Circular Economy 7,5 Credits

Course Contents

The course covers the topics below in relation to principles and concepts of circular economy and sustainability in the context of supply chain and operations management.

The course includes the following elements:
- Introduction to circular economy and sustainable supply chain and operations management
- Circular economy and sustainable supply chain and operations management in various industries (manufacturing, service industries, challenges, and opportunities)
- Circular business models (development and implementation of models, case studies)
- Policy and regulations (global and local, challenges and opportunities)
- Circular economy and sustainability (SDG’s, social, economic, environmental impacts)
- Circular economy and sustainability metrics and indicators (measurement metrics, CE tools)
- Circular economy and Industry 4.0 (automation, digitalization, digitization)

Prerequisites

Passed courses of at least 90 credits within the major subject industrial engineering and management.
A prerequisite to attend the course is to be accepted to the International Operations Management and Sustainability course at the University of Udine, which is administered in a separate process.

Level of Education: Undergraduate
Course code/Ladok code: TCEN14
The course is conducted at: School of Engineering Last modified 2024-04-15 13:17:50