Managing Bulk Supply Chains

Subject MGMT90081 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Credit Points: 16.66
Level: 9 (Graduate/Postgraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2011:

Semester 1, Hawthorn - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable

Semester 2, Hawthorn - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable

Intensive Mode



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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 40 hours face-to-face delivery
Total Time Commitment: Estimated total time commitment of 160 hours.
Prerequisites: Bulk Freight Markets
Subject
Study Period Commencement:
Credit Points:
Semester 1, Semester 2
16.66
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements: For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.
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Contact

Melbourne Consulting and Custom Programs

Level 3, 442 Auburn Rd Hawthorn

Phone: 9810 3300

Email: mccp.enquiries@mccp.unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview:

Please note: this subject is currently closed and MCCP is not accepting enrolments. The last intake into this subject was Sem 2, 2010.

The subject provides a ‘body of knowledge’ about, and insights into, the dynamics and structure of the coal mining and export industries. This includes:
• Effective integration of operation and supply chains
• Efficiency in integration of players in the system
• The economics of integrated systems
• Principles involved with the modeling of bulk freight networks
• Policy processes and their impact on the integration of systems
• Operational effectiveness in bulk production and export systems
• Queuing analysis
• Understanding the principles of managing integrated bulk freight systems
Objectives: Subject objectives:
The subject objectives are to provide students with:
• Skills and techniques for identifying and measuring delays and costs in inefficient systems,
• Advanced knowledge of ways and means of integrating production and supply chain operations,
• Ability to determine capacity requirements,
• An understanding of the principles involved in modeling the impacts of bottlenecks in bulk systems, and
• The ability to operate within a complex policy environment.
Assessment:

Assessment, for each of the three subjects in the Certificate, is by way of a seminar presentation (10 percent), a group syndicate project and presentation (40 percent) and a Research Report (50 percent).
Prescribed Texts: None
Recommended Texts: Students are provided a full reading pack and subject guide
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills: None.
Links to further information: www.mccp.unimelb.edu.au
Related Course(s): Graduate Certificate in Bulk Freight Systems Management

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