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The purpose of the article is to describe and compare the purchasing process for advanced versus basic logistics services. Further
some specific observations are presented from the procurement of advanced third-party logistics services, with respect to service
definitions, providers evaluations and contracts. The purchasing process of logistics services will in the future need to be more
differentiated due to current business trends. Hence companies must analyse how these new procurement situations will impact on
their purchasing processes in order to understand what new resources, routines and competence they need to have in order to
purchase logistics services in an effective way. r 2002 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.
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Mikko Karkkainen, Timo Ala-Risku and Jan Holmstrom
Keywords: Purchasing process; Services; Third-party logistics
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Helsinki
University of Technology, Helsinki, Finland
Keywords Logistics, Supply-chain management, Customers, Value, Distribution, Strategy
Transport Logistics, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 181– 194 (1998)
 VSP 1998.
To cite this article: Christofer Kohn & Maria Huge Brodin (2008) Centralised distribution systems
and the environment: how increased transport work can decrease the environmental impact of
logistics, International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications: A Leading Journal of Supply
Chain Management, 11:3, 229-245
1. Introduction
A changing context and new demands on logistics are
driving an ongoing transformation and differentiation
of the buying process for logistics services. Logistics
services purchased some years ago were usually quite
easy to define and the purchase decision was mainly
based on the price of the service. Those basic logistics
services constitute still the big volume offered and
bought, but they are increasingly bought in bundles (van
Laarhoven et al., 2000; Andersson, 1997; Sink and
Langley, 1997; Berglund, 2000). At the same time,
different value adding services and IT services are
increasingly included in the bundles of services, which
are handled in so-called third-party logistics relationships (Andersson, 1997; van Laarhoven et al., 2000).
This development increases the complexity of the
purchasing process of logistics. The increasingly more
advanced tasks companies are trying to outsource today
(e.g. logistics management) are much harder to specify
and the companies are also not used to doing this. Van
Hoek (2000) argues that there is a need for further
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Abstract—In this article we have and other liabilities whatsoever or
proceedings, demands, costs, expenses, damages,expanded Professor James Cooper’s discussions of ‘mega carriers’ for
howsoever caused arising one-stop shopping of logisticsin connection with, in relation to or arising in third-party
directly or indirectly services to a multi-tiering model to describe different alliances
logistics. To be able to support the increasing demands of shippers, a third-party logistics provider must
out of the use of the Content.
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providers and members of
supply chains ± a strategic
perspective
Anu H. Bask
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have a portfolio with many different services, either in-house or available from a supplier network. As a
research and understanding of purchasing initiatives
Abstract A broad product assortment is usually valued highly by customers. However, holding a
supporting the establishment of supplementary logistics
great number of product variants in inventory increases the costs of a supplier. It is possible to
services. We will in this article discuss the kind of
reduce need for warehousing with direct deliveries from manufacturing units, but customer value
procurement included in the procurement of advanced
is reduced when orders are received on several shipments. Merge-in-transit is a distribution
logistics services. But we will in the discussion also
method in which goods shipped from several supply locations are consolidated into one final
include routine purchases of basic services e.g. by the use
customer delivery while they are in transit. This article examines the effects of merge-in-transit
of an Internet freight exchange. While the firstanalysis is performed with a maintenance, repair, and
distribution on delivery costs. The type of
process may take several yearsdistributor as the case may
operations products to finalise the latter company. The evidence in this article supports the claim
be only a minutes work. The being a cost the article is to
of merge-in-transit purpose of efficient distribution alternative in business networks. Based on the
describe and compare the purchasing in multi-company networks should study the possibility of using
results advocates that companies process for
logistics services for companies following either the
the merge-in-transit delivery model.
trend towards outsourcing of more advanced logistics
services, which will be emphasised here, or the trend
Introduction
towards leveraging the internet as a tool in their buying
Presenting more valuable especially
of basic services. Further lessons learned from solutions to customers while decreasing the
the procurement of advanced third-party logistics will be
associated costs is the biggest challenge and main goal in supply chain
shared. The article is conceptual in itset al., 2001, p. 7). The traditional way to create customer
management (Hoover nature, but based
on empirical material that has been collected over
value is to offer a broad assortment of products at as low a price as possible
several years of contacts with shippers, both in research
(Bowersox et al., research. The article
projects and variants of action 2000). However, broadening the product assortment also
increases the costs of the supplier (Putsis and Bayus, 2001; Boatwright and
takes its starting point in the characteristics of service
