Production Management and Logistics

The course offers a specialisation in selected advanced topics within Production Management and Logistics Engineering, including smart, sustainable and digital production management and logistics engineering, and application of Industry 4.0 in production management and logistics engineering.

In addition, the course contains an introduction to relevant research methodologies and scientific writing.

Knowledge;

After completion of the course, the student will have deep theoretical knowledge within production management and logistics. The course is a basis for TPK4530 Production Management, Specialization Project.

Skills;

After completion of the course, the student will have skills related to:

• Finding and applying new knowledge from literature and other reliable sources
• Evaluating scientific publications and using these in their own work
• Designing a research project, including formulating problems and research questions, and planning appropriate activities and tasks
• Giving a structured presentation of their own work

General competence;

After completion of the course, the student will have general competence required to design, carry out, and report a research project within production management and logistics.

• Lectures
• Exercises
• Team-working and active learning-by-doing activities
• Seminars
• Guest lectures from experts