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Key features
- Bridge the gap from your previous studies or work experience and acquire the specialist knowledge needed to join this rapidly growing industry. This programme welcomes applicants from a broad range of undergraduate disciplines.
- Lead the way by learning to view the supply chain and logistics sector with a distinctly contemporary eye – sustainability and environmental issues are embedded in all our modules, increasing your employability and better preparing you for the challenges that climate change presents to the industry.
- Examine the latest regulations and governance in supply chains, placing your knowledge and skills at the leading edge of the sector.
- Take advantage of our programme of visiting speakers and gain insider knowledge and important networking contacts to ensure you’re ready to enter the workplace immediately upon graduation.
- Benefit from the option of choosing a joint programme with Fontys University of Applied Sciences, School of Business Engineering and Logistics, at Venlo, the Netherlands.
Course details
Year 1
- In a highly competitive and increasingly globalised world, a business's competitive advantage lies in its ability to manage its supply chain efficiently. The MSc Operations and Supply Chain Management programme prepares you for a career in managing such a supply chain.This programme is an excellent preparation for both an academic career, for example a PhD in Operations and Supply Chain Management, as well as a managerial career. This programme is based entirely on coursework.The design of our postgraduate programmes focuses on four taught modules and a capstone project. We believe that simplicity in programme design provides you with a better learning experience. The dynamic and challenging nature of contemporary business does not isolate concepts into small packages – and neither do our programmes. This approach links concepts together as they are in the real world, and enables you to focus in on what really matters.
Core modules
Finance and Economics for International Supply Chains (MAR7001)
This module develops an understanding of supply chain economics and financial risk management with a focus on the maritime sector.
International Trade and Data Management (MAR7002)
This module provides key information to international procurement logistical planning and forecasting.
Sustainable Supply Chain Management (MAR7003)
Sustainable development and social responsibility are fundamental drivers of supply chain practises around the world. This module provides students with an in-depth examination of such issues across the supply chain, taking into account differing perspectives and underlying drivers. The module provides students with a toolkit to effectively manage sustainable supply chains.
Capstone Project (PBS7000)
In this capstone project, you will synthesise and apply learning from the taught element of the programme to a project of your choosing. There is scope for you to undertake a broad range of project types, including consultancy, business analysis, business development or academic study.
Operations Management for Competitive Advantage (STO7008)
This module considers how to use business operations to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. Operations strategy will be highlighted, showing how it needs to inform and underpin the design and improvement of all operational processes to ensure increased cost efficiency and maximise operational effectiveness.
Postgraduate Academic and Professional Development (PBS700PD)
Developed to enhance students’ academic and employability skills, the Postgraduate Personal and Professional Development module focuses on the core skills required for effective postgraduate study. Linked to the sustainability agenda, the module provides a programme designed to enable the identification of areas for development, the knowledge and skills required to achieve those areas, the ability to evidence success, and the skills to become a responsible, resilient, and reflective practitioner.
Every postgraduate taught course has a detailed programme specification document describing the programme aims, the programme structure, the teaching and learning methods, the learning outcomes and the rules of assessment.
The following programme specification represents the latest programme structure and may be subject to change:
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