School Of ManagementGlobal Warehousing and Transport ManagementWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 200555.1
Discipline: PURCHASING, WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION
Student Contribution Band: 3
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
Students are expected to have gained an introductory level of knowledge in logistics and supply chain management.
Equivalent Units
200477 - Warehousing and Transport Management
About this Unit
This unit replaced by 200677 Global Supply Chain Management in 2009. This unit explores the interrelated involvement of global warehousing and transport in the effective management of logistics. It covers, in integrated fashion transport and warehousing in a global environment. This includes 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 global warehousing and transportation management.