Lecture                                    Topic

(30.09.2020                              Student competition Webinar at 14:00, see link below)

(01.10.2020                              Student competition deadline, see information email)

05.10.2020                               Introduction and Q&A via MS Teams

12.10.2020                               Lecturecast Preparedness, Quiz 1 and Q&A about topics

19.10.2020                               Lecturecast Cooperation, Quiz 2 and Q&A

02.11.2020                               Lecturecast Response submission date at GBSN, Submission presentation via MS Teams, Quiz 3

09.11.2020                               Q&A, potential practice presentation session, Quiz 4

16.11.2020                               Lecturecast Research topics at ITL

23.11.2020                               "Finalist" presentations, deadline writeup for the course

Sessions videos and contents will be provided well before their respective session. The topics mentioned here correspond to the material covered in the 4 quizzes in sessions 2-5 (e.g. topic „Intro“ should be watched on 5.10. the latest and will be covered in the quiz on Oct. 12

Before the first session, the registration for the student competition (GBSN student competition, a competition to provide SC solutions to challenges provided by the current Covid 19 crisis. The competition provides a price of 5000 USD for the best student team submission and provides an excellent opportunity to put meaningful SC experience onto student's CVs, see here) is due on October 1st.

Already on September 30th there is a Q&A session by the student competition team at the following webinar. Please register and participate if possible. If you cannot make it, a recorded version of the webinar will be provided at the competition webpage.

This course deals with the topic of humanitarian supply chains. It starts with an introduction into the basics and fundamental concepts of humanitarian logistics. The main challenges of disaster relief operations are discussed and the main differences to logistics in a business environment are described. While the second session is focused on the preparedness phase of a disaster, the third session will be devoted to the disaster response phase. In the fourth session, different recent research areas are discussed (Multi-objective optimization, Needs Assessment).

These defined contents above provide just the basis for the course and are provided via videos in the lecture cast area of Learn@WU. Additional material, relevant to the competition and the quizzes, will be discussed in the first session.

After successful completion of this course, students will be able to reflect upon basic and advanced concepts in the area of humanitarian logistics and their application in practice. They have an understanding of different modelling approaches that can support decision making in the humanitarian context. Furthermore, students can critically assess and discuss results of such models. Finally, they prepare presentations on special topics in the area of humanitarian supply chain management and thus improve the ability to present and discuss their work.

Attendance requirement is met if a student is present for at least 80% of the lectures. There will be no physical meetings but regular Q&A sessions on MS Teams

This course has the character of a seminar. The students have to prepare case studies for an international student competition and the contents of these are discussed in class. As a second core method, lecturecasts of theoretical  contents will be provided, supplemented by readings, and asked in the 4 quizzes.

Grading:
40% In-class repetitions (4 x 10%)
20% Submission presentation
20% Writeup
20% „Finalist“ presentation

Evaluation of presentations is based on a mix of instructor grading and peer review at learn@WU (Clicker), the evaluation rubric for peer review can be found on Learn@WU

Grading scheme:
Excellent (1): 90% - 100.0%
Good (2): 80% - <90%
Satisfactory (3): 70% - <80.0%
Sufficient (4): 60.0% - <70%
Fail (5): <60.0%

Incoming students (exchange programs): min 10 ECTS credits in transport, logistics and/or supply chain management.