Course details
Logistics
OPER 20525A
The main topics of the course are:
- Inventory management;
- warehousing and picking activities;
- transportation;
- strategic issues such as facility location, distribution network design and international aspects of supply and distribution.
Themes covered
Definition of logistics and logistics network
Total cost concept and the interdependency of logistics costs
Trends in logistics
Inventory management models for deterministic demand
Inventory management models for stochastic demand
Picking methods and techniques in a distribution center
Warehousing technologies and equipment
Shipper's process for national transportation
Actors in the international transportation chain and Incoterms
Bullwhip effect
Distribution resource planning and vendor-managed inventory
Logistics network design
Important notes
Course in French : OPER 20525
Prerequisite(s) : OPER 10500(A/E)
Course code
OPER 20525A
Subject
Opérations et logistique
Program
Bachelor’s degree (BBA)
Location
Côte-des-Neiges
Instruction mode
On-site learning
Credits
3