log 506 - warehouse management

Graduate SchoolLogistics Management (Without Thesis)

LOG 506 - Warehouse Management

COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name

Warehouse Management

Code

Semester

Theory

(hour/week)

Application/Laboratory

(hour/week)

Local

Credits

ECTS

LOG 506 Fall/Spring 3 0 3 7.5

Prerequisites None

Course Language English

Course Type Elective

Course Level Second Cycle

Mode of Delivery -

Teaching Methods and Techniques -

Course Coordinator -

Course Lecturer(s) * Öğr. Gör. Ömer PESEN

Course Assistants -

Course Objectives Improving the students' knowledge and professional skills on warehouse management

Course Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;

* will be able to explain information about warehouse management and design.

* will be able to model warehouse operation problems.

* will be able to solve modeled problems using appropriate methods.

* will be able to take active role in strategic decisions about warehouse designing

stage.

* will be able to explain warehouse management system performance, productivity

analysis, measurement and monitoring systems.

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Course Description This course basically examines the principles of warehouse management, warehousing

and physical distribution as part of logistics, management functions of warehousing,

categories of warehouses, warehouse structure, location selection and activities,

warehouse layout, network management, storage of materials, maintaining inventory

accuracy, warehouse safety, measuring effectiveness and efficiency, packaging and

materials handling systems, legal aspects. Warehouse modeling through computer

information systems, decision support systems, optimization models, simulation,advanced

statistics, and commercial logistics software systems will also be emphasized.

Course Category Core Courses

Major Area Courses X

Supportive Courses

Media and Managment Skills Courses

Transferable Skill Courses

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week16 Subjects Related Materials

1 Why have a Warehouse? WorldClass Warehousing and Material

Handling, E. H. Frazelle: McGrawHill,

2002 Chapter 1

2 The Role of the Warehouse in the Logistics Chain WorldClass Warehousing and Material


2002 Chapter 2

3 Warehouse Performance Analysis - Q 1 WorldClass Warehousing and Material


2002 Chapter 3

4 Receiving and Putaway WorldClass Warehousing and Material


2002 Chapter 4

5 Storage Systems WorldClass Warehousing and Material


2002 Chapter 5 6


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6 Transportation Network Problems WorldClass Warehousing and Material


2002 Chapter 8

7 Shipping WorldClass Warehousing and Material


2002 Chapter 9

8 Warehouse functionality, Distribution Centres, Location WorldClass Warehousing and Material


2002 Chapter 10

9 Warehouse Layout WorldClass Warehousing and Material


2002 Chapter 10

10 International Warehousing Options

11 Warehouse Management Systems WorldClass Warehousing and Material


2002 Chapter 11

12 Information Technology for Paperless Warehousing - Q 3 WorldClass Warehousing and Material


2002 Chapter 11

13 Warehouse Workforce Design WorldClass Warehousing and Material


2002 Chapter 12

14 Work Measurement Systems WorldClass Warehousing and Material


2002 Chapter 12

15 Case study presentation - Q 4

16 Review of the Semester

SOURCES

Course Notes / Textbooks WorldClass Warehousing and Material Handling, E. H. Frazelle: McGrawHill, 2002

Suggested Readings/Materials Business Logistics/Supply Chain Management, R. H. Ballou: Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle

River, New Jersey, 5th Edition, 2004, ISBN 0131230107 The Management of Business Logistics,

Coyle, Bardi, and Langley Jr., SouthWestern/Thomson Learning ISBN 0324007515 Logistics and


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Supply Chain Management: Strategies for Reducing Cost and Improving Service, M. Christopher,

Prentice Hall; 1998, ISBN: 0273630490, Basics of supply chain management, Fredendall, Lawrence

D., Boca Raton: St. Lucie Press; 2001. ISBN: 1574441205. Essentials of supply chain management,

Hugos, Michael, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons; 2003. ISBN: 0471235172. Supply chain

management, Mentzer, John T., Thousand Oaks, Sage Publications; 2001. ISBN: 0761921117

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Percentage of Grade

Participation 1 5

Laboratory / Application - -

Field Work - -

Quiz/Studio Critic - -

Portfoilo - -

Homework Assignment 5 15

Presentation/Jury - -

Project 1 30

Seminar/Workshop - -

Oral Exam - -

Midterm 1 20

Final 1 30

Total 9 100

WEIGHTING OF SEMESTER ACTIVITIES ON THE FINAL GRADE - 80

WEIGHTING OF END-OF-SEMESTER ACTIVITIES ON THE FINAL GRADE - 20

Total 0 100


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ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Total Workload

Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) 16 3 48

Laboratory / Application Hours - - -

Study Hours Out of Class 15 2 30

Field Work - - -

Quiz / Studio Critique - - -

Portfolio - - -

Homework / Assignment 5 6 30

Presentation / Jury - - -

Project 1 40 40

Seminar / Workshop - - -

Oral Exam - - -

Midterm 1 22 22

Final 1 25 25

Total Workload 195


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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS

# Program Qualifications / Outcomes * Level of Contribution

1 2 3 4 5

1 Being able to contribute to the institution the participant works for and the logistics sector by the

use of the knowledge and abilities gained during the education period; and manage change in

the institution and the sector;

X

2 Reaching a competency about contemporary business and technology applications in the area

of logistics and supply chain management and analysis and strategy development methods;X

3 Being able to create opportunities by combining supply chain management with information

technologies and innovative processes by the use of the interdisciplinary courses the

participants take;

X

4 Having the ability to develop creative solutions by working on global logistics and supply chain

subjects and realizing these by the use of their project management knowledge;X

5 Having the knowledge, abilities and capabilities required for effective logistics and supply chain

management by the use of a problem and case analysis based learning;X

6 Being able to examine logistics and supply chain processes with the management science

viewpoint, analyze related concepts and ideas by scientific methods;X

7 If continuing to work in the academia, having the necessary information on logistics applications;

if continuing to work in the sector, having the necessary knowledge on conceptual subjects;X

8 Being able to specify appropriate research questions about his/her research area, conduct an

effective research with the use of necessary methods and apply the research outcomes in the

sector or the academia;

X

9 Being able to follow the changes and developments in the sector the participant works in, in

order to keep his/her personal and professional competence updated and develop

himself/herself when necessary;

X

10 Be experts in the fields of logistics and supply chain with the help of the sectorfocused education

they receive;X

11 Have the necessary capabilities to pursue doctoral studies in national and foreign institutions X

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest


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