Our Logistics and Supply Chain Management MScat Cranfield School of Management is a top-ranked supply chain master's course. It is ranked 2nd in the UK and 11th in the world, in the QS World University Rankings: Masters in Supply Chain Management Rankings 2022. It has been co-designed with senior logistics and supply chain professionals and is delivered by one of Europe's largest specialist logistics and supply chain management faculty. This logistics postgraduate course provides you with the knowledge and skills in logistics and supply chain management to help you make a significant difference in the global marketplace.
Aims
The course is designed for recent graduates with a good undergraduate degree who want a broad understanding of logistics and supply chain management and wish to prepare for a first professional role and future career in the field. It is also suitable for logistics and supply chain professionals in the early stages of their career looking to enhance their knowledge and skills and move to the next level professionally.
Our full-time faculty team work closely with our advisory board of senior logistics and procurement professionals from global organisations. Their experience and advice drives the continued development of our supply chain courses ensuring they are relevant for today’s global supply chain environment. Our faculty is also supported by a diverse team of international visiting industry speakers and professors
The course comprises 10 core logistics and supply chain modules. Additionally, you will select four elective modules, allowing you to tailor the course to suit your personal career plan. You will have the opportunity to attend a study tour, subject to additional cost. The culmination of the learning process is your opportunity to undertake an individual thesis project which is in-company or Cranfield led, the topics of which cover a broad range of areas.
Assessment
Taught modules 60%, individual project 40%
Core modules
- Supply Chain Strategy and Sustainability
- Principles of Strategic Procurement
- Inventory and Operations Management
- Accounting and Finance for Supply Chain Management
- Analytical Techniques for Supply Chain Management
- Freight Transport
- Information Systems and eBusiness
- Physical Network Design
- Project Management Induction
- Warehousing
Elective
- Logistics Outsourcing
- Performance Measurement in the Supply Chain
- Business Process Outsourcing
- Designing and Managing Resilient Supply Chains
- Supply Chain Resilience
- Simulation
- Retail Logistics
- Six Sigma in the Supply Chain
- Sales and Operations Planning
- Physical Network Design
- Humanitarian Logistics
- International class
- International faculty
- International study tours