Code: | IMSS2003 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Acronym: | TSM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Section/Department: | Department of Marketing and Logistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Semester/Trimester: | 2nd Semester | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teaching weeks: | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Head: |
Vítor Manuel dos Ramos Caldeirinha |
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Lectures: |
Vítor Manuel dos Ramos Caldeirinha |
English
Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:
To understand the transport relevant role on Logistics
To determine Transport KPI´s(key performance indicators)
To identify and chose appropriate transport mode
To manage loading and unloading operations on transport environment
IT as support to Transport activities
Syllabus:
Relevance and evolution
1.1. Relation between Transport Suply Chane and Economy
1.2. Portuguese Case
2. Transport mode Caracteristics
2.1. Transport mode
2.2. How to choose transport mode
3.Transport management
3.1. Regulations and law aplyed to transport
3.2 Cost on primary and secundary transport
3.3.Correct loading and unloading procedures on different transport modes
3.4. Options: between own fleet and outsourcing
3.5. Routes planning
3.6. Permanent research on the methods
3.7. KPi´s (key performance indicators)
3.8. Procedures on reverse logistics
4.IT systems on transport management
4.1. Cost and Profit Analyses IT systems
4.2. Best stategies for the future transport
Method:theoretical through students participation and exchange of ideas, and pratical classes based on real
transport cases analyses
Avaliação distribuída com exame final
•Continuous Assessment: Written Test(60%) and group exercise in the IT lab(40%)
•Final, Resit and Special Session: Individual written test
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Song, A-W. and Panayides, P. ;Maritime Logistics: A guide to contemporary shipping and port management, Kogan Page, 2015 |
Kasinlingam, R. ;Logistics and Transportation, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998 |
Martin Stopford ;Maritime Economics, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009 |
David Lowe and Clive Pidgeon ;Lowe’s Transport Manager’s & Operator’s Handbook, Kogan Page, 2015 |
Brewer, A.M., Button, K.J., Hensher, D.A. ;The Handbook of Logistics and Supply-Chain Management, Emerald Group Publishing, 2008 |
Handbook of Ocean Container Transport Logistics: Making Global Supply Chains, Springer, 2014 |
Rushton, A., Oxley, J., Croucher, P. ;The handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management, Kogan Page, 2000 |
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