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QUANTITATIVE METHODS - course description

General information
Course name QUANTITATIVE METHODS
Course ID 04.0-WZ-P-QM-S19
Faculty Faculty of Economics and Management
Field of study WEiZ - oferta ERASMUS
Education profile -
Level of studies Erasmus programme
Beginning semester winter term 2023/2024
Course information
Semester 1
ECTS credits to win 5
Course type obligatory
Teaching language english
Author of syllabus
  • dr Maciej Kozaryn
Classes forms
The class form Hours per semester (full-time) Hours per week (full-time) Hours per semester (part-time) Hours per week (part-time) Form of assignment
Laboratory 30 2 - - Credit with grade

Aim of the course

The aim of the course is to acquire knowledge, competence and ability to apply quantitative methods in solving logistic problems.

Prerequisites

None

Scope

Analysis of logistic processes. Logistic costs. Quantitative methods in supply, production and distribution subsystems. Analysis of production time of products, tasks of production optimization, order of production orders. Instruments for measuring the quality of logistic services. Efficiency of the supply chain. Mathematical models of logistic procedures.

Teaching methods

Presentation in the computer lab, project method.

Learning outcomes and methods of theirs verification

Outcome description Outcome symbols Methods of verification The class form

Assignment conditions

Solving the problem of the use of quantitative methods.
The student prepares a project in which  presents the application of quantitative methods to the own problem.

Recommended reading

1. Burton G., Wall S., Quantitative Methods For Business And Economics, Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2002.

2. Christou I. T., Quantitative Methods in Supply Chain Management: Models and Algorithms, Springer, 2012.

3. Hardy M.A., Bryman A., Handbook of Data Analysis. Sage, 2004.

 

Further reading

1. Karkula M., Jurczyk K. (et al.): Quantitative methods in logistics management, AGH University of Science and Technology Press, 2014.

2. Klose A., Van Wassenhove L.N., Speranza M.G., Quantitative Approaches to Distribution Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.

Notes

Lecturer: m.kozaryn@wez.uz.zgora.pl


Modified by dr Maciej Kozaryn (last modification: 30-05-2023 20:54)