Course period: 1.
Year of study: 3
Compulsory optional module
The aim of the course is to present knowledge about the nature of warehouse and inventory management with an emphasis on the management of these processes in manufacturing, wholesale and retail. Justify the contribution of operational research to warehousing and inventory management. Introduce types of warehouses, warehouse automation, transport and handling technologies and optimize their use. Present solutions to simple warehousing tasks and design warehousing solutions. Demonstrate the use of communication and information technologies in warehousing and inventory management.
Brief module description
- Importance of storage and stocks, logistics.
- Business logistics and material movement.
- The role of storage and handling
- Business assortment
- Business and its components.
- Inventory models.
- Transport organization.
- Use of information technology in trade and commerce.
