Warehousing and Inventory Management G

Course aim

To introduce the student to current issues in inventory management and related warehousing issues within a global supply chain management context. To provide students with relevant inventory models and techniques and awareness of new technologies that can be applied to achieve successful business outcomes.

Course content

Vendor managed inventory concepts, stocks and inventories, stocks within an organization, models for known demand, models for uncertain demand, sources of information, forecasting demand, planning and stocks, material requirement planning and Just-in-Time, materials tracking and control, new technologies, performance monitoring and control, warehouse cycle and SKU.

Textbook(s)

Waters, Donald 2003, Inventory Control and Management, 2, Wiley & Sons

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES
Lecture	1.5 hours x 13 weeks
Tutorial	1.5 hours x 13 weeks

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

Assessment

Assignment, Examination, Presentation

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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* 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.