Master's programs

Supply Chain Management

Successful implementation of a business strategy requires excellent supply chain management. This involves the management of a company’s operational processes, which generate its products and services, and the management of its linkages with outside parties, including suppliers and distributors. Supply Chain Management aims at developing advanced knowledge and skills that companies need in this field..

Historically, operations managers have seen their main responsibility lying within their own operation. However, increasingly they now have to look beyond this traditional internal view, if they want to manage their operations effectively. This introduces a wide variety of logistics challenges.

For example, in many industries an increasing number of services and materials are obtained from outside specialist suppliers. This, in turn, means that the way in which businesses manage the supply of products and services to their operations greatly increases in importance. Similarly, at the demand side of the business, the way in which the distribution chain is managed contributes to an operation’s ability to serve its customers.

In our program we:

• Use a mix of teaching methods, such as lectures, tutorials, project assignments, presentations, and individual study, depending on what is appropriate for the specific subject matter.
• Teach advanced scientific knowledge and methods, but also aim at integration with practice, for example through guest lectures and assignments.
• Focus on both a company’s primary processes and its operational linkages with suppliers and distributors.
• Use multiple international and theoretical perspectives of the supply chain.
• Offer the opportunity to delve into in related fields, among which marketing channel management.

Supply Chain Management is meant for those students who:

• Are intrigued by practical supply chain issues.
• Look for a demanding program that teaches advanced knowledge and skills that are useful for many organizations.
• Want to pursue a career as manager, specialist, or consultant on operations and supply chains.