Statistics for management

Learning goals The course aims to provide the tools to be able to orientate between problems related to distribution logistics. The course deals with the study of tools and basic techniques to solve problems that generally concern the location and optimal allocation of resources. Knowledge and understanding After attending the course the students know and understand the main problems of logistics, the relative models and the main methods to be used to solve these problems. Applying knowledge and understanding At the end of the course, students are able to formulate linear and non-linear models to solve problems in the location of services, allocation of resources, production, distribution and planning of activities. Making judgements The students develop critical skills and are able to analyze the complex of activities aimed at changing the space and time attributes of everything that is managed within a production system: materials, goods, products, resources, personnel, information. Communication skills Through the study and performance of practical exercises and the application in computer lab of resolutive techniques acquire the technical-scientific language of the discipline that must be properly used in written and oral tests. Learning skills By passing the exam students are able to face the study of the main decision-making problems and related models in the logistics field and to propose methods to solve them.