Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
SOEL-0055
Organization's ID:
51460
Organization:
AMC Logistics Leadership Center
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
1 week (40 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Graduate 2 Management or Logistics Management
Student must achieve a minimum of 80 percent for graduate credit.
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to develop the skills to manage a defense distribution facility with emphasis on the major depot functions of receiving, storing, packaging, physical inventory, issuing, transportation, resource management, and controlling of materiel.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Determine resource allocation priorities based on a multiple objective criteria
  • Determine the effects of planned workload on backlog, unit cost, and due date performance
  • Make sound managerial decisions while reacting to dynamic perturbations within the system
  • Perform the management and operations of the defense distribution system including the major depot functions of receiving, storing, packaging, physical inventory, issuing, transportation, resource management, and controlling of materiel
  • Calculate resource needs (labor, equipment, and budget) for performing daily depot operations

General Topics:

  • The Defense Distribution System (receiving, storing, packaging, physical inventory, issuing, transportation, resource management, and controlling material)
  • Calculating resource needs
  • Resource allocation
  • Establishing priorities based on multiple goals
  • Managing resources
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises
Supplemental Materials