Department of production, logistics and quality management
The department offers courses in production, logistics, and quality management. It is the coordinating department for study specialisations Logistics and Quality Management (Bachelor’s) and International Supply Chain Management (Master’s) and study programmes Industrial Management (Bachelor’s and Master’s). In addition to teaching regular courses, it also provides courses focused on skills training and experience building in cooperation with specialists and managers from Škoda Auto a.s. Excursions to top centres and lectures in the form of managerial games are a standard. The studies are the first in the Czech Republic to be accredited by the European Logistics Association and offer the opportunity to obtain the cEJLog degree. The department is researching a number of scientific and research as well as practical projects, especially for Škoda Auto a.s. and Siemens s.r.o. The key research topics are sustainability, resilience and the application of modern technologies in supply chain management.
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Foreign cooperation:
- Dresden University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
- Regensburg University of Applied Sciences (Germany)
- University of Applied Sciences Seinajoki (Finland)
- Silesian University of Technology (Poland)
- Technical University of Košice (Slovakia)
- Thomas Moore University (Belgium)
- University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria (Austria)
- University of Žilina (Slovakia)
- University of Economics and Business in Wroclaw (Poland)
Research and education projects:
- Preliminary research of corporate logistics and supply chain reselience capabilities
- Exploratory qualitative research on sustrainability reporting models and processes in industrial enterprises and their supply chains.
- Sustainable transport
- Green solutions for business and industry
- National Centre of Competence for Industrial 3D Printing
- Predictive Planning Applications 4.0
Projects for practice:
- Design, construction and installation of handling systems using Karakuri principles Multi-criteria decision making model for the selection of external storage areas
Logistic concept for the use of waste packaging material for packaging in a dispatch centre
Expert support for the implementation of lean manufacturing principles in service processes
Development of a management extension for inventory management
Conceptual use of flexible AGV
Study on the use of autonomous forklifts
Concept for a return flow management system for used electric vehicle batteries
Production and logistics laboratory:
The lab focuses on practical skill building and applied research in these areas:
- Lean manufacturing and logistics Smart logistics technologies
- Mixed reality quality management
- Intelligent manufacturing and logistics process control systems
Interactive forms of teaching:
- Training modules and management games
- Design and construction of tubular racking systems
- Mixed reality applications for product auditing
- Virtual reality applications for parts picking
- Management simulation game Marketplace live e-canvas system for supply chain management
- Software for planning, simulation and process improvement
- Tools for digitalisation of production and logistics processes
Logistics certificates:
- The Bachelor's degree is accredited by the European Logistics Association, which entitles ŠAVŠ to award the Candidate European Logistician (cEJLog) certificate.
- The students can also obtain a professional certificate in Logistics Management awarded under the auspices of the Czech Logistics Association.