SA_N_BSP Security and reliability of logistics processes

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
summer 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Ing. Vladislav Zitrický, PhD. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Ing. Rudolf Kampf, Ph.D., MBA
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
SA_N_BSP/P01: each odd Friday 8:00–9:30 B2, each odd Friday 9:40–11:10 B2, V. Zitrický
SA_N_BSP/S01: each odd Friday 11:25–12:55 B2, V. Zitrický
Prerequisites
OBOR(CAP)
Basic knowledge of mathematics and statistics. Knowledge of transportation and transportation at the bachelor's degree. Completion of the course Mathematical modeling of processes and systems is an advantage but not a requirement.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
The student will gain expertise in the field of security and reliability of logistics chains, with an emphasis on the risks of material and information flows. The graduate is able to define and assess the security and reliability of logistics chains and to assess the importance of human factor for the reliability and security of logistics chains. It controls the theoretical fundamentals of security and crisis management in the context of security and reliability of logistics chains and can analyze information on crisis situations and the possibilities of dealing with these situations.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course the student can analyze individual elements that could disrupt the security and reliability of logistic processes. It is able to determine the impacts of the risks that affect the processes.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to safety and reliability, definition of quality, reliability and safety.
  • 2. Quality, ISO and standards.
  • 3. Tools to improve quality.
  • 4. Quality documentation and ISO 9001
  • 5. Operational reliability of machines and equipment.
  • 6. Faults of machines and equipment
  • 7. Technology of maintenance and repair of machines.
  • 8. Increasing the reliability of systems.
  • 9. Technical diagnostics
  • 10. Probabilistic and static reliability indicators.
  • 11. Security management.
  • 12. Security of information systems.
  • 13. Crisis management
Literature
    required literature
  • Antoš, K. et al. (2019). Studijní materiály pro obor logistika a doprava/Lernmaterial für den Bereich Logistik und Transport/Study material for the field of logistics and transport. 1st edition, VŠTE v Českých Budějovicích, Okružní 517/10, 370 01 České B
    recommended literature
  • Burns, M. G., 2015. Logistics and Transportation Security. CRC Press, Tylor & Francis Group, 1st ed., 420 pp., ISBN: 978-1-4822-5307-8
  • Bukowski, L. (2019). Modelling and Simulation of Logistic Networks. Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 288 pp. ISBN: 978-3-0300-0849-9
  • Rushton, A.; Croucher, P. & Baker; P., 2010. The handbook of logistics and distribution management. 4ed., Koganpage, 20 Pentonville Road London N1 9JN United Kingdom; ISBN: 978-0-7494-5714-3
Forms of Teaching
Lecture
Seminar
Tutorial
Teaching Methods
Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Competition
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Group Teaching - Collaboration
Project Teaching
Brainstorming
Partner Teaching
Critical Thinking
Individual Work– Individual or Individualized Activity
Teaching Supported by Multimedia Technologies
Student Workload
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
Preparation for Seminars, Exercises, Tutorial6 
Preparation for the Final Test17 
Self-study of materials10 
Semester project17 
The elaboration of the test itself15 
Attendance on Lectures26 
Attendance on Seminars/Exercises/Tutorial/Excursion13 
Total:1040
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Test – final 70 %
Project – individual 30 %
Exam conditions
Seminar Work: 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
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.
The course is also listed under the following terms SUMMER 2023.
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