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Retail Logistics

Module

Duration: 90hrs
Level: 05
Language: english
Reference: DIP-09

Course Overview

Supply chain management principles applied to retailing. Covers retail strategy and networks, inventory and warehouse issues, globalisation of retail supply chains, and e-retailing.

What you'll learn

Map the retail market and the supply chain strategies that serve it
Apply retail-network and warehouse-inventory thinking to a real retail case
Plan globalisation strategies for an international retail supply chain
Identify the logistics implications of e-retailing for retailers and 3PLs

Syllabus & course details

Optional module · 90 guided learning hours · Closed-book written examination · 50% pass mark. The aim of this option unit is to formulate and apply principles and practices of supply chain management to retailing. It builds upon and develops the content of the elective module in Supply Chain Management (DIP-02). The unit focuses on retail logistics nationally and globally. Key elements are the ways in which changes in society, business organisation, and retail structures have impacted upon logistics activity in retailing. Particularly relevant for those employed by retailers, by third-party logistics operators (3PLs) serving the retail sector, or for anyone interested in the retail sector.