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Area/Catalogue
MFET 5044

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Course Level
Postgraduate

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Offered Externally
No

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Course ID
101163

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Unit Value
4.5

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University-wide elective course
No

Course owner

Course owner
School of Engineering

Course aim

To provide students the tools of modelling and simulation to develop alternative designs and select the best design or alternative with respect to the desired criteria for all the functions in the entire supply chain management.

Course content

Supply chain modelling and simulation, integrated planning and models, fundamentals of optimisation models: Linear programming and mixed Integer programming, heuristic methods, modelling and simulation for operational planning, logistics network modelling and planning, distribution modelling and planning.

Textbook(s)

Jeremy F Shapiro 2007, Modelling the Supply Chain, 2, Thomson Learning

Wayne L Winston and S. Christian Albright 2009, Practical Management Science, 3, South-Western Cengage Learning

Sunil Chopra & Peter Meindl 2007, Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning and Operation, Prentice Hall

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture 2 hours x 13 weeks
Practical 2 hours x 13 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION - SINGAPORE (INTENSIVE)
Lecture 3 hours x 5 days
Tutorial 1 hour x 5 days

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.


Assessment

Assignments/Practical Exercises/Tutorials, Examination, Ongoing formative assessment (including attendance), Simulation assessment, Topic assessment

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
To determine the fee for this course as part of a Commonwealth Supported program, go to:
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
International students and students undertaking this course as part of a postgraduate fee paying program must refer to the relevant program home page to determine the cost for undertaking this course.

Non-award enrolment
Non-award tuition fees are set by the university. To determine the cost of this course, go to:
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Not all courses are available on all of the above bases, and students must check to ensure that they are permitted to enrol in a particular course.

* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.

Course Coordinators

Dr Hung-Yao Hsu
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