W292 – Sustainable Supply Chain Management

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Module
Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Module number
W292
Version: 1
Faculty
Business Administration
Level
Master
Duration
1 semester
Turnus
Winter semester
Module supervisor

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ingo Gestring
ingo.gestring(at)htw-dresden.de

Lecturers

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ingo Gestring
ingo.gestring(at)htw-dresden.de

Teaching language(s)

English

ECTS credits

5.00 Credits

Workload

150 hours

Courses

4.00 SWS (2.00 SWS Lecture | 2.00 SWS Seminar)

Self-study time

90.00 hours

Pre-requisite(s) for the examination
Not specified
Examination(s)

Written examination
Examination duration: 90 min | Weighting: 100 % | Tested in English language

Teaching form

seminar-like lecture with exercise

Media type
Not specified
Teaching content / structure
  • introduction to green logistics and sustainable supply chain management
  • emission during freight transport
  • environmental impact of warehousing
  • product design and packaging
  • green procurement und purchasing
  • reverse logistics and recycling
  • strategic perspective of green and sustainable aspects
  • evaluating and internalizing the environmental costs of logistics
  • special advanced topics of sustainable supply chain management
Qualification objectives

The participant can

  • calculate the carbon dioxid emission of transport chains and can develop alternatives for freigt transport
  • analyse the impact of a supply chain on the environment
  • set-up concepts and formulate strategies for a ressource based driven supply chain
  • apply advanced methods and tools to reorganize supply chains
Social and personal skills
  • can formulate research questions for new topics of sustainable supply chain management
  • can define the research approach of scientific publications
Special admission requirement(s)
Not specified
Recommended prerequisites

basics of logistics

Continuation options
Not specified
Literature
  • Grant, D.; Trautrims, A.; Yew Wong, Ch.: Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management, KoganPage, 2015
  • McKinnon, A.; Browne, M.; Piecyk, M.; Whiteing, A.: Green Logistics, KoganPage, 2015
  • Cuthbertson, R.; et al: Sustainable Supply Chain Management - Practical Ideas for Moving Towards Best Practice, Springer, 2011
Current teaching resources

opal

Notes
Not specified
Link to course or learning resources in OPAL
Modulux link:
https://apps.htw-dresden.de/modulux/en/module/3227