Safety and security in supply chains (5 cr)

Objective

You are aware of the material and personal security risks and threats related to the logistics of the entire supply chain.
You are able to apply security-enhancing principles and practices in supply chain planning.

Content

What must be considered in the safety and security of supply chains?
How can you improve supply chain security against loss, damage, and criminal actions?

Course material

To be informed on digital learning environment Learn

Study forms and methods

This course is taught in Finnish. The course is partly carried out as a flipped learning principle. The student gets to know the subject areas of the upcoming lectures with the help of preliminary assignments. Learning is then deepened through conversational lectures which include case studies.

If the student wishes to follow an individual learning track, the student writes a plan for the individual learning track. The plan must comply with the learning outcomes of the course and has to be approved first by the teacher of the course and then by the student's work place. The individual learning track must be agreed with the teacher prior to the course start.

RDI and work-related cooperation

Working life cooperation can be implemented through the students' own proposals, for example in Case Studies.

Timing of exams and assignments

The course is evaluated with an exam measuring applied knowledge. Date of the exam will be informed on digital learning environment Learn

International cooperation

In student's consideration concerning assingments.

Student workload

5 cr / 135 h

Course part description

The study implementation has no separate parts.

Further information

The course requires a lot of independent work.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The course is evaluated with assignments (40 %) and exam measuring applied knowledge (60 %). Date of the exam will be informed on digital learning environment Learn.