VYSOKÁ ŠKOLA TECHNICKÁ A EKONOMICKÁ
V ČESKÝCH BUDĚJOVICÍCH
Úsek prorektora pro studium
VŠTE IČO: 75081431
Okružní 517/10 ID datové schránky: 72pj9jc DIČ: CZ75081431
370 01 České Budějovice E-mail: studijnioddeleni@mail.vstecb.cz www.VSTECB.cz
Topic Areas for Admission
Study Programme: Logistics
Topics
1. Basic Legislation in Transport (Transport policy in the EU, basic European directives and regulations,
international agreements, legislation regulating the operation of individual modes of transport).
2. Transport Infrastructure (specific features of transport infrastructure, financing of transport
infrastructure, TEN-T network, interoperability in rail transport).
3. Providers of Transport and Shipping Services (characteristics and division of the transport services
market, characteristics of the basic services provided on the rail and road transport market, the concept
and meaning of freight forwarding, the position of freight forwarders on the transport market,
INCOTERMS clauses).
4. Means of Transport in Transport Logistics (pallets - division, standardization, marking, principles of
creating pallet units, pallet communities, one-way pallets; containers - maritime ISO, Innofreight, ACTS;
swap bodies related to road vehicles).
5. Characteristics of the Basic Transport-Based Logistics Technologies (formation of handling groups, Just
in Time, Just in Sequence, Hub and Spoke, Gateway, Centralized Warehouse Technology, Kanban etc.).
6. Intermodal Transport Systems - transport in ISO containers, Innofreight, ACTS (characteristics of
systems, technical basis), transport of road trailers, swap bodies, road unit sets (characteristics of
systems, technical basis).
7. City Logistics - definition, objectives and tasks of City logistics, basic terms and system components,
system interconnectedness, basic concept of City logistics. Last Mile Delivery technologies.
8. Transport as a System - urban transport system (elements, functions, components), system concept of
urban transport, measures for transport organisation in cities / towns, traffic management in cities /
towns. Definition of Transport Services in Urban Agglomerations - road transport in cities / towns,
transport services and integrated transport systems.
9. Technology and Management of Urban Freight Transport - logistics of urban freight transport, freight
transport technologies implemented in cities / towns, City logistics approaches in the context of urban
freight transport.
10. City Logistics Approaches - examples of City logistics solutions. Data collection and throughput analysis traffic
surveys.
11. Logistics. Production Logistics. Logistics Chain. Logistics Product. The Position of Logistics and
Production Logistics in Company Management System. Production Logistics. Production Process (PP).
Relationship between PP and Products.
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12. Supply Chains in Organizational Structure of Companies, Processes, Functions of Company Departments.
Integrated Material and Information Flows of Supply Chains - system structures and elements. Supply
Chain Planning, Implementation of Theory Principles in Supply Systems.
13. Structures of Procurement, Production and Distribution logistics. Material Handling in Supply Chain,
Characteristics, Selection Criteria and Sizing of Handling Equipment and Systems.
14. Warehouses and Storage (importance of storage and warehousing, position of warehouses in logistics,
functions - basic, supplementary and other functions - production support, combination of products,
deconsolidation of products into smaller shipments, consolidation of shipments; classification of
warehouses).
15. Handling Equipment in Warehouse Logistics (cyclically operating, periodically operating, continuously
operating). Storage Equipment (handling units – their division; crates; storage boxes; pallets – their
division, standardization, marking, principles of creating pallet units, pallet communities, one-way
pallets; rolltainers). Warehouse Equipment (storage of piece goods without equipment; division of
equipment; racks – basic division, construction, use; rack stackers; receiving and dispensing equipment,
possibilities of storage automation).
16. Packaging Technology (meaning and functions of packaging; characteristics of products intended for
packaging; types of packaging; protective systems; marking on transport packaging - handling marks;
stresses on packaging units, packaging tests).
17. Automatic Identification (barcode technology - division of codes, standardization of codes, construction
of codes, reading devices; RFID - principle, advantages, disadvantages; EDI and so on).
18. Development Trends in Transport and Logistics. Concepts in Company Logistics Chain (JIT, Kanban, MRP
system, digitalization, robotics, automation, AI, IoT etc.). Sophisticated warehousing and storage systems.
Sustainability – ecological (“green” or environmentally-friendly) transport andlogistics. Nonconventional
and alternative means of transport (vehicles), alternative propulsion systems, fuels etc. Re-Engineering
in Production Logistics, Optimized Production Technology (OPT) and Lean Production.
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V ČESKÝCH BUDĚJOVICÍCH
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VŠTE IČO: 75081431
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V ČESKÝCH BUDĚJOVICÍCH
Úsek prorektora pro studium
VŠTE IČO: 75081431
Okružní 517/10 ID datové schránky: 72pj9jc DIČ: CZ75081431
370 01 České Budějovice E-mail: studijnioddeleni@mail.vstecb.cz www.VSTECB.cz
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