Logistics and Transport

Knowledge

The student shall have:

• advanced knowledge of key themes on firms logistic systems.
• advanced knowledge of procurement and inventory control in firms.
• knowledge on distribution- and route planning.
• thorough knowledge of generalized transport costs for passenger and freight transport.
• knowledge of welfare economic analyses in the transport industry

Skills

The student shall:

• be able to analyse a firm’s logistic system and give advices regarding changes that can improve the firms profitability.
• be able to calculate optimal purchase policy for a firm and evaluate critically the service level for different products.
• be able to evaluate critically advantages and disadvantages of intermodal transport systems.
• be able to analyse generalised transport costs for passenger- and freight transport.
• be able to conduct profitability analyses of transport and logistics initiatives and relate this to firm objectives and authority's policy instruments.

General competence

The student shall:

• be able to identify and analyse relevant logistical problems and provide argued recommendations of solutions to these.
• be able to analyse and communicate the significance of transport infrastructure and transport services for the competitiveness of businesses and industries, the social welfare and the current environmental challenges in both a local and a global perspective.