Postgraduate - UnitMKX9620 - Fulfilment and order management

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Offered	Caulfield Second semester 2012 (On-campus split block of classes)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Peter O'Neill

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.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

explain the strategic options and controllable variables available to the logistician in managing order fulfilment operations and network design
explain the contribution of package design to logistics effectiveness
identify fulfilment inefficiencies and suggest appropriate solutions
design a warehousing and order picking operation given appropriate data.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 60%
Class test: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Peter O'Neill

Contact hours

3 hours per week