International Logistics and Supply Chain Management (MSc)

With a strong emphasis on sustainability and risk management, the course will prepare you for the worldwide challenges facing modern business. This multi-accredited master’s degree in International Logistics and Supply Chain Management has been designed to provide you with the specialist skills to confidently manage and adapt supply chains, enabling you to become a pioneer of logistics strategy.

Module Overview
Year One

• You’ll be encouraged to develop a forward-thinking approach to strategy development, creating resilient and flexible strategies that will give you a competitive advantage when entering senior management or executive roles.
• Globalisation of Logistics and Supply Chain
• Identify the key drivers and trends that are increasing the globalisation of industries and markets.

Sustainable Supply Chain Management 

• Provide an integrative view of the complex dynamics which contribute to sustained organisational success in the context of increasing pressures to protect global socio-ecological interests.

Global Strategy and Emerging Markets 

• Investigate and analyse the strategic decision-making processes of global and multi-national firms.

Commercial Relationships 

• Provides students with an understanding of the theoretical context of commercial and contract management approaches involved in the preparation and implementation of a customer/supplier relationship.

Operations and Project Management 

• Gain an appreciated of operational processes and examine project management in a business and supply chain context.

Logistics Operations Management 

• Equips students with the ability to analyse and understand issues relating to freight transport, warehousing operations, and warehouse design within the strategic context of the wider supply chain.

Research Methods 

• Equips students with the skills required for the practical aspects of planning, conducting and producing a master’s level work.