MSc in Economics and Business Administration - Supply Chain Management

Combining quantitative and qualitative techniques, you will learn to manage the supply chain as a whole, integrate and synchronise intra- and inter-organisational processes, and create customer value. You will acquire competencies to influence decisions on operational and strategic levels of modern business management.

About the programme

Holistic perspective is central
Leading companies have a comprehensive view of their supply chain business processes. They are the champions for managing changes in their organisations, internally by tearing down functional silos separating finance, procurement, production, marketing, logistics and sales, and externally by orchestrating end-to-end value creation with suppliers and customers. This is what supply chain management is about.

The SCM program provides students with theoretical knowledge, tools, techniques, and methodologies that make them capable of analysing and managing global supply chains and operations in a holistic perspective. The programme enables future managers to consider the consequences of decision making and implementation from raw material extraction, production, wholesale, retailing to final consumption as well as the return flow of goods. 

Designing supply chains and building networks
Typical strategic decisions covered in the programme impact the long-term decisions regarding the structure and configuration of the supply chain with day-to-day operations. This includes decision regarding resource allocation and process design as well as functional decision making vis-à-vis modern industrial and societal demands.

Students learn how to find the right “fit” between an organisation’s competitive strategy, its domestic and international operations and the supply chain strategy that leads to implementation in business practice. Furthermore, students learn about the importance of building collaborative relationships internally in the organisation and externally by orchestrating decisions with other players in the supply chain. 

This ensures that value creation is coordinated across the end-to-end network the organisation is embedded in. Ultimately, students are enabled to drive and maintain the brand, value and ultimately the overall profitability and success of organisations.

Techniques for decision making
You will acquire up-to-date techniques and skills for successful planning and control of global value creation. The SCM programme has a mix of quantitative and qualitative approaches for problem solving. You will dive into the processes behind the flow of goods, materials, information and finances, from the moment a customer order triggers the chain of suppliers until the product reaches the end users. 

Your knowledge of concepts, theories and models will enable you to analyse data and evaluate the effect of changes in supply chains. The ability to match demand and supply and to have the right product at the right time in the right place is central to the programme, and essential for the profitability and value creation in organisations.


Course overview

1st semester 2nd semester 3rd semester 4th semester
Supply Chain Operations and Strategy 
(7,5 ECTS)
Value Creation in Global Supply Chains (7,5 ECTS)

Electives / Exchange / Internship / CEMS (30 ECTS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Master's thesis (30 ECTS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supply Chain Configuration - Decisions and Models 
(7,5 ECTS)

Managing the Sustainable Supply Chain Transformation(7,5 ECTS)

Performance Management in Operations 
(7,5 ECTS)
Business Analytics - Data Driven Operations
(7,5 ECTS)
Risk Management and Corporate Finance (7,5 ECTS) Supply Chain Business Project
(7,5 ECTS)

You can read more about the programme, academic content and exams in the programme regulations for Supply Chain Management

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