MSc in Executive Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Online)
Cranfield, United Kingdom
DURATION
2 up to 3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Feb 2025
TUITION FEES
GBP 19,250 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
* MSc executive | PgDip executive: £14,000 | PgCert executive: £8,635
Introduction
Our live online Executive Logistics and Supply Chain Management MSc offers you the opportunity to study for an internationally recognized master's qualification. This part-time supply chain postgraduate course is designed to nurture your practical business skills and confidence.
It also places huge emphasis on real-world challenges and industry best practices which you can apply back to your own organisation. It has been co-designed with senior supply chain practitioners and is delivered by one of Europe's largest specialist logistics, procurement, and supply chain management faculties.
Students will benefit from a diverse student cohort and our faculty’s direct involvement with global businesses. On completion, graduates will have a deep understanding of contemporary business issues and a capacity to assume active leadership roles.
Why this course?
- You will gain an understanding of advanced logistics, procurement, and supply chain practices and develop your ability to critically select the tools and techniques that are most relevant to the challenges you are facing.
- You will improve your knowledge and capability to manage and plan supply chains within an overall business environment in an integrated and coordinated way.
- You will taught by faculty who will develop your leadership skills and enable you to provide more effective leadership throughout the supply chain life-cycle.
- You will learn how to carry out independent and robust research that is relevant to your organization.
- You will have the opportunity to participate in course activities including an international study tour.
- On graduation you are eligible for membership in CIPS and CILT, and eligible to apply for designation cESLOG, once you have completed three years of relevant experience.
Accreditation
Our Executive Logistics and Supply Chain Management MSc is accredited by The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply. Upon completion of this course, you will be eligible for full membership of both institutes, once you have completed three years of relevant work experience.
Please note the accreditations apply to the MSc award only. The PgDip and PgCert do not meet in full the further learning requirements for these accreditations.
Overview
- Duration: Two and a half years, part-time
- Qualification: MSc, PgDip, PgCert
- Study Type: Online / Part-time
Ideal Students
- Supply chain, logistics, or procurement managers who want to enhance their skills, knowledge, and confidence to take on more demanding executive roles in the future.
- Individuals with business or organizational experience in a non-supply chain area who are intending to move into the supply chain field, or have recently had a change in career track.
- Ambitious professionals who are keen to develop themselves and want a "real-world" education delivered by faculty who are actively engaged with business, and can bring their knowledge to the program.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Colleague Bursary
Cranfield School of Management is offering a colleague bursary to sponsoring organizations when they sponsor two or more members of staff on one program in the same calendar year. The colleague bursary represents savings of 15% towards the costs of the tuition fees for each employee.
Postgraduate Loan from Student Finance England
A Postgraduate Loan is now available to help you pay for your Master’s course.
Curriculum
This MSc course comprises 12 intensive taught modules with an optional international field trip (additional fee), and a thesis project. 10 of the 12 taught modules are taught live online and online supported material. