Course code: 351006 | Subject title: GREEN LOGISTICS AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF TRANSPORTATION | ||||
Credits: 6 | Type of subject: Optative | Year: 4 | Period: 2º S | ||
Department: | |||||
Lecturers: | |||||
LERA LOPEZ, FERNANDO [Mentoring ] | FAULIN FAJARDO, FCO. JAVIER (Resp) [Mentoring ] | ||||
SERRANO HERNANDEZ, ADRIAN [Mentoring ] |
This subject has the following basic contents:
Increased competitiveness in all economic sectors requires companies to achieve a high level of efficiency in the organization of their operations for their survival in the market and the acceptance of their customers. The knowledge imparted in this subject allows rigorous analysis of various logistical problems that arise in the production or service processes in order to provide a quantitative support tool for decision making. Moreover, the green scope given in this subject helps the student to understand the contribution that sustainability produced in the mobility of goods and people.
CG01 - Capacity of analysis and synthesis.
CG02 - Organizational and planning capacity
CG03 - Oral and written communication in the native language
CG05 - Computer literacy related to study area
CG06 - Ability to analyze and seek information from diverse sources
CG07 - Ability to solve problems
CG08 - Ability to make decisions
CG09 - Ability to work in a team
CG14 - Critical and self-critical capacity
CG16 - Ability to work in pressure environments
CG17 - Autonomous learning ability
CG19 - Creativity
CE02 - Identification of the sources of economic information relevant to the firm theory
CE03 - Obtaining of information relevant to the firm that cannot be recognized by non-professionals.
CE04 - Application of business management professional criteria based on the management of technical instruments.
CE17 - Promotion of improvements in production processes aimed at increasing the added value created by the firm.
CMO2 - Knowledge of the concepts needed in production and logistics systems.
CMO4 - Solving problems that affect productive and logistic systems through qualitative and quantitative methods.
CMO10 - Knowledge of the material and non-material resources needed in the production process.
CMM2 - Ability to identify the problems related to distribution channels and the organizations that make up the commercial system.
CMB10 - Application of different quantitative and qualitative techniques in solving problems in the field of finance, banking and insurance
R03. Theoretical background for the decision making.
R12. Tactical and strategic decisions related to the production/operations area.
R14. Management support systems and their functions: planning, analysis, design and implementation of the information systems.
R16. Mathematical optimization
R18. Use of computers software to calculate transportation routes.
R19. Basic knowledge of logistics and transportation from the economic and environmental points of view.
R24. Basic knowledge of the environmental costs internalization in logistics and transportation.
R25. Basic knowledge of sustainability strategies in urban logistics.
Methodology-Activity | Class hours in the virtual campus | Non class hours in the virtual campus |
Reading and documents study | 25 | |
Debates and group tutoring | 10 | |
Individual study | 30 | |
Objective assessment tests | 2 | |
Individual tutoring | 3 | |
Assignments and study cases | 20 | 60 |
TOTAL | 60 | 90 |
The subject evaluation will be made taking into account the following criteria:
Learning outcomes | Evaluation system | Weight (%) | Can be repeated? |
All | Course feedback | 15% | NO |
All | Objective tests | 20% | NO |
All | Cases study analysis | 65% | YES |
PART I: Introduction to Logistics and Transportation.
PART II: Green Logistics and Sustainable Transport: Challenges and Decisions
Access the bibliography that your professor has requested from the Library.
a) Bibliografía básica:
1) Faulin, J., Grasman, S., Juan, A., Hirsch, P (2018): Sustainable Transportation and Smart Logistics: Decision Making Methods and Solutions. Elsevier. Cambridge. MA. USA
2) McKinnon, A., Browne, M., Piecyk, M., Whiteing, A. (2015): Green Logistics. Improving the Environmental Sustainability of Logistics. Kogan Page Limited. London. UK.
b) Bibliografía complementaria:
1) Ballou, R.H. (2004): Business Logistics. Supply Chain Management. Prentice Hall. NJ.
2) Coyle, J.J., Novak, R.A., Gibson, B., and Bardi, E.J. (2011): Transportation: A Supply Chain Perspective. South Western. Cencage Learning. Mason, OH
3) Fahimnia, B., Bell, M.G.H., Hensher, D.A., Sarkis, J. (2015): Green Logistics and Transportation. A Sustainable Supply Chain Perspective. Springer. New York. NY.
4) Faulin, J., Juan, A., Grasman, S. and Fry, M.J. (2013): Decision Making in Service Industries: A Practical Approach. CRC Press. Taylor and Francis Group. Boca Raton. FL.
5) Psaraftis, H.N.(ed) (2016): Green Transportation Logistics. The Quest for Win-Win Solutions. Springer.London. UK.
Software
LINDO- LINGO (www.lindo.com ),
MATLAB (http://es.mathworks.com/products/matlab/?requestedDomain=www.mathworks.com/ )
Microsoft Excel (www.microsoft.com )
English. A C1 level of English is recommended to follow this subject. Students not fulfilling the C1 requirement could have problems to follow this subject.
This subject will be completely taught on line by MiAulario (https://miaulario.unavarra.es/) platform.