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Designing Supply Chains (MGMT90255)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
April
Dr Niharika Garud niharika.garud@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Zahra Seyedghorban zahra.seyedghorban@unimelb.edu.au
October
Dr Niharika Garud niharika.garud@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Zahra Seyedghorban zahra.seyedghorban@unimelb.edu.au
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
Availability | April - Online October - Online |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject is focused on the core elements of supply chain designs, including capacity, technology, facility location, coordination and the achievement of quality, flexibility and cost management. It will include treatment of the trade-offs and synergies between performance outcomes of cost, quality, delivery performance, flexibility and innovativeness, and the sustainability of supply chain design choices. It will cover the advanced technology choices associated with supply chain network design, and the international location and sourcing decisions, of offshoring and reshoring. Current opportunities of undertaking innovations in supply chain choices will be examined and evaluated.
Intended learning outcomes
After completing this subject, students will be able to :
- Evaluate the key elements of supply chain designs and their combined impact on outcomes
- Identify the choices concerning the supply chain performance parameters and their relationships to design elements
- Evaluate the strategic and operational requirements of advanced supply chain technologies
- Critically evaluate different approaches to supply network designs, and trade-offs therein
- Identify and evaluate the impacts of supply chain improvements and innovations
Generic skills
- Communicate effectively about supply chain analytic models
- Build analytics models and solve these to gain managerial insights
- Effectively create written reports
- Identify and decompose business problems
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Entry into the Professional Certificate in Supply Chain Management (PR-SCM) OR
Entry into the Master of Supply Chain Management (MC-SCM150) OR
Subject Coordinator’s approval.
Note: when seeking Subject Coordinator approval you will need to meet the following criteria:
- an undergraduate degree or equivalent; AND
- a minimum of at least 3 years of full-time documented relevant professional experience; OR
- professional experience of at least 5 years of full-time documented relevant work experience.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Assessment
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Online Discussion Board Contributions (4 x 250 words)
| From Week 1 to Week 4 | 10% |
Written Assignment
| Week 4 | 60% |
Multiple Choice Quiz
| Week 4 | 30% |
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Dates & times
- April - Online
Coordinators Niharika Garud and Zahra Seyedghorban Mode of delivery Online Contact hours In total: 12 hours of online contact, 28 hours of case study analysis, 10 hours of online forum discussion activity, 35 hours of online activities, participation in simulations, and other related analyses of supply chain challenges. Total time commitment 85 hours Teaching period 20 April 2020 to 15 May 2020 Last self-enrol date 24 April 2020 Census date 1 May 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 8 May 2020 Assessment period ends 22 May 2020 April contact information
Dr Niharika Garud niharika.garud@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Zahra Seyedghorban zahra.seyedghorban@unimelb.edu.au
- October - Online
Coordinators Zahra Seyedghorban and Niharika Garud Mode of delivery Online Contact hours In total: 12 hours of online contact, 28 hours of case study analysis, 10 hours of online forum discussion activity, 35 hours of online activities, participation in simulations, and other related analyses of supply chain challenges. Total time commitment 85 hours Teaching period 12 October 2020 to 6 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 16 October 2020 Census date 26 October 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 30 October 2020 Assessment period ends 13 November 2020 October contact information
Dr Niharika Garud niharika.garud@unimelb.edu.au
Dr Zahra Seyedghorban zahra.seyedghorban@unimelb.edu.au
Time commitment details
In total: 12 hours of online contact, 28 hours of case study analysis 10 hours of online forum discussion activity 35 hours of online activities, participation in simulations, and other related analyses of supply chain challenges
Last updated: 9 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 9 April 2024