procurement and the business trends influencing logisNunes, 2001). Successful companies create customer value in such a way that
tics. Thereafter two emerging markettrade-off is reached and the profit contribution for the
an optimal cost/benefit areas are illustrated and, based on this, a comparison of different
company is maximised (Christopher, 1992, pp. 24-52). Nevertheless, the most
types of purchasing processes is made. This results in the
valuable important phases in the purchasidentification of threesolutions are those that increase customer value while simultaneously
reducing discussed in greater detail.
ing process, which arecosts.
consequence, third-party logistics cannot be reduced to purposes. Any
This article may be used for research, teaching, and private studyan alliance between a single shipper and a single
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provider. Both the shipper and the provider are also loan, in other alliances and
PII: S 0 9 6 9 - 7 0 2 ( 0 1 ) 0 0 0 1 Logistics
Keywords Buyer-seller relationships, Supply-chain 1management, 8 - 1
substantial or systematic reproduction, redistribution, reselling, involved sub-licensing, these often strongly
interact with the shipper– provider relationship. Furthermore, this relationship varies across the different
Abstract Outsourcing of logistics services has increased rapidly during the last few
systematic supply, or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. Terms &
Providing all the products that the customer needs, and delivering them in
one drop-off is a valuable service for the customer (Bowersox et al., 2000). A
wide product offering is important as customers can then use fewer suppliers,
reducing their co-ordination and transaction costs (Daniels and Klimis, 1999).
phases of third-party logistics projects: design, development, implementation, and operation. Therefore,
years. Accordingly, third-party logistics and supply chain management as a research
phenomenon has gained increased attention from academia. However, a strategic view
Getting everything delivered in one lot is important for the customer, because
in order to broaden the picture and to extend the modelling of Cooper and others, we suggest a five-layer
focusing on the relationship between supply chain management and third-party logistics
International Journal of Physical
model with users and four tiers of logistic service providers for the description and analysis of logistics
service strategies has gained little attention. This paper focuses on alternative supply Distribution & Logistics Management
The authors would like to acknowledge Hannu Heikkonen from Kauppatalo Hansel Oy for his
and transport industry issues in general and third-party logistics in particular. This conceptual model chain strategies and their relationship to different types of third-party logistics services. AVol. 33 No. 2, 2003
is
Journal of Transport Geography
normative framework for organizing these relationships is developed. The strategic viewpp. 132-148
co-operation, and his fruitful ideas during the case study. 12 (2004) 171–184 also indebted to
The authors are
then illustrated and validated by a case study describing the implementation of an alliance which involved
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Marketing reasons for
There are very good marketing reasons for why we should focus on research
research
into third-party logistics services and their relation without chain
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management. First, the outsourcing of logistics services is expected to
increase (Ohmae, 1989; Coyle et al., 1992). It will continue to evolve at least
INTRODUCTION
in Europe (Peters et al., 1998) and USA. The majority of CEOs of large
logistics service providers in Europe believed (Peters et al., 1998) that the
Modern logistics demands a high level of expertise in key areas, such as distribution
annual industry growth rate over the period 1998-2000 would be around 20
strategy, materials handling and inventory control, purchasing, transport planning,
percent. With regard to the USA, the estimated sales growth was from $15
billion (1996) to $50 billion by the year 2000, a yearly growth of as high as
information system, and the ability to manage change, especially within multinational
40
organizations with several different subsidiaries. If one or more of these key areas are percent of the market within a period of three years. Second, the thirdparty logistics (TPL) industry is a young and emerging industry (Kuglin,
Transport Logistics, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 181– 194 (1998)
not operating correctly, it has a negative impact on the effectiveness and efficiency p. 227; Sink et al., 1996; Sink and Langley, 1997) which promises a
1998,
 VSP 1998.
of the total logistics system. Externalizing logistics to third-party operators is often
positive future for the logistics industry. Third, the scope of services that
third-party logistics providers are offering is expanding, and TPL providers
with this problem. The shipper’s core competence is
are aggressively Transportation Research Part A 41 (2007) 280–285 interest in
improving their operations. Finally, customer
then supplemented by outside expertise in other key areas.
outsourcing a wider amount of logistics services has increased (Peters et al.,
1998). All these factors have led to an increasing need for the holistic
management of logistics services (Juga and Willberg, 1998) and their
∗ To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: stewa@eki.liu.se
efficient organization from both the supply chain and third-party logistics
providers' point of view in order to improve effectiveness and efficiency in
supply chains.
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The transport geography of logistics and freight distribution
Markus Hesse
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Performance issues of Smart
Goods transport in large European cities: Difficult
Transportation Management
A
spite of to organize, difficult to modernize
the
holistic
systems model of tiering in third-party logistics with aInservice above mentioned reasons, thelogistics strategic view, which
