W292 – Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Module
Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Module number
W292
Version: 2
Faculty
Business Administration
Level
Master
Duration
1 Semester
Semester
Winter semester
Module supervisor

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

Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Julia Krause
julia.krause(at)htw-dresden.de
Course language(s)

English
in "Sustainable Supply Chain Management"
ECTS credits

5.00 credits

Workload

150 hours

Courses

4.00 SCH (2.00 SCH Lecture | 2.00 SCH Seminar)
Self-study time

90.00 hours

Pre-examination(s)
None
Examination(s)

Alternative examination - Project
Module examination | Weighting: 100% | tested in English language
in "Sustainable Supply Chain Management"
Form of teaching

seminar-like lecture with exercise
Media type
No information
Instruction 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 requirements
No information
Recommended prerequisites

basics of logistics
Continuation options
No information
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
No information
Link to course/learning resources in OPAL
https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/12490997767?3
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