FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF MARKETING AND LOGISTICS

SECTION: TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS

COURSE OUTLINE: OPERATIONAL LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT

STATEMENT ABOUT ACADEMIC HONESTY AND INTEGRITY

All staff and students of the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST), upon signing their employment contracts and
registration forms, commit themselves to abide by the policies and rules of the institution. The core activity of NUST is learning and
in this respect academic honesty and integrity is very important to ensure that learning is valid, reliable and credible.

NUST therefore does not condone any form of academic dishonesty, including plagiarism and cheating on tests and assessments,
amongst other such practices. NUST requires students to always do their own assignments and to produce their own academic
work, unless given a group assignment.

Academic Dishonesty includes, but is not limited to:

 Using the ideas, words, works or inventions of someone else as if it is your own work.
 Using the direct words of someone else without quotation marks, even if it is referenced.
 Copying from writings (books, articles, webpages, other students’ assignments, etc.), published or unpublished, without
referencing.
 Syndication of a piece of work, all or part of an assignment, by a group of students, unless the assignment was a
legitimate group assignment.
 The borrowing and use of another person’s assignment, with or without their knowledge or permission.
 Infringing copyright, including documents copied or cut and pasted from the internet.
 Asking someone else to prepare an assignment for you or to write or sit an assessment for you, whether this is against
payment or not.
 Re-submitting work done already for another course or programme as new work, so-called self-plagiarism.
 Bringing notes into an examination or test venue, regardless of whether the notes were used to copy or not.
 Receiving any outside assistance in any form or shape during an examination or test.

All forms of academic dishonesty are viewed as misconduct under NUST Student Rules and Regulations. Students who make
themselves guilty of academic dishonesty will be brought before a Disciplinary Committee and may be suspended from studying for
a certain time or may be expelled. All students who are found guilty of academic dishonesty shall have an appropriate endorsement
on their academic record, which will never be erased.

COURSE INFORMATION

COURSE CODE AND TITLE:

Operational Logistics Management (OLM612S)

DEPARTMENT:
Marketing & Logistics

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PROGRAMME:

Bachelor of Transport Management

CONTACT HOURS:
4 hours per week – 3 Lecture hours and 1 Tutorial hour; 3 hours per week (Part-time)

NQF LEVEL AND CREDIT:

NQF Level: 6

NQF Credits: 12

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course provides an overview on the operational aspects for logistics management. The focus of the course is to
equip the students with fundamentals and contributions of logistics supply chain management to an organization’s
effectiveness and efficiency.

Pre-Requisites: Principles of Logistics Management

Course Equivalencies: None

Course Delivery Methods:

Lectures, exercises, team work discussion on given topics, course handouts, practical assignments, students visiting,
researching and writing reports.

The following communication tools will be used in this course:

Email, Discussion Board, Online content

Effective Date: January 31, 2018

LECTURER INFORMATION
Lecturers’ names: Ms Ester Kalipi; Ms Gloria Tshoopara
Email addresses: ekalipi@nust.na; gtshoopara@nust.na
Office phone: 061-207-2597 Ms Kalipi; 061 207 2294 Ms Tshoopara
Office location: Quality Assurance - Basement
Office hours: See time table and consultation hours
Consultation hours: Consultation times can be found on the door of the Lecturer’s office.

STUDENT READINESS
Students Commitment and Course Resources:

Students are expected to commit at least 80% of their time in lecture attendance. All pre-planned tutorials should be
attended 100% and all assigned coursework must be done and submitted within the set timelines.

Course Resources

Prescribed Readings:
Pienaar, W. J., & Vogt, J. J. (2009). Business logistics management: a supply chain perspective. Oxford University Press
Southern Africa.

