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Logistics and Supply Chain Management
UoS Code TPTM6155
Credit points 6
Offered Semester 1 and Semester 2
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Additional Information This is the foundation unit for all logistics management programs and should be completed in the first period of study. Note: Students with extensive practical experience in the logistics industry may apply to substitute another unit for TPTM6155 - Please provide a CV and covering email outlining your experience to Professor David Walters d.walters@itls.usyd.edu.au.
Lectures Block mode: 6 days, 9am-5pm. Refer to timetable for further details.
Assessment Individual assignment, group project presentation and report, and final examination.
Description Logistics and supply chain management are foundation blocks of any successful business. Unless an organisation can manage and coordinate the movement of materials, information and cash through its business, and those of partner organisations, it is unlikely to outperform its competitors. Furthermore organisations rarely compete as fully integrated organisations; typically they are part of increasingly interdependent networks. The operational disciplines of the successful organisation are responsible for developing and managing its response to market opportunities, and supply chain management is the key to a successful response. This unit provides an understanding of these two important concepts. It offers sound grounding in terms, concepts, techniques and principles that underlie logistics and supply chain management, exploring both concepts and demonstrating how together these contribute towards a strategically effective and operationally efficient organisation.