Transportation and Logistics Management

MSc · course code 201800010 · 5 EC

Models and methods for planning transportation and logistics systems.

Transportation and Logistics Management studies the design and planning of transportation and logistics systems within supply chains.

Course Transportation and Logistics Management
Course code 201800010
Study load 5 EC
Period Quarter 3
Level MSc
Role Lecturer and coordinator
Most recent confirmed listing 2025–2026

Course content

The course covers logistics-system management, mathematical modeling, vehicle routing, supplier selection, multi-objective optimization, heuristics, uncertainty and disturbances, transportation-network design, multimodal transportation, and collaborative logistics.

Students learn to analyze logistics systems, formulate operational problems, develop exact and heuristic solution methods, implement methods in Python, and evaluate their results.

Teaching format

The course combines lectures, guest lectures, Python tutorials, practical sessions, two assignments, and an examination. Recent assignments use a Rotterdam water-taxi setting to connect mathematical modeling, routing, and multimodal transportation.

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