Business IT and Supply Chain

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  As indicated in the approved Program Guide for the Bachelor of Business (Logistics and Supply Chain Management), LGM310 mainly focuses on the following capability dimensions:

  1. E-Supply chain design and implementation capabilities
  2. Application of information technology capabilities
  3. System thinking capabilities
  4. Critical analysis problem setting and solving capabilities
  5. Interpersonal and communication capabilities.

  The capabilities that are developed through the undergraduate logistics program in which you are enrolled are described in the program guide. It is expected that upon successful completion of the degree you would have further developed these capabilities by gaining the following:

  1. Develop sound understanding of the impact of information technology on business logistics and supply chain management
  2. Demonstrate a high level of understanding of the relationship between business model and supply chain design focusing on the use and sharing of information among business partners
  3. Identify and examine the issues in e-supply chain design and to think in a practical and conceptual way about how these issues can be solved across the whole supply chain
  4. Develop, plan and select the appropriate e-supply chain design for a company based on its business model, overall business strategy, capabilities, and current supply chain configuration
  5. Identify and assess the difficulties and the challenges in implementing an e-supply chain design
  6. Develop a high level of understanding of the available technologies and their limitations
  7. Identify and determine the importance of e-supply chain management in assisting the functional areas of e-business/e-commerce
  8. Generate and exemplify effective interpersonal skills and communication techniques in working as a team to solve real-world problems in e-supply chain management.

  In short, successful completion of the degree should promote your thinking conceptually about e-supply chain management and its significance to assist a business entity to achieve its strategic goals.

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Entry requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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