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: First cycle

Coursecode/Ladok code: TCEN14

The course is conducted at: School of Engineering

Label Value
Type of course Programme instance course
Study type Normal teaching
Semester Autumn 2024
Study period week 34 - week 42
Rate of study 100%
Language English
Location Jönköping
Time Day-time
Tuition fees do NOT apply for EU/EEA citizens or exchange students 18750 SEK
Syllabus (PDF)
Application code HJ-T4411