Strategic Logistics Management

The focus of this class is on logistics related problems in the fields of strategic management, controlling and organization. Logistics processes within producing companies including their planning, steering and control are discussed. Students are supposed to deal with the instrumental and organizational consequences of the flow-oriented logistics conception. In addition to the logistics planning of producing companies, students learn about different business models of logistics service providers. To broaden the view from a simplistic focus to a holistic understanding the course also covers the management of relationships and cooperation as well as the issues of integration and coordination in interorganizational supply chains.