Logistics Management
Duration
One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 36
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
2023 teaching periods
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Aims and objectives
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Critically analyse the role of logistics operations in achieving organisational goals.
2. Apply problem solving to develop a system of integrated logistics management for the organisation.
3. Critically analyse the logistics planning and control aspects of the organisation.
4. Communicate proficiently to a variety of audiences and operate as an effective member or leader of a team.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Block Mode:
This unit will be delivered in block or intensive mode. Block mode may consist of blended, intensive and immersive teaching, which can include full day teaching and weekend teaching requirements – as specified in the Unit Outline.
Student workload:
For all teaching and learning structures (both face to face and online), students are expected to spend an average of 150 hours per unit in total over the duration of the study period
This includes all:
• Scheduled teaching and learning events and activities (contact hours timetabled in a face-to-face teaching space) and scheduled online learning events (contact hours scheduled in an online teaching space), and
• Non-scheduled learning events and activities (including directed online learning activities, assessments, independent study, student group meetings, and research)
To be successful, students should:
• Read all prescribed materials and/or view videos in preparation for each class
• Attend and engage in all scheduled classes (face to face or online)
• Start assessment tasks well ahead of the due date, and submit assessments promptly
• Read / listen to all feedback carefully, and consider it for future assessment
• Engage with fellow students and teaching staff (don’t hesitate to ask questions)
Assessment
2. Assignment/report and presentation (Individual/Group) 30-40%
3. Case study analysis (Group) 20-30%
General skills outcomes
• Problem solving skills
• Analysis skills
• Communication skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently
Content
• Distribution network and Omni-channel networks
• Total cost concept
• Sourcing materials and services
• Producing goods and services
• Customer service management
• Methodology for customer service evaluation
• Demand management
• Order management and customer service
• Functional supply operations for an organisation – order processing, unitisation aspects, warehousing aspects, transport aspects, inventory management aspects
• Logistics systems planning and forecasting
• Supply Chain performance measurement and financial analysis
• Transportation network design and analysis
• Inventory management
• Measurement and monitoring of logistics operations
• Supply chain technology – Managing Information Flows
Strategic challenges and change for supply chains
Study resources
- Reading materials.