Logistics (5cr)

Objectives

Opiskelija ymmärtää hotelli-ravintolan tuotanto-myynti -ketjun kokonaisuutena. Hän ymmärtää, että logistiikan taustalla ovat yrityksen arvot ja strategiat ja että logistiikka vaikuttaa yrityksen kannattavuuteen. Opiskelija ymmärtää osto- ja myyntineuvottelun merkityksen ja osaa kerätä ja hyödyntää palautetta kannattavan toiminnan kehittämisessä.

Content

Type of course
Compulsory

Level of course
Professional studies

Objective of course
Students will understand the logistic system in hospitality management and the impact of values and strategies on logistics as well as the effects of logistics on business profitability. Furthermore, they understand the meaning of profitable bargaining in hotel and restaurant business. Students can collect information and feedback to put it to use in the development of profitable hotel and restaurant operations.

Course contents
-procedure of buying, storage, selling, monitoring, evaluation
-ABC analysis
-basic idea of buying (right product, right quality, right time and right price)
-bargaining
-contracts
-orders, receiving, reclamation, storage
-monitoring: inventory, waste
-circulation of capital
-storage and cashier systems

Teaching methods
-lectures
-excursions
-exercises

Assessment methods
-passed examination
-exercises

Prerequisites
No prerequisites

Required/Recommended reading
No recommended reading

Name of lecturer
Mr Petteri Tikkanen

Year of study
Second year

Semester
Periods 2-3

Language of instruction
Finnish