SOCIOLOGY | |||||
Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
LOG4436 | Inventory and Warehouse Management | Fall | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
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Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Prof. Dr. YAVUZ GÜNALAY |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | Students learn to analytically solve problems and make decision considering forecasting, inventory planning and service levels, profitability, product range, supply chain dynamics, facility location, distribution, and routing. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; The course provides an integrated methodology for strategy based inventory and product management in supply chains. |
Course introduction, Measures in logistics, ABCD analysis, Activity based costing, Du Pont -model, Turnover, Modeling in logistics, Trend adjustment: Holt’s method, Trend and seasonal variation adjustment: Winter’s model, optimizing the parameters for the above methods, Stochastic demand, Safety stocks, Single products with time-variable demand, dynamic programming, Wagner-Whitin method, Silver-Meal heuristics, Time supply, Lot- forlot, Least unit cost, Part-period balancing, Heuristics, Yield Management – stochastic demand, Bullwhip effect, Deterministic demand, Probabilistic demand, Arborescent system, Supply chain contracts, Distribution requirements planning, Multioperiod production planning, Repair crew planning. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Course introduction, Measures in logistics, ABCD analysis | |
2) | Activity based costing | |
3) | Du-Pont Model, Turnover, Modeling in Logistics | |
4) | Trend adjustment: Holt’s method, Trend and seasonal variation adjustment: Winter’s model, optimizing the parameters for the above methods | |
5) | Stochastic demand, Safety stocks, Single products with time-variable demand, dynamic programming | |
6) | Wagner-Whitin method, Silver-Meal heuristics, Time supply, Lot- forlot, Least unit cost, Part-period balancing, Heuristics | |
7) | Yield Management – stochastic demand | |
8) | Midterms Week | |
9) | Bullwhip effect, Deterministic demand, Probabilistic demand, Arborescent system, Supply chain contracts, Distribution requirements planning | |
10) | Multioperiod production planning, Repair crew planning | |
11) | Case Capacent - preparation | |
12) | Case Capacent feedback session | |
13) | Course Wrapup; Case Sport Obermeyer feedback session | |
14) | Finals Week |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | Silver, Edward A. (1998) Inventory management and production planning and scheduling. ISBN 0-471-11947-4. |
References: | Ders Notları - Lecture material and course reading package. |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Homework Assignments | 5 | % 30 |
Midterms | 1 | % 30 |
Final | 1 | % 40 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 60 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 40 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
Homework Assignments | 5 | 12 | 60 |
Midterms | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Total Workload | 148 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
1) | To learn and compare major sociology perspectives, both classical and contemporary, and apply all of them to analysis of social conditions. | |
2) | To be able to identify the basic methodological approaches in building sociological and anthropological knowledge at local and global levels | |
3) | To be able to use theoretical and applied knowledge acquired in the fields of statistics in social sciences. | |
4) | To have a basic knowledge of other disciplines (including psychology, history, political science, communication studies and literature) that can contribute to sociology and to be able to make use of this knowledge in analyzing sociological processes | |
5) | To have a knowledge and practice of scientific and ethical principles in collecting, interpreting and publishing sociological data also develop ability how to share this data with experts and lay people, using effective communication skills | |
6) | To develop competence in analyzing and publishing sociological knowledge by using computer software for quantitative and qualitative analysis; and develop an attitute for learning new techniques in these fields. | |
7) | To identify and to have a knowledge of the theories related to urban and rural sociology and demography, and political sociology, sociology of gender, sociology of body, visual sociology, sociology of work, sociology of religion, sociology of knowledge and sociology of crime. | |
8) | To have knowledge of how sociology is positioned as a scientific discipline from a philosophical and historical perspective | |
9) | To have the awareness of social issues in Turkish society, to develop critical perspective in analysing these issues and to have a knowledge of the works of Turkish sociologists and to be able to transfer this knowledge | |
10) | To have the awareness of social issues and global societal processes and to apply sociological analysis to development and social responsibility projects | |
11) | To have the ability to define a research question, design a research project and complete a written report for various fields of sociology, either as an individual or as a team member. | |
12) | To be able to transfer the knowledge gained in the areas of sociology to the level of secondary school. |