Major in
Logistics,
Operations, and
Supply Chain
Management
Agenda for 6th March
Room C2-0005 at 10.00-10.45
10.00-10.25: Why would you choose logistics?
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Jobs and Master projects (Marianne)
Presentation by 4th year student Christoffer and 5th year student Kristian
Presentation by last year student Ingrid
10.25-10.40: What will you learn?
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Course portfolio and faculty (Marianne)
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1st and Final course (Marianne)
Operations (Mehdi/Stein-Erik)
LEGO-GAME (Eirill)
Purchasing (Lena)
Distribution (Bente)
10.40-11.00: Questions from students
Why study logistics?
‘Globally, operations are one of the key areas of McKinsey,
which may come as a surprise to many students. In operations, we
work at all levels in a client organization and solve everything
from high level operations strategy issues to detailed problems at
the shop floor. My experience so far, is that operations/logistics is
an area where the right competence and skills can yield big
improvements for most companies.’
Frode Johannesen Sandmark, then senior consultant in McKinsey, started as
junior consultant after majoring in logistics at BI in 2008
…. among the competencies that are
most needed today…
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Producers, e.g.
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Retail chains, e.g.
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DHL, Posten, IFRC
Consultancy firms, e.g.
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Wilh.Wilhelmsen, Klaveness, Høegh
Logistics service providers, e.g.
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Norgesgruppen, Coop, XXL
Shipping companies, e.g.
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Statoil, Orkla, Aker Kværner, Ringnes, Norrøna, Jotun, Tine
McKinsey, PwC, Accenture, Cap Gemini, Deloitte
Public sector; e.g.
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municipalities, hospitals
2012
Former students - where are they now?
Kuehne + Nagel
Controller
2012
Capgemeni
Consultant
2012
Kavli
Product manager
2012
Coop Norge
Procurement
2012
Metier
Consultant
2012
Ernst & Young
Consultant
2013
Tine
Trainee
2013
Deloitte
Konsulent
2013
Ressurs Bank
Key Account Manager
2013
Posten
Trainee
2013
Sykehuspartner
Konsulent
2013
Moods of Norway
Supply Chain Analyst
2013
Solis and Solis Professional
Supply Chain Controller
2013
Coop
Logistikkplanlegger
2013
Bonaventura Sales
Supply Chain Controller
2013
Ingram Micro Mobility
Purchaser
2013
Posten
Trainee
2013
Tine
Verdikjedeplanlegger
2013
Mart AS
Project Leader
2013
Marine Harvest Terminal AS
Forwarding Agent
2013
EY
Associate
General experiences of a 5th year
student
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Small classes = great learning environment
Small classes = very social
Learnt a lot!
The lecturers want to improve
Good mix of qualitative and quantitative courses
Focus in courses: being “close to reality”
Kristian
The 5th year
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The autumn: minor, internship or exchange
The spring:
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“Current Issues in Supply Chain Management”
Master thesis
Master thesis: opportunity to make it practical!
http://www.best-masters.com/ranking-master-supplychain-and-logistics.html: world’s 11th best master
program for SCM!
I believe I made the right choice 
Questions? [email protected] or 90744430
Kristian
Spesialiseringen Logistikk vil gi deg verktøy som gjør at du kan jobbe med
varierte og spennende oppgaver etter endt studie
Ingrid
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© 2013 Deloitte AS
What will you learn?
Fall
2015
Current Issues in Logistics, Operations, and SCM
Managing in Business Networks (Elective)
Project Logistics and Supply Chain Risk Mmgt. (Elective)
Research Methodology in Logistics, Operations, and SCM
Distribution and Logistics Service Providers
Spring
2015
Operations II
Purchasing: Managing supply relationships and networks
Fall
2014
Term
Operations I
Supply Chain Management
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Spring
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…Master thesis topics include:
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Should H & M change from an Asian to a European
supplier for a given line of dresses?
What is the optimal location along the Norwegian coast for
Redningsselskapet’s boats?
Recycling of packaging: costs and customer service in
reverse logistics systems
Designing a new system for mass vaccination in Norway
Early involvement by LSPs in project logistics
How to prevent food loss in Norway by
analysing/improving retail supply chains?
