Foundations of Supply Chain Management
This subject is aimed at developing an advanced understanding of the principles, concepts and approaches employed in the management of supply chains between industrial, commercial, and governmental organisations. A key element is the design and improvement of business processes. It includes the management of materials, people and information in supply relationships. It also includes cost-savings, time-to-market, new product development, and consideration of supply management in these and other strategic contexts. Strategic issues relevant to the management of supply chains are covered. These include management of trading partner relationships, use of information technology, configuration of logistics networks and managing international supply chains.
Objectives
- The ability to determine a range of critical factors and trade-offs impacting on supply chain management and decision making
- Develop policies and guidelines for management and coordination of information flows between trading partners, and within the firm
- Be able to analyse and recommend policies for deployment of inventories in supply chains
- Discriminate between different procurement and outsourcing strategies, and make judgements about their particular application in a strategic context
- Develop frameworks for the coordination of design of products and the integration of supply chain processes that will bring these products to market
- The ability to determine the role established and emerging enabling technologies can play individually and in combination to promote supply chain integration
Subject Code
MGMT90119
Credit Points
12.5
Delivery Dates
25 - 29 July 2011
Mode of Delivery
1 intensive week
Contact Time
24 hours of lectures/seminars/workshops. In addition to face-to-face teaching time of 24 hours, students should expect to undertake a minimum of 120 hours research, reading, writing and general study to complete this subject successfully.
Assessment
20% - 1 hour exam, completed on the final day of delivery
30% - 1,500 word assignment, due four weeks after the delivery
50% - 3,000 word field project, due eight weeks after the delivery
Prescribed Texts
Nil