Course detail

Transportation Infrastructure Planning and Simulation

FSI-SLV-AAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course “Transportation infrastructure planning and simulation” teaches students about concepts of logistics chain management, types of inter-object and in-house transport and principles of warehouse management. Students will learn the tools of business process management. Graduates of the course will gain knowledge about the methodology of planning logistic processes from the preparatory phase and system analysis to the use of modern computer tools including discrete material flow simulation. The course includes current trends in the field of business process digitization.

Language of instruction

English

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. Jaroslav Kašpárek, Ph.D.

Department

Institute of Automotive Engineering (ÚADI)

Entry knowledge

Successful completion of the course is conditional on the basic knowledge of technical mechanics and mathematics.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

The semester work is prepared during the course. The semester work aims to create a computer model of the logistics system. The results of the semester work are presented at the end of the semester. Credit is granted for semester work and its presentation.

The exam is written with a final oral interview and verifies theoretical knowledge. The thematic areas of the exam questions are created according to the topics of the lectures.

 

Aims

The aim of the course is to familiarize the students with logistic approaches in the handling of handling and transport processes. Assessment of logistics processes and their cross-sectional functions. Possibilities of modeling of traffic handling processes.

 

Students will gain knowledge of logistic approaches to handling traffic-handling processes. They are able to identify appropriate logistic indicators for transport-handling systems and carry out their evaluation.

Study aids

The study documents are listed in the e-learning support of the course.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

BANKS, Jerry, John S CARSON, Barry L NELSON, John S. CARSON a David M NICOL. Discrete-Event System Simulation. Harlow: Pearson Education UK, 2013. ISBN 9781292024370. (EN)
FREITAG, Michael, Herbert KOTZAB a Nicole MEGOW, ed. Dynamics in Logistics [online]. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021 [cit. 2023-01-31]. ISBN 978-3-030-88661-5. Dostupné z: doi:10.1007/978-3-030-88662-2 (EN)
LAW, Averill M. Simulation modeling and analysis. Fifth edition.; International edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2015, xviii, 776 p., ISBN 978-1-259-25438-3 (EN)
RÉVEILLAC, Jean-Michel. Modeling and Simulation of Logistics Flows 1. Newark: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2017. ISBN 1786301067. Dostupné z: doi:10.1002/9781119368540 (EN)
THOMPSON, Russell G a Eiichi TANIGUCHI. City Logistics 2. Newark: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2018. ISBN 9781786302069. (EN)

Recommended reading

BANKS, Jerry, John S CARSON, Barry L NELSON, John S. CARSON a David M NICOL. Discrete-Event System Simulation. Harlow: Pearson Education UK, 2013. ISBN 9781292024370. (EN)
FREITAG, Michael, Herbert KOTZAB a Nicole MEGOW, ed. Dynamics in Logistics [online]. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021 [cit. 2023-01-31]. ISBN 978-3-030-88661-5. Dostupné z: doi:10.1007/978-3-030-88662-2 (EN)
LAW, Averill M. Simulation modeling and analysis. Fifth edition.; International edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Education, 2015, xviii, 776 p., ISBN 978-1-259-25438-3 (EN)
RÉVEILLAC, Jean-Michel. Modeling and Simulation of Logistics Flows 1. Newark: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2017. ISBN 1786301067. Dostupné z: doi:10.1002/9781119368540 (EN)
THOMPSON, Russell G a Eiichi TANIGUCHI. City Logistics 2. Newark: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2018. ISBN 9781786302069 (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-LAN-A Master's 1 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Jaroslav Kašpárek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Basic concepts, production and logistics concepts.
2. Management systems in logistics.
3. Transport between objects.
4. Internal transport.
5. Production logistics.
6. Stock management.
7. Business process management.
8. System analysis, data analysis.
9. Planning and optimization of logistics systems.
10. Methodology of assessment and selection of alternatives.
11. Modern logistics trends in the automotive industry.
12. Computer simulation of logistics systems.
13. Digital factory, industry 4.0.

Computer-assisted exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. Jaroslav Kašpárek, Ph.D.

Syllabus

1. Calculations of performance indicators of logistics systems.
2. Calculations for various logistic control systems.
3. Determination of material call-off parameters.
4. Determine the necessary number of handling devices in the specified system.
5. Design of logistic circuits and analysis of location of sites in layout.
6. Performing ABC / XYZ analyzes for the specified storage system.
7. Calculations according to methodology of industrial engineering (MTM, TPM, SMED).
8. Assessment and decomposition of a given system according to several technical parameters.
9. Material flow analyzes: VAM, SZ corner method, Gantt diagram.
10. Calculations of multicriteria analysis.
11. Testing with simulation model - material flow.
12. Simulation model testing - logistic chains.
13. Simulation model testing - complex logistic systems.