Logistics Management

Synthetic program:

1. The strategic role of Logistics Management. Definition of Logistics Management. Evolution of the concept of Logistics. Logistics and Supply Chain Management. The 3-layer model: execution, planning, design. The role of Logistics in the corporate strategy. Types of Logistics Strategies.
2. Logistics Performance Measurement System. Logistic costs measurement and analysis. Customer service KPIs. “Cost-Service” relationship.
3. Logistics Execution. Warehouse Design and Management: objectives, criteria, methodologies, quantitative decision-support models. Automated warehouses: performance indicators, technical features, management policies, application fields, design methods. Order Picking: technological solutions, design methods, management policies. Transportation Management. Transportation modes (road, ship, train, air, multimodal/intermodal): features and application fields. Optimization of road transportation.
4. Advanced Inventory Planning. Inventory planning in a multi-item multi-node logistic system. Collaborative Planning: Information sharing, Central coordination models (e.g. Vendor Managed Inventory -VMI), Collaboration models (e.g. Collaborative Planning Forecasting and Replenishment-CPFR). Impacts of inventory management on order cycle time.
5. Logistics System Design. Logistic network design and management. Distribution network typologies: single and multi echelon, hub and spoke, mixed structures. Design methodologies and quantitative decision support tools. Outsourcing of Logistics: objectives, logistic service providers, selection criteria.
6. Innovation in Logistics. eCommerce and Omni-channel Logistics. Logistics 4.0. Sustainable Logistics. Reverse Logistics.