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Recommended material
• Jacobs, R.F., Chase, R.B., & Lummus, R.R. (2011). Operations and Supply Management. 13th Edition. New
York: McGraw-Hill/Irwin.
• Slack, N., Chambers, S., & Johnston, R. (2010). Operations Management. 6th Edition. Harlow: Pearson
Education

STUDENT LEARNING

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this course of study, you should be able to:

 Identify the relationship between business logistics and supply chains

 Describe the development of supply chain management within organisations

 Identify the contributions of logistics supply chain management to an organisations effectiveness and
efficiency

 Demonstrate the importance of supply chain management within any organisation

 Define the challenges and issues that organisations face when developing supply chain strategies

COURSE SCHEDULE:

Unit Topic Assignments- Have a pre understanding of:

 1 Logistics Management Concepts  Introduction to Operations Management

 Relationship between Operations and Logistics Management 
 Relationship between Logistics Management and Supply Chain
Management
 Material Management and Physical Distribution Management Activities
 Reverse Logistics
 Classification of Logistics Decisions
 Logistics Analysis Instruments

 2  Logistics Planning   The role of Forecasting in Supply Chain Planning

 Demand and Logistics Requirements Planning
 Forecasting Models
 Coordinating Operational Plans
 Application of Material Requirement Planning (MRP)

 3  Inventory Management  Importance of Inventory Management

 Classification of Inventory
 Mathematics of Inventory Management
 Inventory Replenishment System
 Inventory Control through ABC Analysis

4 Warehousing Procedures  Warehouse Process

 Principles of efficient Warehouse operations
 Bar-coding and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)

5 Customer Service  Customer Service in the Supply Chain

 Customer Service Performance Measures

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IMPORTANT DATES:

NOTE: The following dates are subject to change based on the needs of the students at the Lecturer’s prerogative.
Students will be notified ahead of time of any changes.

Date Activity

7 March 2018 1st Test

18 April 2018 2nd Test

2nd May 2018 Make-up Test

25 April 2018 Submission of Assignment

ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION:

Assessment Weight

1st Test 30%

2nd Test 30%

Assignment 40%

Minimum pass requirement for this course: 50%

COURSE POLICIES
General Academic Policies:
It is the student's responsibility to be familiar with and adhere to NUST’s Policies. These Policies can be found
in NUST Prospectus or online at www.nust.na/prospectus.

Supplementary Policies:
 Punctuality and class attendance is very important. (Take note of specific regulations to this written in the Year Book
2016 Part 1 and Part 3 (General Information and Regulations/School of Management Sciences)
 Each student should manage his/her own registration, that is, you should make sure you are correctly registered for
the right course and course mode. If for any reason you decide to change the mode, make sure the Faculty Officer
and Class Lecturer are fully involved.
 Use of cell phones and private irrelevant talking in the class are strictly forbidden.
 Missing lectures is normally a significant contributory factor to poor performance in tests, assignments and final
examination.
 In the event that you happen to miss a lecture, make sure that you obtain the material(s) covered in class from your
colleagues.
 Main emphasis will be placed on creative thinking, and suggested practical solutions to different scenarios or
situations.
 You are expected to read ahead of the class and make sure you cover in depth all the topics.
 You must acknowledge that you have received the course outline with correct course title and code, by signing on a
separate sheet provided by the lecturer, indicating that you have familiarized yourself with its content and have
understood the statement about academic honesty and integrity.

FAILURE TO PAY FEES:

A student who fails to pay his/her fees may not be allowed to write the examination and if allowed, the results will be
withheld until all outstanding fees are paid in full.

IMPORTANT STUDENT SERVICES AT NUST

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There are a variety of services which you can use at the NUST. These services are to your advantage – Use them!!!
They include the following:

 Student Counseling and Career Development – Department: Students Services

 Writing Centre and student academic problems –Teaching and Learning Unit (CTL)
 Campus Health and Wellness Centre (CHWC) - Student Services’/ NUST Clinic

AUTHORISATION:
This course is authorised for use by:

I.Mubwandarikwa 31.01. 2018

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Head of Department Date

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BY STUDENT

(To be completed by all students on the course, detached from the course outline and kept on record in the
department)

I, ______________________________________________________ (Student number: ____________________),

hereby acknowledge that I have received this course outline for OPERATIONAL LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT (OLM612S),
and that I have familiarised myself with its content, in particular the statement about academic honesty and integrity.
I agree to abide by the Policies and arrangements spelt out in this course outline.

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Signature of Student Date