Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Warehouse and warehousing process (17.DSSL3)

Native organizations units: Department of Traffic Engineering

Type of studies	Title
Doctoral Academic Studies	Traffic Engineering (Year: 1, Semester: Summer)

General information:

Category	Scientific-professional
Scientific or art field	Logistics and Intermodal Transport
ECTS	10

The aim of the course is for students to master the current and advanced technical, technological and logistic concepts of warehouses and storage concepts.

Acquiring theoretical knowledge of external storage locations when it comes to site selection and warehouse design, as well as practical knowledge of internal tasks related to the determination of the role and tasks of the storage process in the procurement, manufacturing and distribution, in receipt operations, storage, processing, transfer and shipping goods from warehouses. Acceptance, in general, of the importance of warehousing in logistics.

Anthropological dimension and evolution of storage process. The concept of storage processes. Principles of storage. Selection of warehouse location and p-hub problem. Warehouse design, basic principles. Storage technologies. Reloading equipment in stock. Storage capacities. Storage security. Logistics system and storage. Information systems for warehouse management. Motives for forming stocks, deterministic and stochastic inventory management, basic principles.

Lectures. Preparation, presentation and defense of two seminar papers. The first paper: Analysis and improvement of the existing storage system. The second paper: Design of a new storage system.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Mulcahy, D.E., Sydow, J.	A supply chain logistics program for warehouse management, 9th edition	2008	Boston, McGraw-Hill/Irwin	English
Mason, S. J., Ribera, P. M., Farris, J. A., Kirk, R. G.,	Integrating the warehousing and transportation functions of the supply chain	2003	Transportation Research Part E, Vol. 39, pp. 141-159	English
Richards, G.	Warehouse Management : A Complete Guide to Improving Efficiency and Minimizing Costs in the Modern Warehouse	2014	Kogan Page, London	English
Min, H.	Application of a decision support system to strategic warehousing decisions	2009	International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 270-281	English