Integrated Logistics

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the logistics' function in relation to the firm's strategy, cash-flow management and supplier- and customer- relationship/contract management;
• strategies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of logistics operations of a company.
• the modern concepts and approaches used in managing logistics and supply chains in an integrated manner;

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• structure and solve problems;
• apply spreadsheet modelling and manipulation.
• apply quantitative decision making methods;
• utilise written communication;

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• model and solve new logistics situations and problems;
• critically evaluate logistics processes for areas of improvement;
• determine and calculate the impact of (coordination) contracts on logistics performance.

• The supply chain as a strategic asset – including: performance measures, trade-offs, zone of strategic fit, strategic capacity management.
• Historical perspective on supply chain strategies – including: push/pull boundary, MPS/MRP/ERP, JIT & TQM & lean and the Toyota Kanban system, time based competition and TOC, innovation & product life cycle, agility, e-Business, and data-driven logistics.
• Data-driven supply and demand planning and control, with applications to yield and inventory management, setting appropriate service levels, bullwhip effect, and value of centralised stock control.
• Strategic alliances, outsourcing, and coordination in decentralised supply chains, including: the role of power, impact of double marginalisation, contract equipment manufacturing, third party logistics service providers, supplier – retailer partnerships, consignment stock & vendor managed inventories, distributor integration & lateral transhipments, types of contracts.

Learning activities include:

• Lectures
• Private study
• Use of on-line materials
• In-class case studies
• A group work

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Class Test

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Multiple choice quizzes; in class test; mock coursework exercise; mock exam; e-mail and office hours for Q&A.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.