Business Logistics

University of Florida
Warrington College of ancestry Administration
Information Systems and Operations Management Department
MAN 6528 (Principles of logistics / pane Systems)
Instructor: Dr. Tharanga Rajapakshe
O?ce: Stuzin 335
O?ce Hours: Tuesdays 10.30 am - 12.30 pm
Telephone: 352-273-0342
E-mail: tharanga@u?.edu

Course Objective:
The intention of the course is to study the logistics business models and a range of logistics
problems set about by ?rms.

Course Description:
Logistics is an important part of operations management in general, and of supply chain management in particular. Roughly put, logistics consists of all the activities that enable a business
to make its products available to consumer at convenient locations, in the required quantities,
and at borderline cost to the company. The speci?c topics that we shall study in this course
are: (1) Logistic Strategy; (2) Modeling and Optimizing Logistic Problems; (3) Routing Service
Vehicles; (4) Transportation in the total Chain; (5) Distribution Inventory Management. We
allow discuss the analytics of pattern and optimizing logistics systems, as intimately as a range of
logistics issues face by ?rms from di?erent industries.

Course Material:
Course notes and basic bait material allow for be make available online.



You will be expected to
supplement this with your own notes taken in class. The text book used in class is Ballou, R.
H., Business logistics/ Supply Chain management, 5th edition.

Assignments:
There will be a few individual assignments as well as group-based assignments scattered throughout the module. There will withal be two individual in-class exams.

Grading:
Exam 1 (35%); Exam 2 (35%); Assignments (30%)

Course Policies:
Attendance: Attendance is not compulsory however I encourage you to attend the class
frequently. If you spend a class, it is your responsibility to learn the material covered in that
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