aims to answer the question how third-party
providers should offer
parts distribution case study
Gunnar Stefansson
their services toward differentLaetitia Dablanc has gained little
types of supply chains, *
a,*
, Jean-Paul Rodrigue
attention. A great deal of successful and versatile academic research was
Department of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science,
produced during the 1990s in third-party logistics phenomena. However, the
INRETS, French National Institute for Research on Transport and its Safety, 19, rue Alfred Nobel,
University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland and
MATS ABRAHAMSSON and STEN WANDEL∗
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Division of Logistics and Transportation, Chalmers University of Technology,
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for this journal is available at
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Goteborg, Sweden,S-581 83 Linkoping, Sweden
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Keywords: Logistics; Geography; Freight Transport; Physical distribution; Globalization
1. Logistics and freight transport: from derived to
integrated demand
1.1. Introduction
The growing flows of freight have been a fundamental
component of contemporary changes in economic systems at the global, regional and local scales. The consideration of these changes must be made within a
perspective where they are not merely quantitative, but
Abstract
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structural and operational. Structural changes mainly
Abstract—In this article we have expanded Professor James Cooper’s discussions of ‘mega carriers’ for
involve manufacturing systems with their geography of
Abstract
one-stop shopping of logistics services to a multi-tiering model to describe this article, I wish in third-party
In different alliances to present three characteristics of urban goods movements in major European cities: (1) Goods
production, while operational changes mainly concern
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to use the conceptual model of be able to Transportation
logistics. To the Smart support the increasing demands of shippers,movements arelogistics indifferentmust internal structure of cities. (2) Urban policies targeted on freight mobility appear transportation with its geography of distribution.
a third-party largely provider to the
freight
Management (STM) system and analyze how the included factors change the performance of
to be from a supplier network. As a
have a portfolio with many different services, either in-house or availablequite inefficient. (3) The provision of appropriate urban logistic services is slow in emerging despite growing needs.
As such, the fundamental question does not necessarily
distribution activities and what management issues are at stake.
These features have been and a single
consequence, third-party logistics cannot be reduced to an alliance between a single shipper observed over the last five or six years through working with large metropolitan transport author- in the nature, origins and destinations of freight
reside
Design/methodology/approach – To prepare the paper, a literature study was made and case
ities, as well and these French national
provider. Both the shipper and the provider are also involved in other alliances as with the often strongly research program on ‘‘Goods in Cities’’ and the ‘‘Best Urban Freight Solutions’’
movements, but how this freight is moving. New modes
studies carried out in companies and organizations that are included in advanced transportation setups,
European varies across the different
of production are concomitant with new modes of disinteract with the shipper– provider relationship. Furthermore, this relationship network. These observations draw a picture of the urban freight industry, which can appear quite critical.
including infrastructure providers, carriers, truck manufacturers, software providers, shippers, and more.
Indeed, many initiatives have emerged to make this industry less routine and more efficient, especially regarding its envitribution, which brings forward the realm of logistics;
phases three major components projects:
Findings – The main finding of the study is a model that includes of third-party logistics of smart design, development, implementation, and operation. Therefore,
ronmental impacts as well as its level of quality of service. However, changes are slow, and on the whole, it appears as
transportation management, namely, smart goods, smart vehicles andbroaden the picture and to extend the modelling of Cooper and others, we suggest a five-layer
in order to smart infrastructure. These
of
components embrace some factors that have effects on model with users and fourhowever, logistic service providers for thethough none andthe stakeholders are willing to make fast progress: on the one side, city governments expect business to
supply chain performance; tiers of to
description
analysis of logistics
set up new logistic services fit to the emerging needs of the customers and retailers as well as beneficial to the environment;
different extents.
*
and transport industry issues in general and third-party logistics in on the other side, logisticians are waiting for municipalities to initiate (and subsidize) new services before starting busiparticular. This conceptual model is
Corresponding author. Tel.: +49-30-838-70209; fax: +49-30-838Research limitations/implications – The paper uses a framework for the smart transportation
70749.
then illustrated and validated by a case study describing the implementation of an could prove poorly profitable and highly risky. Despite this tendency for status quo in the urban freight
nesses which alliance which involved
management system that is useful when studying advanced transportation management systems, the
E-mail address: mhesse@zedat.fu-berlin.de (M. Hesse).
functions that need to be supported and what factors have the redesign of achain performance.
effects on supply European distribution operation for service parts. industry, some solutions can be identified, which I present in the concluding chapter of this paper.
