School Of ManagementWarehousing and Transport ManagementWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 200477.1
Discipline: PURCHASING, WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION
Student Contribution Band: 3
Level: 2
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
This unit replaced by 200555.1 Global Warehousing and Transport Mangement in 2008
This unit replaced by 200677.1 Global Supply Chain Management in 2009
About this Unit
This unit explores the interrelated involvement of warehousing and transport in the effective management of logistics. It covers, in integrated fashion, the diverse and complex, yet necessarily integrated, areas of: transportation and the economy; carrier operations; relationship management; technology and strategies; information management and technologies; network strategies; warehouse activity profiling; warehouse performance measures; warehouse automation; warehouse operations. Through exploration of these areas the unit seeks to engender within students an appreciation and understanding of the key operational elements that constitute world class practice for warehousing and transportation management.