Module 1 – Introduction

• Raw materials
• Resources
• Reserves
• Circular Economy

Module 2 – Pillars of logistics
• Historical Background
• MRP and JIT
• The professional profiles of the main transport actors
• Single-modal and multi-modal transport

Module 3 - The evolution of the Italian logistic model
• The Italian logistics models
• The Impact on the world of work
• The Covid-19 and the PNRR
• Economy of scale and connection

Module 4 – The “new normal” of logistics

• How much is inefficient logistics costing on the economic system?
• What is the “new normal” of logistics?
• The perfect storm.
Module 5 – Focus on maritime logistics

• The Blue Economy
• The Shipping Sector in the post-covid era
• New competitive scenarios in the Mediterranean area
 
Frontal and interactive lectures and visiting of industry expert

Didactic Material provided by the professor (slides, scientific and academic papers)

At the end of each module, the students must produce a paper concerning the topics discussed in class. At the end of the course, there will be an oral exam.

The course aims at providing the basic concepts of Sustainable Digital Industrial Logistics with specific reference to green and blue economy. In particular, the students will explore challenges and opportunities of the logistics, intermodal logistics, valorization of the territory resource, the complexity behind the management of the logistics operations, the environmental urgencies connected to the international strategies, the new modalities of logistic programming, physical, informative, and organizational management of transport and procurement, as well as economic and sustainability impacts. Furthermore, the course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of technology strategies, manufacturing and industrial processes, services and Operation Management for an ecological transition, the basic principles of circular economy. The students will constantly interact with the professor through a critical analysis of the topics previously discussed in class. They will acquire, in addition, communication skills by presenting projects and subjects of the class are fundamental; learning skills of the basic principles of the methods and techniques of the topics covered by the course.

Materiale didattico fornito dal Professore (slide, pubblicazioni scientifiche e paper accademici).