Logistics and Supply Chain Management MSc

Program Overview

The Logistics and Supply Chain Management MSc program equips students with the skills to optimize international supply chains, focusing on technology, strategy, and sustainability. It covers key sub-disciplines and culminates in a capstone dissertation project, allowing students to gain practical experience and prepare for leadership roles in this evolving field. Accredited by CILT and CIPS, the program boasts a Triple Crown-accredited Management School and offers professional career support to prepare graduates for success.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Logistics and Supply Chain Management MSc program is designed to equip students with the skills to manage and improve international supply chains. The program emphasizes the importance of technology and strategy in achieving a competitive edge. It covers operations, supply chain, green logistics, and core sub-disciplines, providing students with the expertise to contribute to these systems and become future leaders in the low-carbon area. The program highlights the growing importance of green skills and prepares students for leadership roles in sustainable business and organizations. Students can choose to complete a company-based dissertation, gaining practical experience by working with an external organization. Recent dissertations have focused on reducing carbon footprints and analyzing supply chain structures in specific industries.

Outline:

The program is structured as a 1-year full-time course. It includes core modules covering:

• Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management: This module explores the latest developments in green logistics and supply chain management, focusing on sustainability, low-carbon futures, decarbonization practices, and challenges.
It also discusses the success and failure of greening interventions and presents future trends and directions in the field.
• Supply Chain Technology: This module introduces students to various technologies used in logistics and supply chain management, such as RFID and barcodes.
It covers the theories and principles behind these technologies and demonstrates their practical applications in real-life scenarios.
• Logistics System: This module focuses on the three major activities of logistics systems: order processing, inventory management, and freight transportation.
It explores the theories and principles underpinning logistics systems, highlights managerial issues, and presents decision support methods and emerging trends in global logistics. It also introduces operational research (OR) as a tool for supporting OM decision-making processes.
• Supply Chain Accounting and Finance: This module examines developments in supply chain accounting and finance, focusing on new organizational forms and their impact on accounting and finance practices.
It critically evaluates accounting and finance in collaborative supply chain settings and identifies emerging tools and techniques in the field.
• Global Supply Chain Leadership: This module prepares students to manage global supply chains by exploring strategic thinking and issues related to leadership development.
It draws on theories from strategic management, organizations, international business, HR, and leadership.
• Supply Networks Management: This module delves into the complexities of managing supply networks across different industries.
It introduces students to principles and management frameworks for identifying and analyzing network management problems, highlighting the importance of supply networks in successful business management and evaluating emerging trends in the industry landscape.
• Research Methods: This module provides an introduction to various research methods used in management research, preparing students for their dissertation by helping them choose research objectives and methods (design, data collection, and analysis).
It also covers literature review, critical evaluation of research methods, ethical considerations, and dissertation research planning.
• Project Dissertation: This unit requires students to research a topic relevant to the field of management, with the topic and dissertation receiving approval from a supervisor.
The dissertation can take the form of academic research or a managerial problem-solving exercise, requiring students to apply critical analysis and contextualize issues within relevant management literature. In addition to the core modules, students can choose one of the following elective modules:
• Strategic Supply Chain Management: This module focuses on critical topics in strategic supply chain management, such as corporate strategy-supply chain strategy interface, supply chain environment analysis, supply chain resources and capabilities, strategic supply chain choices, and sustainable supply chain strategy in action.
It uses industry examples and case analysis to demonstrate how strategic supply chain management works in practice. It examines how companies in different industries have developed and implemented their international strategies, focusing on the role of the international business environment, institutions, and government policies.

Assessment:

The program utilizes a variety of assessment methods, including:

• Individual assignments
• Group projects
• Group presentations
• End-of-semester examinations
• Dissertation

Teaching:

The program employs a range of teaching methods, including:

• Lectures
• Seminars
• Case studies
• Group work for collaborative learning
• Web-based discussion groups

Careers:

The program prepares students for a variety of careers in logistics and supply chain management, including:

• Supply Chain Manager
• Logistics Manager
• Procurement Manager
• Operations Manager
• Consultant

Other:

The program is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) and the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS). The Management School is Triple Crown accredited by AMBA, EQUIS, and AACSB. The program is taught by experts, many of whom are former industry professionals, and draws on the latest management theories from world-leading researchers. The program provides tailored on-site and online professional careers support, dedicated skills sessions, and events with experts from leading organizations and professional bodies.

Home (2024 annual fee) : £13,000 Overseas (2024 annual fee) : £29,700