Project in Logistics 7,5p

Department of Industrial Management and Logistics Project in Logistics 7,5p MTTN15 Course description 2011 Professor Andreas Norrman Updated 2011-09-09

Welcome to the course Project in Logistics! Solving larger logistics problems is a key activity for logistics practitioners. For this, projectized work is a methodology that suits several types of tasks. Both within industry, and in an academic context, it is hence important to be able to manage aspects such as the structuring, planning and execution of projects. As an engineer within the field of industrial management and logistics, you will most certainly encounter these kinds of assignments and way of working along your professional career. This course will lay the ground and provide basic skills in conducting project work in an industrial setting and reporting the project in an academically rigorous fashion at the same time as you deepen your logistical knowledge. The course entails a logistics related project based on a real problem area experienced by a company. Each group consists of 4-5 students and will be assigned a specific project. The problem to be solved will be presented by the specific company in the beginning of the course and each of the lectures and tasks will be connected to and applied to the project in question. Purpose of the course The purpose of the course is to give students an understanding for and the skills to be able to plan, organize and execute a project within a logistics context. This entails the steps from how to identify and structure a problem area to the development of possible solutions. The course is a continuation course within the logistics track and therefore gives you an opportunity to deepen and practice the theoretical knowledge that you have attained in previous logistics related courses. The course will entail a company based project where you will work with a real logistics related problem in a real context. You will be trained in how to identify, structure, theorize, analyze and solve a company s problem within a specific logistics related area. To support this we will teach you project methodology, different tools for how to structure and deal with problems, report writing etc. The course can also be seen as a good preparation for your Master Thesis. Prerequisites for the course This course is given on an advanced level within the logistics track which requires that you have studied MTT 105/MTTF10 Logistics or MTTN01 Logistics in the Building Process together with at least one of the following courses MTT045 International Physical Distribution, MTTN25 Materials Handling, MTTF05 Factory Planning and Engineering, MTT115 Industrial Purchasing, MTT240 Supply Chain Management, MTTN05 Process-based Business Development, MIOF10 Production & Inventory Control, MIO331 2

Mgmt of Production & Inventory systems (or equivalent somewhere else) before you register for this course. Scope of the course The course entails 7,5 ECTS, which corresponds to 200 hours of studies divided between: Lectures: ~24 h Seminars/Exercises: ~12 h Individual studies/tasks/project work: ~164 h (including supervision) Course coordinator, examiner and administrator Course responsible and examiner: Professor Andreas Norrman Email: Andreas.Norrman@tlog.lth.se Phone: 046 222 9150 Office: Building M, northern part, 4 th floor, room 4119 Contact time: Pre-booked appointments. Responsible Project theory: Senior Lecturer Bertil Nilsson Email: Bertil.Nilsson@iml.lth.se Phone: 046 222 7651 Office: Building M, northern part, 3 th floor, room 3XXX Course administrator: Anita Jensen Email: Anita.Jensen@tlog.lth.se Phone: 046 222 9151 Office: Building M, northern part, 4 th floor, 4118 Contact time: At department 08:00-11:15 (Mon, Tues, Thu) Other supervisors: Johan Marklund, Johan.Marklund@iml.lth.se Sven Axsäter, Sven.Axsater@iml.lth.se (Other could be added, supervisors depends on project) Homepage The course has its own homepage where you can find information concerning the course, part of the course literature, lecture notes etc.: www.tlog.lth.se/utbildning/kurser/mttn15_projektkurs_logistik/ Username and password for accessing the homepage will be distributed during the first lecture and e-mail to registered students. 3

