Direction of Logistical Operations
Code: 101744 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2501233 Aeronautical Management | OT | 4 | 1 |
Contact
- Name:
- Ramon Anton Piera Eroles
- Email:
- ramonanton.piera@uab.cat
Teaching groups languages
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Teachers
- Gonzalo Martín López
Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of economics
- Basic computer skills
-- Fluent in English (reading comprehension, writing and listening)
- Basic knowledge of calculus
- Digital simulation skills
- Basic knowledge of statistics
Objectives and Contextualisation
The objectives are that students (A) Learn about the different elements comprising a logistics system and the different strategies and tools to address problems that arise in different areas of logistics. (B) Learn and understand the importance of logistics in the company at large and in particular the problems of enterprises and the impact of the proper administration of the logistics system and its components in corporate competitiveness. (C) Know and understand the role of the aerospace sector in global logistics and the elements of diversity and risk appearing in transnational logistics systems. (D) Get acknowledged of the national and regional regulations and political trends that directly impact on the logistic systems operations.
Competences
- Allocate and manage aircraft turnaround resources efficiently.
- Apply specific software for solving problems in the aeronautical sector.
- Communication.
- Identify, develop and maintain the necessary resources to meet the tactical and operative needs inherent to air transport activities.
- Personal attitude.
- Personal work habits.
- Thinking skills.
- Use knowledge of the fundamental principles of mathematics, economics, information technologies and psychology of organisations and work to understand, develop and evaluate the management processes of the different systems in the aeronautical sector.
- Work in teams.
Learning Outcomes
- Accept and respect the role of the various team members and the different levels of dependence within the team.
- Adapt to unexpected circumstances.
- Assess and propose different maintenance policies to minimise impact on system performance.
- Communicate knowledge and findings efficiently, both orally and in writing, both in professional situations and with a non-expert audience.
- Critically assess the work done.
- Define advanced concepts in air transport logistics.
- Develop critical thought and reasoning.
- Develop curiosity and creativity.
- Develop independent learning strategies.
- Develop models for comparative analysis of strategic decisions.
- Develop systemic thinking.
- Develop the ability to analyse, synthesise and plan ahead.
- Evaluate requirements to ensure quality in air transport operations.
- Formulate strategic problems in transport and multimode transport.
- Generate innovative and competitive proposals in professional practice.
- Identify the infrastructure that must be acquired to improve the performance parameters of each subsystem.
- Identify the principal bottlenecks that hold back quality factors.
- Identify, manage and resolve conflicts.
- Maintain a proactive and dynamic attitude towards career progression, personal growth and continuous professional development. Have the will to succeed.
- Make decisions.
- Manage time and available resources. Work in an organised manner.
- Prevent and solve problems.
- Select tools to help in decision making that are suited to the types of problems to be solved.
- Use commercial discrete-event simulation environments to conduct experiments.
- Use statistical analysis tools to model temporal activities and analyse the results.
- Use virtual environments to verify critical aspects.
- Work cooperatively.
- Work independently.
- Working in complex or uncertain environments and with limited resources.
Content
A Logistics: Systems & Operations
A10 Introduction to Global Logistics & Supply Chain Logistics Management
A20 Materials Packaging & Handling
A30 Warehousing Systems Outlook
A40 Transportation Systems & Infrastructures
A50 Optimum Transportation Mode Selection
B Logistics Management: Competitiveness & Competition
B10 Logistics Business Strategy,
Product-Service Value Proposition, Innovation & Intelligence
B20 Logistics Business Systems and Operations.
Transactional Value Chains, Internal & External Customers
B30 Business Competitiveness, CTQ Factors and Capabilities.
Strategic versus Operational Business and Business Risk Management.
B40 Business Competition, Market Sector, Market Segments and Market Share.
Strategic versus Operational Competition and Competition Risk Management.
B50 Superiority in Competition: Competitive Distance & Shooting Range.
Business Effort in Market Share Improvement Projects.
B60 Competition Principles: Market Share Target Levels and Robustnees
Competition Scenario Assessment.
B70 Competition & Market Share Management Strategies. Challengers and Leaders.
