Supply Chain Management (with Placement) MSc

Master

In Chelmsford

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Chelmsford

  • Duration

    18 Months

Postgraduate (18 months full-time)

Get a through grounding in supply chain management and prepare yourself for a range of mid- to senior-level roles in planning and operations management. Our Masters course is accredited by The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply and includes a six-month work placement in the UK or overseas.

We’ve designed this course to reflect the practical realities of managing complex, efficient and invariably international supply chains for fast-moving businesses. It covers the latest supply-chain thinking, methods and technologies, while giving you the leadership, planning, operational management and analytical training you’ll need.

We make innovative use of simulations, welcome industry innovators as guest lecturers and organise site visits, where you’ll be able to observe operations and how they’re run. Site visits include four days at a large international organisation and one of its suppliers in Sindelfingen, Germany. Meanwhile, our guest lecturers have included visiting professionals such as Professor Kuhn of Mercedes Benz Egypt.

Our facilities include the world-renowned LINKS simulation game, an internet-based supply chain simulation game, and the Bloomberg Financial Markets Lab which gives you access to rich information about large corporates’ supply chains and, in turn, their suppliers’ supply chains.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Chelmsford (Essex)
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Bishop Hall Lane, CM 1sS

Start date

On request

About this course

Accredited by the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply, our course offers opportunities to learn from, and network with, practitioners and specialists from many industries.

More generally, Lord Ashcroft International Business School is one of the largest business schools in the east of England. You'll benefit from state-of-the-art teaching and learning facilities, study areas, campus libraries with online databases containing professional journals, plus our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) through which you can access study resources and help.

This course offers a six-month work placement in the UK or overseas. You’ll have the opportunity to work with a variety of businesses including local and international logistics ports (eg London Gateway, UK; ZhouShan logistics port, China), manufacturers (Mercedes Benz, Germany; British Foam Group, Romania; HeRun Group, China), and retailers (The Co-operative food, Tesco). It’s a great chance to get practical experience and improve your employability.

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Subjects

  • Management
  • Leadership
  • Supply
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Logistics Management
  • Purchasing
  • Transport Logistics
  • Shipping Logistics
  • Simulation
  • International
  • Project
  • Planning
  • IT Management
  • Materials Management
  • Supply and Chain Management
  • Supply Chain Strategy
  • Supply Management
  • Value chain
  • Logistics

Course programme

Modules & assessmentCore modules, PG Certificate stage
  • Supply Chain Strategy and Operations
  • Sustainable Supply Chains
  • Human Resources Management and Leadership
  • Research Methods for Business and Management
Core modules, PG Diploma stage
  • Managing Supply Chains in Practice
  • Supply Chain Performance Management
  • Strategic Management
Core modules, MSc stage
  • Postgraduate Major Project
  • Project Management
Assessment

We focus on the knowledge and skills you’ll need as a purchasing, logistics and supply chain professional. Here are some of the ways we’ll measure your progress:

  • team exercises
  • report-writing
  • presentations
  • restricted-time assignments
  • problem-solving exercises
  • development of plans and proposals
  • your Major Project.

Additional information

Course fees:
UK & EU students, 2016/17 (per year) £7,100
International students, 2016/17 (per year) £11,200

Supply Chain Management (with Placement) MSc

Price on request