Logistics Networks and Transport Logistics

Aim

The aim of the course is for students to gain a deep understanding of how different systems for transport logistics can be modeled and analyzed from a network perspective. In particular, the role of transport as an enabler of competitive supply chains and logistics networks is discussed. After the course, students should be able to:

• account for different advantages and disadvantages of different modes of transport and how the choice of mode of transport affects revenues and costs for actors involved in the supply chain, from supplier to customer
• know different methods and planning techniques in transport logistics
• know risk and responsibility in both procurement and distribution
• know the basics of how a logistics network is structured
• understand the importance of warehousing and transport from the perspective of the network and the individual company.
• know how basic functions of business systems and advanced planning systems support planning in a network perspective.
• structure smaller planning problems, and develop smaller planning models or models for scenario analysis and be able to analyze and critically examine results achieved in strategic network planning with the help of planning models.
• solve logistics-related planning problems with optimization methods, and analyze and draw conclusions about the problem from the solutions generated.
• know and understand the basic route planning problem, as well as different variants and extensions of that problem.
• understand the impact of e-commerce on a supply chain.
• know and understand how collaboration and more efficient planning can contribute to increased sustainability.
• know different ways to measure transports and transport efficiency.
• use mathematical models to propose cost allocation in collaboration within logistics networks and transport.
• analyze the effects of decisions within Multi-level inventory management and Supplier-controlled inventory.

Content

The course deals with transport logistics and distribution problems in logistics networks. The course shows how quantitative approaches can be used to analyze a supply chain as part of a network, as well as the necessity to consider the whole of a system to avoid sub-optimization. The course contains the following elements:

Part 1: Distribution and transport logistics

• Freight transport & choice of means of transport (truck, railway, boat, train, air, pipeline)
• Planning of terminals, warehouses and storage
• Transport planning and cost analysis
• Third party logistics and pricing
• Supplier-controlled warehouse
• Multi-modal transport
• Cross-docking
• Merge-in-transit
• Postponement and planned delay
• CombiTerms, INCOTerms

Part 2: Logistics networks and distribution networks

• Analysis of logistics networks - from terminology to models
• Business systems and advanced planning systems in relation to logistics networks
• Strategic network planning

Part 3: Transport Optimization

• Route planning and transport planning
• Heuristics for route planning
• Route planning and e-commerce

Part 4: Environmental logistics, city logistics, and cooperation and coordination in supply networks

• Sustainable city logistics
• Analysis of the choice of packaging
• Measurement in transports
• Cost sharing in transport cooperation
• Collaboration: supplier-controlled warehouse & multi-level warehouse management