Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | LOGISTICS AND DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT | ||||||
Course Unit Code | ATLD401 | ||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 5 | ||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||
Prerequisites | ATSS101,ATSG101,ATCH201 | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||
Course Contents | � Presentation of the issues covered by the study of Logistics. Definitions, including sku, ecr, scm. Historical overview of the retail market. The onset of consolidation, rationalisation, globalisation. How this was made possible through technical advancements in IT technology, Transportation. Logistics as a function of Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing. Warehousing and Distribution. Supply Chain Management.
� Inventory levels at every stage of the SCM. Logistics in raw materials procurement, the manufacturing process, and after the goods are finished. Inbound and Outbound Logistics. Consideration of the Total Cost Picture.
� Forecasting and its importance. The Cost of running out of stock, and keeping too much stock. Push and Pull Sales strategies.
� The Procurement process, Inbound logistics.
� National and International Logistics. Local and global transportation.
� Inventory in the manufacturing firm. Inventory visibility. Forecasting revisited.
� Economic Order Quantity.
� Optimal number of Warehouses. Locations. EOQ / Inventory and how this is affected by the choice of different mode of transportation.
� More Warehousing issues. 3pl, wnd. IT issues.
� Transportation Modes. Today's Carrier.
� Customer Service. KPI's.
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | Lectures, discussions and presentations | ||||||
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Language of instruction | English | ||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |