Course Catalog 2014-2015
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Course Catalog 2014-2015

TLO-25466 Logistics Strategies and Outsourcing, 3 cr

Person responsible

Erika Kallionpää

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
Seminar


 


 
 4 h/per


 8 h/per


 
TLO-25466 2014-01 Thursday 12 - 14 , S2
Tuesday 9 - 15 , K1702
Wednesday 9 - 15 , TB219

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. 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    

Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)



Correspondence of content

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

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
TLO-25466 2014-01 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.       Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 0 %  

Last modified11.03.2014