| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
not available in 2010 (see Timetable) |
| Outcomes |
Students are able to develop an understanding of supply chain issues; analyse different supply chain concepts; critique conflicting supply chain perspectives and trade-offs; develop policies for measuring supply chain performance; and understand the issues involved in co-ordinating and optimising supply chains. |
| Content |
This unit covers management issues relating to the distribution of goods and services within the supply chain. Lecture topics include inventory management, bull-whip effects, e-supply chains, procurement and purchasing, supplier selection and relationship management, logistic services (including third-party logistic providers), supply chain performance management, optimising supply chain design, supply chain co-ordination and trade-off analysis. |
| Assessment |
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Prerequisites: MGMT1136/MGMT2236 Management and Organisations |
Contact hours—lectures: 2 hrs per week; tutorials: 1 hr per week
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| Unit web page |
http://www.business.uwa.edu.au/studentnet
[Some unit web pages are still under construction and will be available in 2010.]
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