Materials Management (5 cr)
Code: 5091182-3002
General information
- Enrollment
- 02.12.2018 - 29.03.2019
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 07.01.2019 - 30.04.2019
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- RDI portion
- 1 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Engineering and Business
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 10 - 40
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Industrial Management Engineering
- Teachers
- Paula Kullanmäki
- Course
- 5091182
Evaluation scale
H-5
Content scheduling
Starting on week 2, 2019
Materials planning systems, for example MRP
Inventory and warehouse management
Different types of stocks
Demand forecasting
Cost savings methods in material management
Material Management related professional vocabulary
Objective
The student learns how to organize materials management in a company. The student will also get to know how to manage inventories and control the inventory related costs. The student will know which replenishment methods should be applied in different environments. He/she will learn how to calculate the inventory related costs and replenishment parameters.
Content
- Warehousing
- Advanced technologies both in warehouse material and information flow management
- Inventory related costs
- Different stocks and significance of those for customer service
- Material management and replenishment methods in different environments
- VMI concept
Materials
Arnold, Chapman, Clive: Introduction to Materials Management, 7th edition,
e-book
Teaching methods
lessons, group assigments, homeworks, exams
Student workload
5 op, 150 hours