This subject provides an introduction to supply chain concepts and their application to business linkages in an agribusiness supply chain system. It examines the reasons for the growing interest in supply chain management and introduces the principles of market governance. It also provides an introduction to the two main elements of supply chain management: supply chain operations and supply chain relationships.
No offerings have been identified for this subject in 2019.
HD/FL
One session
School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
Cannot be taken by students who have passed AGB513
AGB513
- an introduction to the concept of supply chains illustrated by some exemplar case studies of integrated and non-integrated agribusiness supply systems; - an overview of the mega-trends in the agrifood sector such as globalisation, WTO policies, food safety & health issues that are pertinent to the Australian and international agribusiness environment; - an introduction to supply chain economics encompassing transaction cost economics, and the study of institutions in supply systems; - an in-depth treatment of the price-authority?trust paradigm - application of techniques for description and analysis of agribusiness supply chains.
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