Course title: Logistics & Supply Chain Management
Code:
Credit: 3
Teaching Hours: 3 hrs/w X 16weeks
Course Description
This course is a Chinese& English bilingual course of all undergraduate students in the school of business. Along with the acceleration of the economic modernization, there would be increasing demands on modern logistic technology and equipment in China. So, there is an increasing demand on special talents who both grasp the theory and practice on logistics & supply chain management and can communicate in Chinese and English. The goal of this course is to fit in with the needs of the social development. On the base of college English and part of the specialty courses, make the students study the basic concept, principle theories and methods, understand the new developments, new ideas and new technologies, and the newest research achievements. Prepare students for further study and research on Logistics & Supply Chain Management.
Students should also grasp terms on Logistics & Supply Chain Management and understand the characteristics of scientific English. Through exercising, students should master some skills of translation scientific English, improve reading and translation abilities in English. Cultivate students’ ability of positively reading foreign country’s newest scientific information.
Prerequisites
Students who take part in this course are required to be interested in Logistics & Supply Chain Management and have a solid foundation of English.
Textbook
Logistics and Supply Chain Management，edited by Jiang Zhenjian, Lu Shan, Jing Haiou,Wuhan University of Technology Press, 2010
Suggested Readings
Logistical Management：The Integrated Supply Chain Process，Bowersox，D.J，Closs，
D.J.(1996)，McGraw-Hill，New York，NY.——《物流管理-供應(yīng)鏈過程的一體化》，
唐納德•鮑爾索克斯，戴維•克勞斯著，林國龍等譯，機械工業(yè)出版社，1999年
Standards Of The People Republic Of China Logistics Terms, China Standard Press, He
Mingke，Published By State Bureau Of Technical Supervision，2001
Logistics And Supply-Chain Management: Theory And Practice, Zhao Lindu, Mechanical
Industry Press，2003
Logistics And Supply-Chain Management，Shen Wen, Yun Jun, Deng Aimin, The People’s
Communication Press, 2002
Modern Logistics And Supply-Chain Management，Peng Zhizhong, Shandong University
Press, 2002
Teaching Methodology
Group work, case study, classroom learning, presentation, workshops, multimedia, Field study
Assessments
Final Examination 70%
Two tests 10%
Homework assignments and class participation 10%
Total 100%
To achieve a pass grade in this course, students must obtain 60% or more as an aggregate mark on the assessment.
Course outline
1. Introduction to Logistics
1.1 The basic concepts, roles, functions and working styles of modern logistics. At the same time,
1.2 Relevant specialty English terms and abbreviate words.
2. Procurement
2.1 The concept of procurement and the factors influencing the procurement costs.
2.2 The application of procurement system and the procedure of signing a procurement contract.
3. Marketing
3.1he concept of logistics marketing,
3.2 PEST analysis methods, 4Ps theories and SWOT, and other management analysis tools.
4. Logistics Information Management
4.1 The concept of logistics information management;
4.2 The logistics information concerned by strategy level, tactics level and operation level;
4.3 the application of information management to logistics field and EDI to supply chain management;
4.4 Relevant specialty terms and abbreviate words.
5. Transportation Management
5.1 The concept of logistic transportation;
5.2 The type characteristics and nature of transportation.
6. Warehouse Management
6.1 the key factors of warehouse and logistics distribution;
6.2 Constitutes of warehouse costs and the main ways of decreasing management costs;
6.3 The basic process of warehouse and storage.
7. Stock Control
7.1 The main deciding factors of maintain stock range;
7.2 The A, B, C category methods;
7.3 The discrimination and prediction of stock.
8. Logistics/Supply-Chain Management
8.1 The characteristics of extensive enterprises and the tendency of supply chain management;
8.2 Relevant specialty English terms and abbreviate words.
9. Market Economy Solutions
9.1 Supply-chain the pull model and its vertical and horizontal range;
9.2 The economical analysis of the pull model and its revenue.
10. International Trade
10.1 The control of freight train move in international trade;
10.2 Import and export procedure and its control;
10.3 Relevant English specialty terms and abbreviate words.