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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
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
October
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
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
Admission into one of the following:
- PR-SCM Professional Certificate in Supply Chain Management
- MC-SCM150 Master of Supply Chain Management
OR
Approval of Subject Coordinator
Note when seeking Subject Coordinator approval you will need to meet the following criteria:
- An undergraduate degree or equivalent;
- 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
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 Zahra Seyedghorban and Niharika Garud Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Total time commitment 85 hours Pre teaching start date 19 April 2021 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period students are given the opportunity to get used to the online platform and become familiar with how to access resources before the teaching period starts. Teaching period 26 April 2021 to 23 May 2021 Last self-enrol date 20 April 2021 Census date 30 April 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 21 May 2021 Assessment period ends 30 May 2021 April contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
- October - Online
Coordinators Niharika Garud and Zahra Seyedghorban Mode of delivery Online Contact hours Total time commitment 85 hours Pre teaching start date 4 October 2021 Pre teaching requirements During the pre-teaching period students are given the opportunity to get used to the online platform and become familiar with how to access resources before the teaching period starts. Teaching period 11 October 2021 to 7 November 2021 Last self-enrol date 5 October 2021 Census date 15 October 2021 Last date to withdraw without fail 5 November 2021 Assessment period ends 14 November 2021 October contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
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