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Division of Logistics and Transportation, Chalmers University of Technology,
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Goteborg, Sweden
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Practical implications – Practical implications are mainly based on the structure of the smart
transportation system that is used and the identified factorsKeywords: the performance of the supply logistics alliances; logistic service providers; European distributhat affect Third-party logistics; tiering;
Keywords: Urban freight; Policies and planning; City logistics; Regulations; Trucks; Deliveries
chain, as these factors can be influenced by logistics management.
tion; freight transport industry.
Originality/value – The framework used in this research is a new development that collects
advanced functions of goods identification, vehicle information systems and infrastructure systems
into one conceptual model for smart transportation management that include some factors that are
affecting supply chain performance.
INTRODUCTION
Keywords Transportation, Supply chain management, Performance management
Paper type Research paper
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and Performance Management
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0. Introduction
Modern logistics demands a high level of expertise in key areas, such as distribution
A large number of different types of freight flows constantly cross an urban environment, including constrategy, materials handling and inventory control, purchasing, transport materials, waste products, postal mail and others. These flows occupy about one fourth
sumer goods, building planning,
Introduction
information system, and the ability to manage change, especially within multinational
In the pursuit of higher efficiencies in companies’ supply chains, new business models
are engaging an increasing number of participants, making the management of the
organizations with several different subsidiaries. If one or more of these key areas are
chains, including transportation operations, more difficult and the risk for exceptions a negative impact on the effectiveness and efficiency
not operating correctly, it has
higher. By employing more complex business models, the need for more customized
of the total logistics system. Externalizing logistics to * Tel.: +33 1 64operators is often 15 21 40.
third-party 15 21 03; fax: +33 1 64
logistics solutions increases and the need for more efficient execution escalates.
advocated better information and
E-mail address: laetitia.dablanc@inrets.fr
Efficient execution relies on better planning that in turn calls for as a way of dealing with this problem. The shipper’s core competence is
then supplemented by services
better monitoring and controlling of transportation operation. The complexoutside expertise in other key areas.
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doi:10.1016/j.tra.2006.05.005
∗ To
whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: stewa@eki.liu.se
b
Department of Earth Sciences, Urban Studies, Free University of Berlin, Malteserstr. 74-100 D-12249 Berlin, Germany
b
Department of Economics and Geography, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549, USA
Abstract
Goods movement and freight distribution are widely underrepresented in regional science and geographical research. This is
surprising since a large body of traditional spatial theory has been developed with respect to transportation costs or to trade areas:
those aspects that were originally closely connected with the exchange of goods. Growing attention is being paid in geography to
related subjects, such as the emergence of global production networks, to structural changes in retail or to the commodification of
modern consumption. To a certain extent, these processes depend upon the efficient transfer of information, finance and physical
goods. Yet, with a few exceptions, the freight sector appears to be neglected in contemporary research. This paper provides an
overview of the emerging transport geography of logistics and freight distribution. It challenges the traditional perspective where
transportation is considered as a derived demand with the idea that logistical requirements underline transportation as a component
of an integrated demand. The paper provides an analysis of the evolution of logistics as it pertains to the core dimensions of
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transport geography (flows, nodes/locations and networks). The concept of logistical friction is also introduced to illustrate the
inclusion of the multidimensional notion of impedance in integrated freight transport demand.
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the science of physical distribution. Although it represents an entire system of space/time interdependencies,
we believe that physical distribution has been neglected
in current geographical, urban or regional studies.
Up to recently, geography did not pay much attention to logistics and freight transportation, as the focus
was mainly on passengers and individual mobility issues.
Textbooks on urban or general transport geography,
like those edited by Hanson (1995), Taaffe et al. (1996)
or Hoyle and Knowles (1998), now raise more freight
related questions than they did in earlier editions, particularly with regard to trade and ports. The latter is
probably the only logistics subject that received major
reference from academic geography. Other core spatial
implications of distribution and logistics have been directly addressed in geography by few authors who
developed an insight into wholesale activities and their
geographical distribution (Glasmeier, 1992; McKinnon,
1983, 1988, 1998; Riemers, 1998; Vance, 1970). Following the nature of retailing as an originally distributive activity, geographic research on retail and
consumption is of interest in the logistics context too.
However, retail geography does not pay much attention
to distribution changes (Marsden and Wrigley, 1996),

