Subject: Logistics Technology

The Supply Chain is a complex network of links and feedback loops, particularly in term of its communication and information flow - shaped at each step by advances in engineering and information technology. With producers and markets global in scope, this presents an unprecedented challenge to engineers and computer scientists. The sheer magnitude of product variety and volume makes complex analysis, the use of information and logistics technology, and the strategic management of the Supply Chain essential.

Includes use of logistics information technology systems, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) and advanced planning software, to support logistics decisions, application of e-commerce in logistics/supply chain management, use of logistics simulation software, use of currently available business application software such as databases, spreadsheets, project management, and presentations, and other technological areas such as WMS/SCM systems implementation, bar coding and scanning.

OBJECTIVES

This course will provide a detailed overview of the Supply Chain and will introduce state-of-the-art technologies, as well as to the business concepts and terminology involved in retailing and in supply chain management, that make very large and complex supply chains possible. Students will learn how to analyse operations, logistics, retailing, marketing, channel management and allied issues.

SYLLABUS

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