Research Index

     
Title: Victorian Freight Council Logistics Study  
Objective: Study Stage Two: Develop solutions to remove or reduce the impacts of identified impediments in the airfreight supply chain in Victoria.  
Duration: Up until industry workshops in April.  
Expected Completion Date: TBA  
Publication Date: TBA  
Research Partners: N/A  
Authors: Victorian Freight Council  
Contact Details: 03 8688 1830  
Published Findings: Copies of the Stage One Report are now available  

Title: Business Graduate Skill Sets- Summary of findings  
Objective: To presents outcomes of an evaluation of the skill sets required by industry in business
graduates and the relative importance and current graduate proficiency levels in each skill area.
 
Duration: The study was conducted between March and September 2009.  
Expected Completion Date: September 2009  
Publication Date: September 2009  
Research Partners: The University of Western Australia, Graduate School of Education  
Authors: valign=topDenise Jackson and Elaine Chapman  
Contact Details: Denise Jackson - jacksd05@student.uwa.edu.au  
Published Findings: Summary Report  

Title: Simulation modelling of an extended manufacturing supply chain including the identification of cultural alignment factors influencing actualisation of an espoused supply chain strategy.  
Objective: To capture the key technical and socio factors at play in a real life manufacturing supply chain and to build them into a validated simulation model.  
Duration: 3 years  
Expected Completion Date: July 2010  
Publication Date: Between July and September 2010  
Research Partners: ARC Linkage Grant with BlueScope Steel, the University of New South Wales and the University of Wollongong  
Authors: Dr Peter W Robertson MD of EzyFlow Logistics Pty Ltd (co-chief-investigator of the project)  
Contact Details: Peter Robertson - ezyflow@bigpond.com  
Published Findings: