MKP9620

Warehousing management

(BUS)

Mr G Peter Dapiran

6 points + One-week module + Second semester + Peninsula

Synopsis: Topics include strategic warehousing decisions; third party logistics; decision analysis techniques for facilities location; warehouse design; design of order picking systems; decision trees and game theory and applications to warehousing; labour management and the introduction of technological change; packaging and unitisation; shipping case design; pallet load stabilisation; containerisation; contingency planning in logistics operations; measuring performance; benchmarking.

Assessment: Individual site visit analysis report: 10% + Syndicate case study presentation: 10% + Individual major assignment (4000 words): 40% + Class test: 40%