Logistics Engineering and Management

This logistics course deals with the engineering and management of the multiple flows in every segment (node or link) of the network consisting of suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, vendors, and customers. The coordination and integration of these flows within and across these network elements are critical and acknowledged as a key to any successful industrial strategy.
As such, this course is dedicated to the fundamental concepts and techniques of logistic processes’ optimization, logistics management, quality engineering and quality management systems.
The course focuses particularly on demand and supply forecasting models, logistics network planning and modelling, warehousing and inventory management models, production and manufacturing logistics, logistics distribution & transport systems, reverse logistics, quality engineering and quality management systems. The course closes with a discussion about (1) the challenges of greening logistics operations, and (2) the integration of all of the above towards supply chain management.

Introduce to the future engineer, the key concepts of logistics operations, logistics optimization, quality engineering and quality management of industrial systems and products while insisting on the underlying principles and assumptions as well as the resulting limitations and practical issues of their application.

Cours ayant celui-ci comme co-requis

• Semester: First semester of the academic year (Early November to mid-December).

• Theoretical part: 1 ECTS (3 sessions of 4 hours each).

• Exercises/Practicals part: 3 ECTS (9 sessions of 4 hours each) comprising exercises, illustrations, workshops with experts.

• Eventual take-home exercises to be solved or a case to be elaborated (1 ECTS personal work).

Contribution to the teaching profile

(1) Improve significantly the capacity of the future engineer to understand and formalize logistics operations and quality issues and, (2) equip him with the necessary skills and tools to optimize and manage them.

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

• Essentials of Logistics and Management, EPFL-Press 

• Introduction to Logistics Systems Planning and Control. G. Ghiani, G. Laporte, R. Musmanno. Editions WILEY

• Fundamentals of Production Planning and Control. S. Chapman, Edition Pearson Prentice Hall.

• Management Industriel et Logistique: Conception et pilotage de la Supply Chain. G. Baglin, O. Bruel, et al. Editions Economica.

• Other books, brochures, papers and case studies will be regularly provided to the students.

Course notes

• Université virtuelle

Contacts

Professor Alassane B. NDIAYE
alassane.ndiaye@ulb.be

Campus

Solbosch

Method(s) of evaluation

• written examination

written examination

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

• written exam theoretical part (multiple choice and/or open questions): 20%
• written exam practical part (exercises): 80%

Language(s) of evaluation

• english