Overview
Explore procurement and global sourcing, warehousing, freight and distribution, business operations, digital supply chain and sustainability, circular economy issues, analytics, and the management of human and physical resources.Industry-informed learning
Undertake a degree that emphasizes work-integrated learning and practical experience. Take advantage of internship elective options, and make connections with our industry partners, like Main freight, IBM, Toll, SAP, Nissan, BMW, Coca-Cola, and the Department of Defense.
The Bachelor of Business (Logistics and Supply Chain Management) is designed to help to develop your knowledge and interest in contemporary issues central to the logistics and supply chain management industry.
This unique degree prepares you for this essential industry, providing you with sought-after knowledge, and both hard and soft skills to allow you to thrive in a challenging and rewarding career. Throughout your studies, you'll focus on developing end-to-end supply chain knowledge to deal with day-to-day and strategic supply chain issues.
As a graduate of this degree, you can look forward to a successful career that can take you all over the world.
You can go on to hold job titles such as supply chain or production planner, demand or inventory planner, analyst, procurement and sourcing officer, warehouse and distribution manager, operations manager, procurement manager, and more.
You can find work in a wide range of industries, including:
- food, beverage and agri-business
- transport and distribution
- manufacturing and production
- retail and e-commerce
- government and public sector
- building and construction
Career
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 specialization 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.
You must have successfully completed an Australian Year 12 or an equivalent senior secondary school qualification with a minimum average of 65% (check calculator below).
Equivalent qualifications may also include completion of the RMIT Foundation Studies program or a recognized post secondary diploma in the relevant discipline with the required grades.
Meeting the minimum academic requirements does not guarantee entry. Your application will still need to be assessed and accepted.
If you don't meet the entry requirements, there may be other RMIT programs you are eligible for that can lead you to your preferred program.