Literature Eriksson, M. and Lilliesköld, J. (2010) Handbook for Small Projects, Liber. (The book is also available in Swedish) Björklund, M & Paulsson, U (2003). Seminarieboken att skriva, presentera och opponera. Studentlitteratur. Lund. (only in Swedish) Material (such as articles) distributed during lectures and uploaded on the course homepage. For every project, you should also consult text books in Logistics and Production Management, as well as journals in the field. For further readings on project management, there are many more extensive books, e.g. Tonnquist, B. (2008) Project management : a guide to the theory and practice of project, program and portfolio management and business change. Bonnier utbildning. Stockholm. (A Swedish version of the book, called Projektledning, is also available). Examination In order to pass the course three elements must have been fulfilled: Approved tasks to tollgates (project specification, pre-study report, project plan, mid-term project report, oppositions). The tasks will be presented in detail during the lectures and posted on the homepage. Approved project presentations (one at the University and one at the company) and oppositions. Approved final project report. The project will determine the grade of the course and the grading is based on a predetermined grading template distributed to the students in the beginning of the course. Final grade will defined based on Evaluation by the teachers of how you work with project methodology during the course (pre-study reports, project plan, etc) (30% of final grade) Evaluation by teachers of your final report (50% of final grade) Evaluation by the company of project work and conclusions (20% of final grade) Attendance Attendance is mandatory for the introductory lecture, guest lectures and project presentations. 4

Uploading of tasks to tollgates Urkund (see www.urkund.se ) will be used to support the work at Lund University regarding academic honesty, and to decrease plagiarism. (Please check http://www.urkund.se/web2008/support_handboken.asp ) Your documents should hence be sent with e-mail to the following address: andreas.norrman.lu@analys.urkund.se You attach your documents to the e-mail, and the files should have any of the formats.doc,.doc or.xls. Please give the documents name like Task1_Group 1 or Task1_Group SonyEricsson. In the subject line of the e-mail you put different prefix for the tasks: For task 1 [PL2011_1], for task 2 [PL2011_2], etc and for the final report [PL2011_6]. Note that the [] should be in the subject line. Schedule and deadlines The schedule describing the lectures, lessons and seminars are provided below together with the different task deadlines. The lectures will for example entail important aspects for carrying through and reporting the project and should therefore be considered important in order to achieve a good result on the report. Lecture 1: Course introduction (mandatory attendance) w. 35, Mon 29 August 13-15, Class room: M:L1 Andreas Norrman Readings: Storhagen (1985), p.80-85 Lecture 2: Project Initiation and Pre-study w.35, Wed 31 August 10-12, Class room: M:M2 Bertil Nilsson Readings: Eriksson and Lilliesköld, p.7-46 Two potential Lectures to learn about information search (In Swedish): (part of another course primarily given for our MSc-thesis students but you are welcome) Extra Lecture A: Söka information/litteratur via bibliotek, databaser och webb. w.35, Thu 1 September, 15-17, M:Emma 1/2/3 Maria Johnsson, Bibliotikarie Studiecentrum Readings: http://mittkursbibl.lub.lu.se/open/open_view.cgi?unit=1 &course=3438 5

Extra Lecture B: Källkritisk övning. w.35, Fri 2 September, 13-15, M:Emma 1/2/3 Maria Johnsson, Bibliotikarie Studiecentrum Lecture 3: Tools and principles to structure logistics problems w.36, Mon 5 September 13-15, Class room: M:L1 Andreas Norrman Readings: Persson (1995) and other literature posted on homepage and distributed during class Lecture 4: Project Planning Research approach w.36, Wed 7 September 8-10, Class room: M:3145 (Changed time & place) Andreas Norrman Readings: Gammelgaard (2004) and other literature posted on homepage and distributed during class Seminar 1: Questions and supervision w.36, Fri 9 September 10-12, Class room: Cancelled book instead time with supervisor if needed Supervisors Before 12 September have met the company the first time to understand the project Lecture 5: Project Planning Data collection w.37, Mon 12 September 15-17, Class room: M:3145 (Changed time & place) Andreas Norrman Readings: Literature posted on homepage and distributed during class Task 1 to tollgate 1: Project specification (charter) Deadline Monday 12 September 23:00 Lecture 6: Project Execution w.37, Wed 14 September 8-10, Class room: M:3145 (Changed time & place) Bertil Nilsson Readings: Eriksson and Lilliesköld, p.35-58 + Literature posted on homepage and distributed during class Seminar 2: Tollgate 1 Review and group feedback on task 1 Project specification (charter) w. 37, Fri 16 September 8-10, Class room: M:3145 (IML s seminar room) Bertil Nilsson 6

