Valid for: 2023/24
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering, LTH
Decided by: PLED I
Date of Decision: 2023-04-14
Compulsory for: MLOG1
Elective for: I4-pr, I4-lf, M4-lp
Language of instruction: The course will be given in English
The course aims to provide you with current knowledge regarding the design and the management of a warehouse in all sorts of environments. After finishing this course, you will master the techniques and tools required to analyze and improve the efficiency in existing warehouses as well as designing new facilities from start. This course will also improve your ability to abstract, model, and solve real-life problems related to logistics and warehousing.
Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must
acquire knowledge regarding tools and concepts that can be used to analyze and improve the efficiency in a warehouse. This means that the student should be able to:
Competences and skills
For a passing grade the student must
develop skills and abilities so that he/she can work with efficiency improvements in a warehouse. This means that the student should be able to:
Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must
be able to apply critical thinking and, hopefully, acquire a lasting interest for industrial warehousing and materials handling. His/her attitude should be more ”professionalized”, and the student should have obtained insights regarding the design and management of a warehouse.
The course in Warehousing and Materials Handling will familiarize you with the concept of a warehouse in a supply chain and its relevant terminology. Furthermore, you will learn what types of equipment and IS/IT systems that are suitable for different types of warehousing environments. You will also learn to analyze a warehouse in order to plan its layout and manage its resources. Finally, you will learn to benchmark the operations in different warehouses against each other.
Grading scale: TH - (U,3,4,5) - (Fail, Three, Four, Five)
Assessment: Passed written examination, project and assignments. Compulsory attendance may occur in certain parts.
The examiner, in consultation with Disability Support Services, may deviate from the regular form of examination in order to provide a permanently disabled student with a form of examination equivalent to that of a student without a disability.
Parts
Code: 0122. Name: Case.
Credits: 4,5. Grading scale: TH. Assessment: Satisfactorily completed case. Contents: In a case study, the students in groups (3-4) should solve the materials handling problems of a fictive company. A report should be presented containing the suggested improvements of each group..
Code: 0222. Name: Assignments.
Credits: 3. Grading scale: TH. Assessment: Satisfactorily completed individual assignment. Contents: The individual assignment should be solved by the student and a written report should be presented.
Assumed prior knowledge: MIO310/MIOF30 Operations Research-Basic Course.
The number of participants is limited to: No
The course overlaps following course/s: MTT021, MTT091, MTTF10
Course coordinator: Joakim Kembro, joakim.kembro@tlog.lth.se
Course homepage: http://www.tlog.lth.se
Further information: Participation is mandatory for the first session. Absence from the first class session may result in an automatic drop from the course.