventory
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Course literature:
Mattsson, Stig-Arne, och Jonsson, Patrik, Logistik : läran om effektiva materialflöden, Andra upplagan, Studentlitteratur, 2011, ISBN: 978-91-44-06918-0
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Examination: |
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Written examination
Hand-in assignments
Case study
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3 ECTS
1 ECTS
2 ECTS
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Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: ITN.
Director of Studies: Erik Bergfeldt
Examiner: Erik Bergfeldt
Link to the course homepage at the department
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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