Optimising the use of Police force
Taking logistics into account when designing relief products
Subcontractor information management in design and
construction of complex products
Marlen and Cecilie collecting data for
Port Operations - Optimising flows when designing new
their master thesis
facilities
Simulation model for forecasting in manufacturing of tinned
food
Applied and international
Master Projects 2013
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Norwegian
Brdr. Dahl
Kuehne+Nagel
Matbazaren
Tine
Noreps/Innovasjon Norge
Aker
Renovasjonsetaten
NSB
Police
Smaken av Grimstad
Oslo Port
Internships, double degree, exchange
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4 logs of students on internships 2013
Exchange Portugal, USA, France, etc.
Double-degree USA
Masterstudentene (fra venstre) Kjetil Fjellheim Lislelid, Therese Kjæ rnet,
Ing rid Mortensen og Tilman Köberlein er alle sæ rdeles fornøyd med
læ rerike arbeidsopphold ved Posten Norge og DNV
Source: Logistikk og Ledelse, February 2013
The tool-box
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PC based optimisation models for networks and supply
Capacity management and waiting lines
Methods for developing and managing relationships
Inventory management tools
Managing supply chains and networks
Resource development tools
Pricing transport
Negotiations
Business case development: outsourcing or not, decentralisation
vs. centralisation of procurement, moving ports, etc.
Analysis and modelling using excel
and much more …
Faculty involved in our courses
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…; get in touch for questions…
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Bente, [email protected] Responsible Major 2014-2015
Debbie, [email protected]
Eirill, [email protected]
Lena, [email protected]
Marianne, [email protected] (sabbatical 2014-2015)
Mehdi, [email protected]
Nils, [email protected]
Stein-Erik, [email protected]
New faculty
…the courses?
Operations I and II: Stein Erik/Mehdi
Supply Chain Management, Distribution: Bente
Purchasing: Lena
Research Methodology: Mehdi
Project logistics & risk: Marianne/Lena
Current Issues in Logs, Ops, and SCM: Stein-Erik
GRA 6715 Operations I
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Acquired knowledge:
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Process capacities/ bottlenecks and optimization of
capacity
Forecasting
Cycle stock/safety stock management/service
Acquired skills:
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Optimisation techniques
To be able to understand and use logistics models
To be able to discuss logistics management with
other specialists
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GRA 6754 Operations II
Acquired knowledge:
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Waiting lines and queues – process performance
and service optimisation
Network optimisation
Yeld and demand management, risk pooling
Scheduling
Transport planning
Acquired skills:
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Optimisation and planning techniques
Logistics models and background for real life
problem solving
Purchasing: managing supplier
relationships and networks
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Background:
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Implications:
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Due to specialisation and outsourcing, the costs of purchased
goods and services represent 60-80 percent of the total costs of
goods sold in a company
Purchasing has gained a more strategic role in companies
Suppliers are increasingly recognised as important for companies’
product and process performance
How to manage supplier relationships is key for purchasing
management
Course focus:
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The role and function of purchasing in a company
The opportunities and challenges involved in managing supplier
relationships and networks
Distribution
& Logistics Service Providers
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How goods are distributed to the final customers from
the perspective of the logistics service providers.
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The characteristics of distribution systems and networks
Types of transport and types of LSPs
How to calculate transport costs and negotiate a transport
contract
How to structure and operate a warehouse
The significance of transport infrastructure
Distribution and the environment covering Life-CycleAnalysis, waste management and reverse logistics
The course includes a number of guest lectures &
practical role play
SCM:
Content:
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Lectures, guest teachers, cases,
use of excel
Literature:
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Book + a few articles
Examination:
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Term paper including
presentation: 40%
3 hour written exam: 60%
2 individual hand-ins: pass/fail
CASES & EXAMPLES FROM
NORWAY & ABROAD
SC- LEGOGAME
Current Issues:
Content:
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CAR IMPORT & CHOICE OF PORTS
Learn a framework for doing a
business case: Practice what you
have learnt in the other courses &
for work
Literature:
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(Same) book + articles
Examination:
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60% - Term Paper
40% - Class participation:
presentation, individual hand-ins,
role play
DISASTER RELIEF
LOGISTICS
PREPAREDNESS AND
RESPONSE STRATEGY
A story told in Cambridge,
Massachusetts (Shapiro 2001)
’A young man, obviously a college student, is
unloading his purchases at a supermarket
checkout counter. A large sign above the
counter indicates that it is for customers with
twenty items or less, but the young man has at
least twenty. The clerk tells him, ’You either
go to MIT and you can’t read, or you or to
Harvard and you can’t count.’ (p.XVII)
Should you choose
logistics?