310323 (v.2) Logistics Modelling and Optimisation 502

Area:	Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	4.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):	310317 (v.2) Supply Chain Modelling and Optimisation 501 or any previous version
Syllabus:	This unit provides the skills necessary for optimal decision-making in relation to warehouse design and operation. Basic concepts of warehouse models and processes are covered. Decisions concerning design, tactical and operational aspects of warehousing are discussed and their flow-on effects are studied. Design decisions involve layout issues as well as storage and retrieval transport mechanisms. Tactical decisions involve allocation and products to space. Operational decisions are concerned with storage and retrieval planning as well as online assembly. Systems for total quality management to handle material flow are examined, and the interface between logistics and manufacturing is analysed. The problem of optimal facility location is investigated andseveral core facility location models are evaluated. Where applicable, the unit considers the use of heuristic algorithms to obtain optimal solutions. Case studies are used to highlight and expand the understanding and application of the topics discussedin the unit.
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Field of Education:	010100 Mathematical Sciences (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Not Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External