MKF2221 - Retail logistics

Leader: Mr Michael Morrison

Offered

Not offered in 2009

Synopsis

Channels distribution; logistics concepts; customer satisfaction and logistics; inventory management and control; strategic warehousing and transportation decisions; warehouse design; packaging; logistics information systems; performance measurement; logistics quality; logistics planning and strategy.

Objectives

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

• explain the strategic and operational roles of logistics in the retail organisation
• apply logistics theory and concepts to the analysis of the logistics processes of a retail organisation
• identify issues in managing retail logistics functions effectively.

Assessment

Within semester assessment: 50%
Examination (3 hours): 50%

Contact hours

3 hours class contact or equivalent per week

Prerequisites

MKC1200 or MKF1120

Prohibitions

MKF3481, MKW3481