(Lecture Mon 19 Sept in TimeEdit will be postponed to Thursday 22 Sept) Task 2 to tollgate 2: Pre-study report Deadline Monday 19 September 23:00 Lecture 8: Guest lecturer: Industry experiences of driving logistics projects w. 38, Wed 21 September 10-12, Class room: M:D Erik Walle, SonyEricsson Lecture 9: Project execution/closure How to report the project (academic report writing) w. 38, Thu 22 September 13-15, Class room: M:3145 Andreas Norrman Readings: Eriksson and Lilliesköld, p.74-88 Björklund & Paulsson, Literature posted on homepage and distributed during class Seminar 3: Tollgate 2 - Review and group feedback on task 2 Pre-study report w. 38, Fri 23 September 13-15, Class room: M:L2 Bertil Nilsson, Supervisors Lecture 9: Project execution/closure How to manage and work in projects w.39, Mon 26 September 15-17, Class room: M:L1 Bertil Nilsson Readings: Eriksson and Lilliesköld, p.47-73 + Literature posted on homepage and distributed during class Task 3 to tollgate 3: Project Plan Deadline Wednesday 28 September 23:00 Seminar 4: Tollgate 3 - Review and group feedback on task 3 Project plan w.39, Fri 30 September 8-10, Class room: M:3145 (Changed time & place) Bertil Nilsson, Andreas Norrman, Supervisors Lecture 10: Guest lecturer: Industry experiences of driving logistics projects change management w. 43, Tues 25 October 10-12, Class room: M:X2a Dr Janne Carlsson, 4FP Readings: Carlsson & Sarv (1997) 7

Task 4 to tollgate 4: A draft of a midterm report Deadline Wednesday 26 October 23:00 Task 5 to tollgate 4: Oral discussion (supported by powerpoint presentation) on draft of a midterm report Deadline Monday 31 October 23:00 Seminar 5: Tollgate 4 - Project update and discussion (seminar) w.44, Tues 1 Nov 8-10, Class room: M:X2a Andreas Norrman, supervisors Lecture 11: Guest lecturer: Industry experiences of project office w.44, Tues 1 Nov 10-12, Class room: M:X2a Alex Breed, Alfa-Laval project office Lecture 12: Guest lecturer: Industry experiences of driving development projects w.45, Tues 8 Nov 10-12, Class room: M:X2a Robert Lindroth, Head of Supply Chain Development, purchasing Logistics at A.P. Møller - Mærsk Task 6 to tollgate 5: Final report Deadline Sunday 20 November 23:00 Task 7 to tollgate 5: Written opposition on draft of a final report Deadline Wed 23 November 15:00 Seminar 6: Tollgate 5 - Presentation of project in class w.47, Thu 24 November 9-12, Class room: M:M2 Task 8: Company presentation Deadline 15 December Presentation of results at company after arrangement. Finally We more than welcome thoughts and ideas from our students concerning the content, structure and the carrying out of the course. It is our ambition to design the course so it becomes rewarding and interesting for both current and future students. Do not hesitate to contact us with any of your viewpoints. Welcome to the course Project in Logistics! 8

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Activites w/c Aug 29th Sept 5th Sept 12th Sept 19th Sept 26th Oct 3rd Oct 10th Oct 17th Oct 24th Oct 31st Nov 7th Nov 14th Nov 21st Nov 28th Dec 5th Dec 12th Lecture AN L1 Introduction L3 Tools & principles L4 Research approach L5 Data Collection L7 Guest L8 How to report L10 Guest L12 Guest BN L2 Project Initiation L6 Project Execution L9 How to manage L11 Guest Project Office Seminars Se 1 Q&A Se 2 Project specification Se 3 Pre study report Se 4 Project plan Se 5 Project update Se 6 Project presentation Assignments Toll gates Project Pre Study Project plan Midterm Final report Presentation Company Specification Report report presentation Milestones Meet the Project Pre Study Midterm Written company Specification Report report Review 10