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0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4 0,5 0,6 0,7 0,8 0,9
Error
1

Mean Squared Error
1
0,9
Error^2
0,8
Risky behaviour
does not pay
0,7
0,6
0,5
0,4
0,3
0,2
0,1
0
0
0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4 0,5 0,6 0,7 0,8 0,9
Error
1

MSE
Mean value is calculated
Question
Right
answer
Your
answer
Error
Error2
1
1
0,5
0,5
0,25
2
0
0
0
0
3
1
1
0
0
MSE
4
0
0,15
0,15
Sum
Average
Exams :( [Day 12] by Alex France on Flickr (CC-BY,SA)
0,0225
0,2725
0,13625
MSE=Mean Squared Error

MSE-method
Max
Points
MSE
0,05
0,10
0,15
0,20
Exams :( [Day 12] by Alex France on Flickr (CC-BY,SA)
Points
25
20
15
10
Grade
5
Guess 0,5 on 20% of
the questions
5
Guess 0,5 on 40% of
the questions
4
Guess 0,5 on 60% of
the questions
3
Guess 0,5 on 80% of
the questions
MSE=Mean Squared Error

Usage of results
Question 1 Question 2 Question 3
MSE
0,6
0,12
Student 2
1
1
1
1
Student 3
0
0,8
0,4
0,27
MSE
0,33
0,55
0,51
Rank
3
1
2
ts
ul
0
s
re
0
ir
e
Th
Student 1
s
ult
s
M
re
y

