| Day | Date | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 11/27/23 | 09:00 AM - 12:30 PM | TC.4.18 |
| Wednesday | 11/29/23 | 09:00 AM - 12:30 PM | TC.5.16 |
| Monday | 12/04/23 | 09:00 AM - 12:30 PM | TC.4.18 |
| Wednesday | 12/06/23 | 09:00 AM - 12:30 PM | TC.4.02 |
| Monday | 12/11/23 | 09:00 AM - 12:30 PM | TC.4.18 |
| Wednesday | 12/13/23 | 09:00 AM - 12:30 PM | TC.5.16 |
| Friday | 12/15/23 | 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Online-Einheit |
This elective course is about managing supply chains outlining operational aspects of transportation, logistics and supply chain management on a global level. A focus will be placed on the trade environment, export/import regulations, customs management, and trade facilitation. Furthermore, an introduction into trade management, including contracting issues, documentary paperwork, Incoterms® as well as means and modes of payment including the impact of digitization and digitalization is provided. Moreover, an insight into the highly relevant subjects of risk, security, and compliance management is given. The course will finish with the topic of transport management that includes organization of international good movements and multimodal transport operations.The course is held in six sessions structured as follows:
This sequence of sessions may change due to availablility of lecturers.
At the end of this course, students should have knowledge in actual trade practice, including contracting, customs procedures and documentary paperwork, means and modes of payment, transport management as well as risk, security, and compliance management issues. This enables them to plan successfully shipping and handling for international goods movements in concordance with the present European Union legal environment and critically evaluate supply chain risk, security and compliance management issues therein.
Attendance of minimum 80% (or 5/6 sessions) is mandatory. This ia also valid when we switch to online live mode.
Teaching will be in sychronous hybrid mode: a mixture of class room teaching and remote online sessions (via ZOOM) in parallel. Only if absolutely necessary this class would switch to full distance mode. Even in the remote format, the sessions will take place within the announced time slots.
Assessment of the performance of the students takes place through
Grading scale is as follows:
Excellent (1): 90.0% - 100.0%
Good (2): 75.0% - <90.0%
Satisfactory (3): 62.5% - <75.0%
Sufficient (4): 50.0% - <62.5%
Fail (5): <50.0%
Prerequisite for passing the course: minimum performance of 60% in the Remote Take Home Exam.
For BBE-students (Course IV of Specialization Supply Chain and Operations Management (SCOM) or as a free elective) and WU incoming exchange students.
If you have questions concerning enrolment and waiting lists, please contact hschramm@wu.ac.at. All students must attend the first class!
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