B80 Market Intelligence and Market Insights
C Globalization Context & Human Factor in Logistics
C10 The Global Socioeconomic Context of the Route to The Market
C20 Global Logistics Context: Cultures and Organizations
C40 Global Logistics Management Risks & Opportunities: Compliance
C50 Global Logistics Management: Corporate Culture, Contractors & Outsourcing
D Regional Transportation Policies & Infrastructure
D10 European Policies on Logistics Infrastructure
D20 Globe Regions Policies on Transportation & Logistics
E – Practices
Practice 1: Introduction to Six Sigma transactional
Practice 2: Voice of Customer analysis (voc)
Practice 3: Cause & Effect analysis
Practice 4: Pareto analysis
Practice 5: Six Sigma projects
Methodology
-Lectures: According to the course schedule, informed in the virtual campus, each class lecture will consist of:
- the explanation of the most important aspects of the subject according to the material provided for in the
Virtual Campus. Material that must have been studied by the student before the class lecture
- the solution of doubts that may have appeared during the previous study of the subject
- on the dates indicated in the course schedule, the completion of an exercise or the solution of a problem
on the subject of the class lecture or on previous topics related to the subject of the class lecture
- Case studies
- Practices exercises and problems
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Case studies Individual | 25 | 1 | 6, 11, 9, 8, 10, 14, 15, 17, 16, 18, 24 |
| Lectures | 36 | 1.44 | 5, 4, 6, 12, 7, 14, 17, 16, 18 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Individual Exercises and problems | 35 | 1.4 | 2, 5, 3, 6, 12, 8, 10, 7, 14, 15, 21, 17, 16, 19, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 25, 24, 26 |
| Practices | 34 | 1.36 | 2, 5, 3, 6, 12, 8, 10, 7, 14, 15, 21, 17, 16, 19, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 25, 24, 26 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Case studies Groupal | 20 | 0.8 | 2, 5, 3, 13, 6, 12, 8, 14, 15, 21, 17, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 25, 24 |
Assessment
30% - Individual Cases, Exercises and Problems
The score will be the simple average of the marks obtained in the top 60% of the exercises proposed and realized in class and in the top 80% of the exercises and works proposed for delivery in later date.
Cases, Exercises and Problems not submitted will be graded with zero
13% - Group Cases and Exercises
The score will be the simple average of all graded proposals
Cases, Exercises and Problems not submitted will be graded with zero
22% - Practices
The score will be the simple average of all practices
Practices that are not submitted will be graded with zero
35% - Examination
There will be two opportunities to perform the examination and the student can submit to one or both without any other requirement
The score obtained in this evaluation section will be the one of the best exam
The student will be suspended automatically if none of the two scores obtained in the two examination opportunities exceeds 3,50/10
100% - The student will be suspended either if the weighted average of the four evaluations does not exceed 4,95/10 or if the best score obtained in the two examination opportunities does not exceed 3,50/10. In this circumstance the maximum final qualification will be either the weighted average of the four evaluations or 4,50/10 (Insufficient)
The student will receive a "Not evaluable" grade
• in case of force majeure, firmly certified
• If request it in writing to the lecturer before November 1
Very important!
Without prejudice to other disciplinary action as deemed appropriate, in accordance with the academic regulations, irregularities committed by the student will be graded with a zero that can lead to a change in the rating of an act of evaluation. Therefore copy or permit copying a practice or any other evaluation activity will involve suspending with a zero, and if approval of this activity is necessary, the whole subject is suspended. Not be recoverable assessment activities classified in this way and by this process, and therefore the subject will be suspended directly without opportunity to recover in the same academic year.
Continuous assessment dates and deliveries will be published in the virtual campus and may be subject to program changes in response to any incidents. Always be informed through the virtual campus about these changes as it believes that this is the standard platform for information exchange between teachers and students.
NOTE: This subject does NOT provide for the single assessment system.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exam | 35% | 0 | 0 | 1, 5, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 7, 15, 17, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 24, 26 |
| Exercises, Cases and Problems | 43% | 0 | 0 | 2, 5, 3, 13, 6, 11, 9, 12, 8, 10, 7, 14, 15, 21, 17, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 25, 24, 26 |
| Pratices | 22% | 0 | 0 | 2, 5, 3, 13, 6, 12, 8, 10, 7, 14, 15, 21, 17, 16, 19, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 25, 24, 26 |
Bibliography
Gourdin Kent, "Global Logistics Management", Blackwell Publishing
Operations Management, design, planning and control for Manufacturing services. James B.Dilworth. McGraw-Hill
Logística de almacenaje: Diseño y gestión de almacenes y plataformas logísticas world class warehousing. Ander Errasti. Ediciones Pirámide.
Países Emergentes, En busca del Milagro Económico. Ruchir Sharma. AGUILAR / Breakout Nations: In Pursuit of the Next Economic Miracles. Ruchir Sharma Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Lanchester Strategy. Shinichi Yano. Lanchester Press Inc.
Handbook of Industrial Engineering. Salvendy. WILEY-INTERSCIENCE
A sustainable future for transport. TOWARDS AN INTEGRATED, TECHNOLOGY-LED AND USER-FRIENDLY SYSTEM. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2009 - ISBN 978-92-79-13114-1 - doi: 10.2768/13118
White Paper on transport. ROADMAP TO A SINGLE EUROPEAN TRANSPORT AREA — TOWARDS A COMPETITIVE AND RESOURCE-EFFICIENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2011 - ISBN 978-92-79-18270-9 -doi:10.2832/30955
The Six Sigma Handbook,Thomas Pyzdek, McGrawHill 2003.
As complementary material for each subject additional links to info and papers will be provided.
Software
MS EXCEL (Practices)