B_LOG Logistics

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
winter 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Petr Kolařík (seminar tutor)
doc. Ing. Ondrej Stopka, PhD. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Ondrej Stopka, PhD.
Department of Transport and Logistics – Faculty of Technology – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Department of Transport and Logistics – Faculty of Technology – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Timetable of Seminar Groups
B_LOG/K02: Sat 27. 9. 16:30–18:00 E5, Sun 26. 10. 13:05–17:35 I303, Sat 8. 11. 8:00–12:30 H209, Sun 30. 11. 14:50–16:20 I303, P. Kolařík
B_LOG/P01: each even Thursday 8:00–11:00 D216, P. Kolařík
B_LOG/S01: each even Thursday 11:25–14:25 D216, P. Kolařík
Prerequisites (in Czech)
UDO Introduction to transport and transportation
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to explain to students the contribution of logistics to value creation, to clarify its importance for the profitability of the enterprise and to teach them to address basic logistics tasks. A graduate of the course is able to define and explain the goals and tasks of logistics, is able to analyze logistics systems and design systems structures with target behavior, has mastered the basics of planning logistics processes in production, distribution and services, is able to work with models and simulation, is able to design suitable handling, storage and transport equipment for value chains, is able to determine the basic parameters of these equipment by calculation, is able to perform logistics control operations.
Learning outcomes
The student after successful pathing the course:
-is able to define and explain goals and tasks of logistics,
-can analyze logistics systems and conceive structures of systems with target behavior,
-knows the basics of planning of logistics processes in production, distribution and services,
-can work with models and simulations,
-can design suitable manipulation, storage and transport means for value-building strings,
-can determine basic parameters of these means by calculation,
-can perform logistics control operations.
Syllabus
1. Introduction to the issue of material flows and logistics 2. Task, goals and basic concepts of logistics 3. Industrial logistics 4. The effects of the global market on corporate logistics 5. Principles of designing of logistics systems 6. Production logistics 7. Distribution logistics 8. Informatics and communication in logistics 9. Value chain and logistics processes 10. Supply Chain Management 11. Work aids for the implementation of logistic functions 12. Selection and basics of dimensioning of manufacturing resources 13. Logistics controlling
Literature
    required literature
  • CHOVANCOVÁ, M. 2018. Logistika: studijní opora pro kombinované studium. České Budějovice: Vysoká škola technická a ekonomická v Českých Budějovicích.
  • BARTUŠKA, Ladislav; Karel JEŘÁBEK and Rudolf KAMPF. Logistické minimum (Logistical minimum). Druhé vydání. České Budějovice: Katedra dopravy a logistiky, VŠTE v Českých Budějovicích, 2016, 91 pp. ISBN 978-80-7468-073-1. info
  • LAMBERT, Douglas M; James R STOCK and Lisa M ELLRAM. Logistika. In Praxe manažera. Vyd. 2. Brno: CP Books, 2005, 589 s. Praxe manažera. ISBN 80-251-0504-0. info
    recommended literature
  • RUDLOVÁ, L.MIKULEC, P., POLÁŠKOVÁ, M., SVOBODA, J. 2006. Logistika. Sbírka příkladů. Studijní pomůcka pro distanční studium. Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně. Fakulta managementu a ekonomiky. Zlín. ISBN 80-7318-475-3.
  • RUDLOVÁ,L.MIKULEC,P.,POLÁŠKOVÁ, M.,SVOBODA,J.Logistika.Sbírka příkladů.Studijní pomůcka pro distanční studium. Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně. Fakulta managementu a ekonomiky. Zlín 2006.
  • LUKOSZOVÁ, X., VLČEK, P. a WILCZKOVÁ, M. Logistika. 1. vyd. Karviná: Obchodně podnikatelská fakulta v Karviné SU v Opavě, 2013.
  • CHYTILOVÁ, Ekaterina and Jarmila STRAKOVÁ. Procurement vs. Inbound logistics: a case study of Czech companies. Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues. 2025, vol. 12, No 4, p. 74-86. ISSN 2345-0282. URL info
  • BARTEKOVÁ, Mária and Michal KONEČNÝ. Leadership a kreativní průmysl: vysokoškolské učební texty (Leadership and the Creative Industry: College Textbook). České Budějovice: Vysoká škola evropských a regionálních studií, z.ú. (VŠERS), 2024, 90 pp. ISBN 978-80-7556-148-0. URL info
  • LIŽBETINOVÁ, Lenka; Pavla LEJSKOVÁ; Eva NEDELIAKOVÁ; Zdeněk CAHA and Miloš HITKA. The growing importance of ecological factors to employees in the transport and logistics sector. Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja. London, United Kingdom: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021, neuveden, No 2021, p. nestránkováno, 25 pp. ISSN 1331-677X. URL info
  • STOPKA, Ondrej. APPLICATION OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH METHODS IN CITY LOGISTICS. první. Kielce, Poland: Wydawnictwo Politechniki Świętokrzyskiej, Kielce, Poland, 2020, 203 pp. ISBN 978-83-65719-85-0. info
  • GHIANI, G. et al. Introduction to Logistics Systems Management. 2nd. Wiley, 2013, 478 pp. ISBN 978-1-119-94338-9. info
  • SIXTA, J. and V. JMAČÁT. Logistika - teorie a praxe. Brno: computer press, 2005, 315 pp. ISBN 80-251-0573-3. info
  • DRAHOTSKÝ, Ivo and Bohumil ŘEZNÍČEK. Logistika : procesy a jejich řízení. In Praxe manažera. Vyd. 1. Brno: Computer Press, 2003, 334 s. Praxe manažera. ISBN 80-7226-521-0. info
Forms of Teaching
Lecture
Seminar
Tutorial
Consultation
Teaching Block - lecture
Teaching Block - seminar
Teaching Block - tutorial
Teaching Block - consultation
Teaching Methods
Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Competition
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Brainstorming
Critical Thinking
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies
Student Workload
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
Presentation66
Preparation for Lectures20 
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial1965
Preparation for the Final Test1313
Semester project2020
Attendance on Lectures26 
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion2626
Total:130130
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Exam – written 70 %
Presentation 10 %
Project – semestral 20 %
Exam conditions
Grading of the course: Students have to prepare an individual semester project according to the teacher's instructions: maximum 30% (0-30 points).
Final Test: maximum 70% (0-70 points). Successful graduates of the course have to get totally at least 70 points: A 100 – 90, B 89,99 – 84, C 83,99 – 77, D 76,99 – 73, E 72,99 – 70, FX 69,99 – 30, F 29,99 - 0.
Language of instruction
Czech
Teacher's information
https://is.vstecb.cz/auth/do/5610/skripta/1941202/1941285/Logistika.pdf?fakulta=5610;obdobi=126;kod=DOT;predmet=7064
Attendance in lessons is defined in a separate internal standard of ITB (Evidence of attendance of students at ITB). It is compulsory, except of the lectures, for full-time students to attend 70 % lesson of the subjet in a semester.Full-time students at LOG_z seminars are not included within the attendance system.
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