Supply Chain Design and Management

Square away the building blocks that make up modern supply chain design.Conceptually model the supply chain. Incorporate transportation logistics and vendor selection systems. Understand constraints that impact supply chain design in the real world.

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Duration

14 weeks

Student rating

N/A

Study method

Online and other materials

Available loans

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Assessments

Subjects may require attendance

Prior study

Not required

Study terms

16 Jul 2018

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2018

Subject details

What you'll learn

At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

Identify potential problems and opportunities for improvement in supply chains
Conceptually model the supply chain
Identify, recommend and justify main strategies and tools to be used to solve particular supply chains issues
Ask and answer "What if..?" questions
Design a Supply Chain of practical size and for realistic constraints.

Topics covered

Topics
- An introduction to design of supply chains
- Logistics systems planning and analysis
- Issues in designing the logistics network
- Issues in vendor selection and design of vendor selection decision systems
- Issues in Inventory planning
- Issues in designing Intra-facility logistics systems
- Transportation planning
Study resources
- Instructional Methods
  - Blog
  - Chat Rooms
  - Disscusion forum/Discussion Board
  - E-Portfolios
  - Web links
  - Online assignment submission
  - Podcasting/Leacture capture
  - Online Quizzes/Tests
  - Standard Media
  - Streaming Multimedia
  - Wikis
- Online Materials
  - Online Assessment

Entry requirements

No eligibility requirements

Special requirements

No special requirements

Description

This subject aims to provide you with knowledge regarding a variety of strategies and tools that can be used in the design of modern supply chains. Supply Chain Design and Management is an integrative design subject, aimed to give a holistic view on how to approach designing realistic Supply Chains in real-life conditions and constraints

Assessments

Assignment 1 - Invigilated Exam (50%)
Assignment 2 - Group Project (50%)

Textbooks

Textbooks are subject to change within the academic year. Students are advised to purchase their books no earlier than one to two months before the start of a subject.

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