INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS – GEO-ECONOMIC FACTORS, TECHNICAL PARAMETERS AND GAME – SIMULATED SOLUTIONS

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Syllabus

1.    Technical development of vehicles and infrastructure – 12 hrs.

– Historical overview of the development of ships, land vehicles and aircraft to today’s technical parameters – physical dimensions, capacity, speed, reliability

– Historical overview of the development of infrastructures to today’s technical parameters – capacity, exploitation limits

– Modern international standards – technical, ergonomic and environmental. International institutional macro framework

1. Economic development and profitability – 12 hrs.

– Historical overview of the development of the profitability of vehicles and infrastructure to today’s economic parameters – price per ton / km

– Comparison between alternative supply chains by groups of goods, incl. parameters such as ton/km, speed and reliability of deliveries

1. Globalization and geo-economic changes – 12 hrs.

– Relocation of production centers and markets – a trend of shifting the economic center of the world to Southeast Asia, changes in the weight of the three centers of the Triad

– Relocation of transport routes and junctions – restoration of the old Silk Road, construction of the Northern Sea Route, construction of new pipelines;

– Assessment of the probable development – containment of the globalization processes and possible delineation of four currency zones with adjacent periphery

4. Current problems and game-simulated solutions – 10 hrs.

– Problem routes and logistics hubs – Nicaraguan Canal, Red Sea and Suez Canal, Strait of Malacca, Bosphorus and Dardanelles, Strait of Hormuz, gas pipelines

– Game simulations of solving the logistic problems – alternative routes, alternative equipment, alternative organisation

Literature:

Required Text

•      Vogt, J. J. Business Logistics Management : theory and practice / J. J. Vogt, W. J. Pienaar, P. W. C. de Wit ; with contributions by P. Linford, G. de Villirs . — Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002 ISBN 0-19-578011-6.

•      Waters D. Logistics: An Introduction to Supply Chain Management. Palgrave Macmillan – 2003, 364 pages Page 1 International Logistics 1 Semester Syllabus

•      Simchi-Levi D., Chen X., Bramel J. The Logic of Logistics: Theory, Algorithms, and Applications for Logistics Management. Springer, 2014. – 454 p. 43 illus., 18 illus. in color. – 3rd ed.

•      Lambert D.M., Stock J.R., Ellram Li.M. Fundamentals of Logistics Management. McGrаw-Нill/Irwin – 1997, 640 pages

•      Bookbinder J.H. (Ed.) Handbook of Global Logistics: Transportation in International Supply Chains. Springer, 2012. — 553 p. 102 illus., 83 illus. in color

•      Blanchard D. Supply chain management: best practices. Wiley – 2010, 302 pages

•      Cousins P. et al. Strategic Supply Management: Principles, Theories and Practice. Financial Times/ Prentice Hall, 2008. — 336 p.

Students will get acquainted with the technical characteristics of the main vehicles – ships, railways, wheeled transport, aircraft, pipelines, as well as the infrastructure serving them with the relevant facilities – ports, airports, stations, warehouses and terminals, roads, bridges, canals. By linking the technical parameters with the economic ones, they will establish the connection between technological possibilities and economic expediency, which explains the moment when a conceptual solution of a given logistical problem comes into regular use.

By explaining the processes of globalization, students will understand the logic of major geo-economic changes in the redistribution of production centers and markets in the construction of new chains to create new value. They will follow in this connection the redistribution of transport roads and junctions – restoration of old (eg Santiago – Novgorod, One belt – one road) or the formation of new (eg Northern Sea Road) transport roads, (re) construction of new ports (eg Piraeus) and airports (eg the new airports in Istanbul). Students will be introduced to international logistics standards and hence to the problems in international logistics – e.g. the congestion of the main sea straits and canals (Malacca Strait, Panama Canal), the limited capacity of the available roads and railways, lines and highways. Using game-simulations the students will learn how the construct virtual solutions of logistic problems, incl. military threats, natural disasters, technical faults and human errors.

Area of Study

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Degree Programme

Year/type of study

o 1^st cycle (Bachelor)

x 2^nd cycle (Masters)

o 3^rd cycle (Postgraduate)

o Doctoral studies

o Summer school

x Compulsory

o Optional

x New

o Existing

o 1^st year

x 2^nd year

x 1^st semester

o 2^nd semester

 o  Lecture

o Seminar

 x Training course

Description

Tasks for practical exercises

1. Practical tasks for calculating the profitability of alternative supply chains using game methods – 12 hrs.

– Calculating the profitability of supply chains, using sea transport;

– Calculating the profitability of supply chains, using river transport;

– Calculating the profitability of supply chains, using road transport;

– Calculating the profitability of supply chains, using rail transport;

– Calculating the profitability of supply chains using air transport;

– Calculating the profitability of supply chains using combined transport

2. Evaluation of current and planned projects for overcoming obstacles in international logistics using game methods – 12 hrs.

– Simulating the model of Second Nicaraguan Canal;

– Simulating the model of Bosphorus Canal;

– Simulating the model of Caspian Sea – Persian Gulf Canal;

– Simulating the models of different One Belt – One Road sections.

Recommended Texts & Other Readings

•      Bozarth C., Handfield R.B. Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management. Prentice Hall – 2007, 600 pages, 2nd edition

•      Parvanov H. Organization of freight transport. Stopanstvo, 1994, p.122

•      Journal of Operations Management

•      The International Journal of Logistics Management

•      International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

•      International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management

Area of Study

Field of Study

Degree Programme

Year/type of study

o 1^st year

x 2^nd year

x 1^st semester

o 2^nd semester

 x Compulsory

o Optional

 x New

o Existing

o Didactic materials

o Learning tools

o Virtual platform

o Website

o Database

 x CD-Rom/DVD

x Academic publications

o Paper-Brochure-Newsletter

o Other (please specify):

The reader will be printed and will contain academic publications with comments both on theoretical and practical cases. The content will follow the syllabus of the course. Each case would begin with description of the technological, political and economic situation.  A CD-Rom, containing colorful visual stuff – maps, schemes, diagrams. The reader will be delivered to the librariy and to students for free.

Content

1. Educational edutainment in logistics and transport – Prof. Sc.D Hristo Parvanov

2. Gamification in business logistics training – Assoc. Prof. PhD Maria Vodenicharova;

3. GAD selection – an educational game on evolutionary – Assoc. Prof. PhD Angel Marchev, Jr.;

4. Use of chess playing in international logistics training – Assoc. Prof. Sc.D Georgi Chankov;

5.      Geopolitical and geoeconomic assessment of opportunities and risks for the transport and energy sectors in the Black Sea region – collective monograph

The reader will be accessible for students and other interested persons. It will be used

During the training course. 50 copies of it should be delivered to the University and 3 copies will be delivered to the National library, to the “Wolfgang Goethe” secondary school and to the European information centers for free.

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Information on the course “INTERNATIONAL   LOGISTICS –  GEO-ECONOMIC FACTORS AND TECHNICAL PARAMETERS”

o Teaching materials

o Books

o CD-Rom/DVD

 x Website

x Database

o Paper-Brochure-Newsletter

From the website the students should obtain free:

·   Texts, needed for the training course, for the term papers and for better understanding the lectures;

·   Useful administrative information.

They would be free to share their opinions on the teaching process, to propose improvements of the teaching stuff and actual events to be discussed;

The website should allow a distant control on the course of the project, incl. for the Academic council