Master in Supply Chain Management and Logistics
OBS Business School
Key Information
Campus location
Online
Languages
Spanish
Study format
Distance learning
Duration
12 Months
Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
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Introduction
Online logistics master that provides the keys to lead the transformation of traditional business models.
The important global transformations that are currently affecting the world cause the increasingly global supply chains to play a key role in the competitiveness of companies, as they are considered an essential element in their differentiation. Supply chains have ceased to be a cost center, to become an engine of competitive advantages for companies, via value-added services, agility in adapting to environmental changes and innovation. Optimal and efficient supply chain management has become an essential tool to maintain and increase the level of competitiveness of companies in their markets.
The Master in Supply Chain Management and Logistics provides theoretical-practical knowledge to professionals who perform their functions in different types of companies that have in supply chain management, in general, and in logistics activity, in particular, one of their value-added processes and/or that they consider critical, so that they can design, implement and maintain a strategic vision of the global supply chain.
Talking about logistics and supply chain today necessarily implies talking about global organizations, so we pay special attention to how to manage change and adapt to technological advances and the possibilities and needs of relationships and operations in an international context. wider. This master's degree will provide participants with the skills to lead the transformation of traditional business models, generating new markets, understanding their new requirements, managing information in real time and promoting collaborations and alliances for the adoption of solutions that drive the growth of the company.
The Master in Supply Chain Management and Logistics , through the contents of the modules and workshops that comprise it, prepares students to obtain the CSCA (Certified Supply Chain Analyst) certification from ISCEA (International Supply Chain Education Alliance). Thanks to the agreement signed between OBS and ISCEA, once the program is finished, the student will have the option of taking the exam to obtain the CSCA certification. This certification is key for analysts and coordinators of operations within the supply chain.
The cost of certification is NOT included in the price of the master.
Differential values
- Double degree OBS and Universitat de Barcelona.
- Updated program according to market needs and covering all areas of knowledge of supply chain management.
- Very practical approach through analysis of case studies, workshops and interactive sessions in real time with teachers (webinars).
- Use of the most powerful simulation software to help in the decision making of supply chain management: The Fresh Connection https://www.thefreshconnection.biz/
- International faculty staff with more than 20 years of experience in the management and management of the supply chain.
- Teaching resources with excellent content and fully updated.
- Program that includes management competence development of the Supply Chain Manager.
Certification
Thanks to the agreement signed between OBS and ISCEA, once the program is finished, the student will have the option of taking the exam to obtain the CSCA (Certified Supply Chain Analyst) and CSCM (Certified Supply Chain Manager) certifications from ISCEA (International Supply Chain Education Alliance) . Key accreditations for analysts, managers and coordinators of operations within the supply chain.
Curriculum
Curriculum
The study plan is made up of a series of subjects that cover all the processes and areas of knowledge necessary to be able to manage the Supply Chain. The last subject corresponds to a final master's work that serves as a practical test to consolidate all the learning acquired during the course.
Block I. Leading the strategy, trends and best practices in supply chain management.
- Leading the strategy and decision making in the Supply Chain
- Trends and practical improvements in the management of the CoS: Innovation, Environmental Sustainability and Social Responsibility
- Workshop: Sector strategies in the management of the CoS
- Workshop: Operations Management Game. Simulation Tool
Block II. Planning and design of the supply chain
- Planning and managing demand effectively
Block III Supply chain management.
- The new challenges in Purchasing, Sourcing and Procurement management
- Techniques and advanced systems for production and quality management
- Achieving excellence in distribution: storage, handling, transport and reverse logistics
- Global Supply Chain Management: Logistics and International Markets
- Workshop: Risk management and legal aspects in the CdS
- Block IV Application of support areas in the control and optimization of the CdS.
- Management Skills Development of the 'Supply Chain Manager'
- The impact of Technology on the optimization of the QoS: management applications, e-logistics strategy and technological macro trends
- Finance for 'Supply Chain Managers'
Block V. Master final work
Admissions
Program Outcome
goals
- Offer a comprehensive view on the management of the business processes that make up the Supply Chain.
- Direct the operations and logistics area or any department linked to it from a vision of the current positioning of logistics with respect to the latest developments in distribution networks, consumers, and suppliers, as well as the new ways of managing our relationships of network and channel.
- Develop Management Skills and learn the most useful management techniques. Turning people into expert 'managers' in Supply Chain management.
- Mastering decision-making tools for the correct optimization of logistics flows.
- Optimize the management of the area based on the appropriate application of Information Technologies, allowing an efficient response to current needs in the field of the Supply Chain and in the generation of value-added services.
- Know the challenges of the global management of the Supply Chain and the most important international markets.
- Be aware of the importance of managing the Supply Chain that is sustainable with the environment.
- Know how to manage the Supply Chain in an ethical and socially responsible way.
Career Opportunities
Professional outings
- Director or person in charge of: Purchasing and Procurement, Demand Planning, Production, Transportation and Storage
- After Sales Service
- Director of logistics distribution
- Supply Chain Manager
- Consultant or advisor in any Supply Chain management process