TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINAL OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
| Title | ΔΙΟΙΚΗΣΗ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΑΤΩΝ ΜΕΤΑΦΟΡΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΤΕΡΜΑΤΙΚΩΝ ΣΤΑΘΜΩΝ / TRANSPORTATION AND TERMINAL OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT |
| Code | 10602-LSC-113 |
| Faculty | Social and Economic Sciences |
| School | Economics |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Spring |
| Coordinator | Alexandros Diamantidis |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600021119 |
Programme of Study: METAPTYCΗIAKO STĪN EFODIASTIKĪ KAI DIOIKĪSĪ ALYSIDAS EFODIASMOU (2024-2025)
Registered students: 0
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Compulsory Course | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Programme of Study: METAPTYCΗIAKO STĪN EFODIASTIKĪ KAI DIOIKĪSĪ ALYSIDAS EFODIASMOU (2024- SĪMERA) MF
Registered students: 2
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | Spring | - | 5 |
Programme of Study: METAPTYCΗIAKO STĪN EFODIASTIKĪ KAI DIOIKĪSĪ ALYSIDAS EFODIASMOU (2024-sīmera)
Registered students: 16
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KORMOS | Elective Courses | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Instructors from Other Categories |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600287219
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Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
- Distance learning
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600287219
- eLearning:
- eLearning (Moodle):
Language of Instruction
- English (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
The objective of the course is to introduce and familiarize students with key concepts, emerging trends and decision support methods/tools on freight transportation operations, as well as the planning, design and management of terminal (i.e., airport, port) operations. In addition, the student will learn how to model transportation problems using MIP techniques and solve supply chain network problems using GAMS software.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an international context
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
Course Content (Syllabus)
Lecture 1 (Freight Transportation): freight transport modes, modal split, types and characteristics of freight transport services, transportation cost structure
Lecture 2 (Vehicle Types): vehicle types and properties, transport inter modality/co-modality, international transport documents, Incoterms
Lecture 3 (Organization and Execution of Freight Transportation): routing and scheduling properties, distribution types and strategies, FMS/TMS, PoD/IoD, health & safety, Logistics Service Providers, Contract Logistics, forwarding
Lectures 4-5 (Emerging Trends in Freight Transportation): omnichannel distribution models, last-mile orchestration, city logistics models and practices, sustainability
Lecture 6 (Terminal Operations - Airports): airports and airport systems, airport planning, airport design elements, airport terminals and ground access, airport capacity and delays, airport ownership and financial management
Lecture 7 (Terminal Operations - Ports): port types and functions, port and terminal planning, port elements, port ownership and management, port finance
Lecture 8 (Introduction to Mixed Integer Programming (MIP)): The nature of MIP, the use of binary variables, modeling special types of constraints using MIP techniques.
Lectures 9-10 (The transportation problem): MIP models for the transportation and transhipment problem with and without cross docks. An Introduction to GAMS software.
Lecture 11 : Finding optimal solutions of Transportation and Transhipment problems using GAMS software.
Lectures 12-13 (Optimal Design of Supply chain Networks): Complex MIP models for the optimal design of multi echelon, multi product supply chain networks (optimization of flows, optimization of Warehouses and Distribution Centers capacities and locations). Optimal steady-state design of Supply Chain networks using GAMS software.
Keywords
transportation systems, operations management
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
- Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
- Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | ||||
| Reading Assigment | 60 | ✓ | |||
| Project | 28 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Written assigments | 20 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Exams | 3 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 150 |
Student Assessment
Description
final exam (60%), assignment/term paper (25%), active class participation including term paper presentation (15%).
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
- Written Exam with Problem Solving (Formative, Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
Rushton, A., P. Croucher, and P. Baker (2017), The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management: Understanding the Supply Chain, 6th Edition, Kogan Page.
De Neufville, R. and A.R. Odoni (2013), Airport Systems: Planning, Design and Management, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill Education.
Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (2020), Port and Terminal Management, ISBN: 978-1-911328-11-7, London, UK.
Shapiro, J.F. (2006), Modelling the supply chain, Duxbury, ISBN: 0-534-37363-1.
Pistikopoulos, E.N., M.C. Georgiadis and V. Dua (2010), Process Systems Engineering, Supply Chain Optimization, Wiley-VCH, ISBN: 978-3-527-31693-9
Last Update
11-09-2025
