This four-year course prepares you to tackle business problems in the global marketplace by combining a compulsory industry placement with studies in procurement and global sourcing, warehousing, freight and distribution, business operations, supply chain analytics and the management of human and physical resources.

Career Outcomes

RMIT’s logistics and supply chain management degree covers topics to develop your knowledge and interest in contemporary issues central to the logistics and supply chain management industry.

Some fields of specialisation to consider for your future career include:

• e-commerce: working with technology, finance, supply chain, human resources and marketing teams to design an interface to enable ordering or sales
• lean-agile management, data analytics and operations management: allocating the right resources at the right time to the correct part of the supply chain
• agriculture or food supply chains: encompassing all aspects of growing an agricultural/food source and getting it ‘from paddock to plate’
• closed-loop supply chains: also known as reverse-flow logistics, this covers activities such as product recalls, returns, repair, waste management at the end of a product’s life cycle, and recycling
• procurement: roles have been commonplace in large industries and government departments for some time, however, jobs in private industry are increasing, particularly as consumers factor ethical sourcing into their buying decisions
• transport/distribution and warehouse management: third- and fourth-party logistics, freight logistics, optimisation of vehicle routing, warehouse management systems, last-mile delivery, city logistics, port management and international logistics.

Professional recognition and accreditation

Current course accreditations and information about membership and development opportunities for students and graduates.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) (Australia)

Course satisfies the academic requirements for Chartered Membership. (Accredited for course delivery in Melbourne, Shanghai, Singapore and via Open Universities Australia.) Note: This course is CILT-Australia recognised in Vietnam.

Membership and opportunities

• Students eligible for membership category: Student (must be full-time otherwise eligible for Affiliate membership)
• Graduates eligible for membership category: Affiliate
• Graduates eligible for 2 years credit towards the experience requirement for Member and Chartered membership