Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Overview
This unit aims to provide students with the necessary knowledge and skills to enable them to analyse the theories of logistics and supply chain management and to apply these theories in solving typical logistics and supply chain issues. This unit focuses on the application of logistics and supply chain thinking in today’s global market. An ancillary aim of this unit is to equip students with appropriate competencies that enable them to innovatively apply supply chain knowledge for the purpose of improving company profits, and social and environmental outcomes. In this unit students explore various facets of the supply chain process, and consider how effective supply chain management positively impacts organisations, both financially and operationally.
Requisites
50 credit points
09-February-2025
01-June-2025
05-October-2025
02-November-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Articulate and defend supply chain decisions in a given business context
- Analyse how supply chain decisions influence the business process in a range of complex situations
- Research and make judgements about issues that influence supply chain decisions in given environments
- Work collaboratively in teams to solve complex problems
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-campus Class | 2.00 | 12 weeks | 24 |
| Online Lecture | 1.00 | 12 weeks | 12 |
| Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 9.50 | 12 weeks | 114 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Swinburne Online
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning | 12.50 | 12 weeks | 150 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment 1 | Individual | 15 - 25% | 1,2,3 |
| Assignment 2 | Group | 20 - 30% | 1,2,3,4 |
| Presentation | Group | 5 - 15% | 1,2,4 |
| Reflective Journal | Individual | 40 - 60% | 1,2,3 |
Content
- Introduction to supply chain management and logistics
- Role of logistics in supply chain
- Global dimensions of supply chain
- Supply chain relationships
- Supply chain performance measurement and financial analysis
- Supply chain technology- managing information flows
- Demand management
- Order management and customer service
- Managing inventory in the supply chain
- Transportation-managing the flow of the supply chain
- Distribution-managing fulfilment operations
- Supply chain network analysis and design
- Sourcing materials and services
- Operations-producing goods and services
- Managing reverse flows in the supply chain
- Ethical and sustainability issues in supply chains
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.