Feedback films
Second loop
Statistics
Answers

Research papers
2 seminars
OUTSOURCING LOGISTICS IN PARTNERSHIPS
– DRIVING FORCES AND EFFECTS
Dan Andersson
Logistics and Transport S
ystems
Departm of Managem and Economics
ent
ent
Linköping University
S-581 83 LINKÖPING, S
weden
Phone: +46 13 28 15 21
Fax: +46 13 28 25 13
E-mail: DanAn@eki.liu.s
e
ABSTRACT
An increase in the outsourcing of logistics in partnerships between shippers and
service providers has been observed. Expected positive cost and service effects
are important driving forces for the outsourcing of logistics. Linked to the cost
aspects is also a desire to reduce investments. It could be a question of
transforming fixed costs to variable, or to facilitate fast and radical restructuring
of supply chains. Finally, one of the single most important driving forces is the
shipper's ambition to concentrate on core business.
Each group
has 1 paper
Logistics partnerships have been observed to have a positive effect on the
following four areas at the shippers: cost, service, restructuring of supply chains,
Present
and control. The shippers believe that efficient operations, economies of scale
and scope, and provider knowledge, have positive effects on costs and service.
This Book by Bob AuBuchon on Flickr (CC-BY,NC,ND)
Explain
Discuss

The case
50% of the
course
Two parts
(20 + 30 points)
Groups of 5
students
A lot of work!

The case
Fake company:
Apelsin AB
Makes computers
Rich backstory
End result:
A solutions pitch
+ a short report
Needs help in planning
future distribution
system

The case
Real data
Missing data
Meetings with
CEO
Obscure data
Software
Proxio Optimizer
Open-ended
(very frustrating)

The case - methods used
Closed meetings
(not final presentation)
Recording of CEO
meetings
Random
presenters
Filmed
presentations
Structured
grading

The midterm tests - reflections
Easy to
grade
Better than
exams
I get to know what
they don’t know
…and what they
think they know but
don’t
Two or even
three loops
Scalable
Seems to
work…

Research papers - reflections
A good way to
engage students
Keeps course
content current
OUTSOURCING LOGISTICS IN PARTNERSHIPS
– DRIVING FORCES AND EFFECTS
Dan Andersson
Logistics and Transport S
ystems
Departm of Managem and Economics
ent
ent
Linköping University
S-581 83 LINKÖPING, S
weden
Phone: +46 13 28 15 21
Fax: +46 13 28 25 13
E-mail: DanAn@eki.liu.s
e
ABSTRACT
Random
presentations: Good!
An increase in the outsourcing of logistics in partnerships between shippers and
service providers has been observed. Expected positive cost and service effects
are important driving forces for the outsourcing of logistics. Linked to the cost
aspects is also a desire to reduce investments. It could be a question of
transforming fixed costs to variable, or to facilitate fast and radical restructuring
of supply chains. Finally, one of the single most important driving forces is the
shipper's ambition to concentrate on core business.
Logistics partnerships have been observed to have a positive effect on the
following four areas at the shippers: cost, service, restructuring of supply chains,
and control. The shippers believe that efficient operations, economies of scale
and scope, and provider knowledge, have positive effects on costs and service.
A good way to
include research in
the course
This Book by Bob AuBuchon on Flickr (CC-BY,NC,ND)

The case - reflections
Frustrating with
open-ended tasks
Very fun! And
difficult…
A lot of work for
the students
Random
presenters: Good!
Build FAQ
Resembles
reality

Next year
New papers
Develop case
further
More videos!
Keep the MSE
scoring
Electronic
tests?

Pedagogical project 2013
Course development
!
Per Olof Arnäs
Technology Management and Economics
per-olof.arnas@chalmers.se
slides on slideshare.net/poar
New Science Lecture Theatre at UCT by Ian Barbour on Flickr (CC-BY,SA)