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2016/2017  DIP-DSCMV2021U  International Shipping and Logistics

English Title
International Shipping and Logistics

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 10 ECTS
Type Elective
Level Graduate Diploma
Duration One Semester
Start time of the course Autumn
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Max. participants 60
Study board
Study Board for Graduate Diploma in Business Administration
Course coordinator
  • Günter Prockl - Department of Operations Management (OM)
Main academic disciplines
  • Globalization and international business
  • Supply chain management and logistics
Last updated on 14-04-2016
Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors: The student should after the course be able to understand, explain and discuss –
• International freight transportation in a globalised world and problems arising out of that.
• Important interfaces between container shipping, third-party logistic suppliers (3PL) and supply chain management for international transportation.
• Challenges related to container shipping and 3PL in the international supply chain.
Skills:
The student will build up a thorough knowledge of:
• The international methods of transport and the suppliers of transportation and logistics
• General international logistic tasks (processes, functions and activities)
• Relations between shipping Companies as suppliers and carriers as suppliers
• Supply chain management and strategy implementation
Competencies:
The course will give students Expert knowledge of strategy and structures of international shipping and the logistics industry which will develop his/her management skills.
Examination
Interational Shipping and Logistics:
Exam ECTS 10
Examination form Oral exam based on written product

In order to participate in the oral exam, the written product must be handed in before the oral exam; by the set deadline. The grade is based on an overall assessment of the written product and the individual oral performance.
Individual or group exam Individual exam
Size of written product Max. 10 pages
Minimum of 5 pages. Handed in electronically. More information is provides by the Study Administration.
Assignment type Synopsis
Duration
Written product to be submitted on specified date and time.
20 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade, and informing plus explaining the grade
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) Internal examiner and second internal examiner
Exam period Winter, Can be found in the student guidelines on e-Campus
Information regarding timely withdrawal of registration for the examination can be found in the student guidelines on e-Campus.
Make-up exam/re-exam
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
Can be found in the student guidelines on e-Campus
Information regarding timely withdrawal of registration for the examination can be found in the student guidelines on e-Campus.
Description of the exam procedure

At the oral exam the students will briefly (maximum five minutes) report about an identified challenge in the international transportation chain and subsequently introduce a theory based solutions. This will be followed by the examiners asking questions concerning the solution but also to more general issues in order to test the accomplishment of the learning objectives. Power point slides to support the presentation are allowed and potentially useful. The emphasis is put on the students capability to use and discuss concepts and models from across the curriculum to illustrate the problem and to relate challenges to concepts and vice versa.
Course content and structure

Effective and efficient transportation and related service may be seen as enablers of the supply chains in modern globalized economies and become increasingly important.

 

The elective International Shipping and Logistics specializes into the management challenges, roles, and service offerings of logistics service providers as important players within the broader theoretical context of global supply chain management. From the viewpoint of logistics service providers it introduces the key elements of successful business models in transportation chains and for specific types of logistics services such as 3PL. Understanding such underlying mechanisms of managing transportation chains is also relevant for future managers of industries and retail supply chain who need to relate the services with their processes.

 

The structure of the course is based on different topic blocks and a blend of more theoretical approaches with industry facts. It is starting with a general discussion on the customer-oriented business needs for logistics services, introducing structure and impact of international flows of goods and material, resulting effects on the demand for logistics services

It then introduces the fundamentals and key players in the international container shipping, and the challenges that currently exist. This is complemented by a view into their institutional setup in terms of basic roles, functions and restrictions e.g. caused by regulations and deregulations.
The course then details upon generic structures and approaches – such as hub-and-spoke systems - as well as related current challenges for the management of logistics services. This happens partially also in a more isolated view for different modes of transportation (such as sea, air, road and rail). Respective systems, key challenges, and different opportunities for different service providers involved are introduced and discussed.
Finally the course takes a more comprehensive view e.g. towards approaches for an integration of different modes of transportation into the supply chain or regarding the integration of 3PL services into the supply chains of industry and retail.
Teaching methods
The course consists of a total of 33 lessons (10 Ects) containing lectures (in/external), class dialogue, case studies, group work and presentations. The course uses external lecturers and experts in selected areas to make content and teaching as exciting and eventful as possible. The application of information technology may help to support the learning experience and the provision of an international perspective to the subject.
Student workload
Teaching 33 hours
Preparation of lectures, readings, synopsis and exam 241,66 hours
Further Information

For further information please contact the Department of Operations Management

Programme Administrator Gitte Østergaard goe.om@cbs.dk
Course Coordinator Günter Prockl gp.om@cbs.dk

 

Teaching activities Monday from 18.05 - 20.40 in weeks: 37,38,40, 41,43,47.
Teaching activities Saturday from 10.45 - 16.05 in weeks 44,45,46. 
Teaching activities begin in week 37 and ends in week 47. There are no teaching activities in week 42.
Expected literature

Prockl, Günter (red.): Kompendium - International Shipping and Logistics. Fall 2016.

(Contains selected book chapters, articles and cases


 
Last updated on 14-04-2016