AMT-408: Aviation Inventory and Logistics

Description
This course prepares the students to examine ways for optimizing the physical flow of goods and materials within a firm from acquisition through production, and movement through channels of distribution. The course primarily focuses on applying logistics theory in materials handling, managing inventory, planning capacities, and locating distribution centres. This subject is a survey of the fundamental analytic tools, approaches, and techniques which are useful in the design and operation of aviation inventory and logistics systems. Both the fundamental approaches and the operational aspects of aviation logistics will be covered. The following topics are included in the course: Demand forecasting, planning, and management; Inventory planning, management, and control; and Transportation planning, management, and operations. After receiving a strong grounding in logistics the students will be exposed to the more complex relationships between the social aspects and operational planning. Aviation supply chain management is approached through the application of logistics problem- solving strategies.