Invitation to Ph.D. course in
“The History of Logistics” (5 ECTS)
Instructors:
Professor Arnt Buvik,
Associate Professor Øyvind Halskau,
Professor Arild Hervik,
Professor Stephane Dauzere-Peres, Ecole de
Mines,
1. Purpose and Content
Section 1: Monday 9th
of May:
Associate Professor Øyvind Halskau,
Introduction, vehicle
routing and distribution:
This section will give a short introduction to
the history of logistics in general and the history of vehicle routing and
distribution. The main topic will be vehicle routing after the Second World War
with focus will be on different formulations and some important heuristics for
solving such problem. There will be no formal proofs or other technical
details.
Section 2: Tuesday 10th of May
Associate Professor Øyvind Halskau,
The history of inventory
theory:
This history will start from early last century
and show the high lights of research during the next 100 years. When did it
start, when was stochastic problems introduced, when was
discount introduced and so on? There will be no formal proofs or other
technical details.
Section 3: Wednesday
11th of May
Professor Arnt Buvik,
The development of theoretical perspectives on industrial marketing,
industrial purchasing and business-to-business relationships:
This section of the course will give
an overview over the development of significant research contributions and
theoretical frameworks within industrial purchasing and business-to business
marketing. These disciplines includes industrial marketing and buying behavior,
inter-organizational issues in buyer-seller relationships and the net work
approach of inter-firm business.
Section 4: Thursday 12th of May
Professor Arild Hervik and Professor
Odd I Larsen,
The history of transportation economics:
The main focus will be on the
history of transportation economics with relations to logistical issues. The
peak load problem was given a theoretical solution in 1927 and is an important
logistical problem today. Classical localization theory where transport costs
are important has a long history and we pick out some important classical
papers that have been important for development of the spatial dimension in
logistical models. Technological development within the transport sector is an
important issue to understand within the framework for modern logistics.
Section 5: Friday 13th of May
Professor Stephane Dauzere-Peres,
Ecole de Mines,
The history of production planning:
The main focus of this section concerns
the history and development of optimization techniques and how these techniques
are used in combination with better developed computers and software to solve
practical problems in production, logistics and workforce planning.
Participants are required to read a number of
articles in international journals that will be copied and distributed 2-3
weeks before the course will start. These articles work as a foundation for the
lectures and student presentations in the seminars. After the registration, all
course materials will be sent to all students attending the course.
The students will be divided into several
working groups and each group will be responsible for specific presentations
one of the days based on some selected articles from the course literature.
3. The Course Literature will be stated and distributed later
on the web-side of this course.
4. Financial
aspects
The course is open to doctoral students from
any accredited institution. If you wish to take part, please contact Professor
Arild Hervik at arild.hervik@himolde.no
no later than