This course aims to develop an understanding of why the integration of all the activities in an organisation is necessary to achieve good supply chain management practice and to develop a thorough understanding of various tools and techniques used in current best practice and their interrelationship; in addition the course aims to enable students to apply relevant parts of this toolkit in the solution of practical supply chain problems, and to analyse how current logistical techniques in material flow, cost control and information technology enable the effective integration of supply chains.