Course detail

Reverse Logistics

FP-SrlPAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course will provide students with an insight into the issue of reverse logistics and the interconnection of its sub-activities with a link to the business activities of the company. Emphasis will be placed especially on the process of value creation for the customer.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Ing. František Milichovský, Ph.D., MBA, DiS.

Department

Institute of Management (ÚM)

Entry knowledge

Students should be familiar with relationships in the corporate environment with an emphasis on business economics, sales and marketing activities, and logistics.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

The course ends with a classified credit. In order to be awarded classified credit, the student must complete the assigned project and successfully pass the credit test. Through the credit test, the student demonstrates the acquired theoretical knowledge and its application.
For the evaluation of the work during the semester, the following system of points is considered: (1) preparation of a team project 25 pts; (2) presentation 10 pts; (3) opposition of the project 10 pts; (4) activity in the exercises 5 pts.
A total of 50 points can be obtained for the exercises and the student must obtain at least 50% of this number. In order to be awarded credit, the student must pass a credit test, where he/she can obtain 50 pts.

Attendance at lectures is not required. Attendance at tutorials is controlled by personal presentation directly by the teacher. Sub-assigned work (seminar, team, individual) will be checked according to the criteria given. Make-up for missed and properly excused absences is in the form of a new make-up assignment and its evaluation according to the criteria for awarding credit.

Aims

The aim of the course is to introduce students to reverse logistics and its sub-activities in relation to the business activities of the company in creating value for customers. Students will gain a basic overview of the reverse logistics activities used and their application in the corporate environment with the aim of creating long-term business relationships (with emphasis on business activities).
After completing the course, students will be able to orient themselves in the issues of reverse logistics in relation to business and business processes in the company in the specification of the different phases of the product life cycle.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

DeANGELIS, R. (2018). Business models in the circular economy. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 112 p. ISBN 978-3-319-75126-9. (EN)
GORDON, R.L. (2016). Contracting, logistics, reverse logistics: The project, program and portfolio approach. Washington DC: Westphalia Press, 187 p. ISBN 978-1-63391-406-3. (EN)
IANUZZI, A. (2018). Greener products: The making and marketing of sustainable brands. 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 250 p. ISBN 978-1-138-74689-3. (EN)
STAROSTKA-PATYK, M. (2017). Reverse logistics of defective products in management of manufacturing enterprises. 2nd ed. Katowice: Wydawnicwo Naukowe Sophia, 201 p. ISBN 978-83-65929-00-6. (EN)

Recommended reading

ACHILLAS, CH., AIDONIS, D., BOCHTS, D., FOLINAS, D. (2019). Green supply chain management. Oxon: Routledge, 179 p. ISBN 978-1-138-64461-8. (EN)
JABŁOŃSKI, A. (2019). Sustainable business models. Basel: MDPI AG, 499 p. ISBN 978-3-03897-560-1. (EN)
LEHMACHER, W. (2017). The global supply chain: How technology and circular thinking transform our future. Cham: Springer, 169 p. ISBN 978-3-319-51114-6. (EN)
MALETZ, R., DORNACK, CJ., ZIYANG, L. (2018). Source separation and recycling: Implementation and benefits for a circular economy. Cham: Springer, 318 p. ISBN 978-3-319-69071-1. (EN)
MAO, J., LI, CH., PWEI, Y., XU, L. (2018). Circular economy and sustainable development enterprises. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 304 P. ISBN 978-981-10-8523-9. (EN)
SARKIS, J., DOU, Y. (2018). Green supply chain management: A concise introduction. Oxon: Routledge, 177 p. ISBN 978-1-138-29232-1. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme MGR-SRP Master's 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. František Milichovský, Ph.D., MBA, DiS.

Exercise

13 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

Ing. František Milichovský, Ph.D., MBA, DiS.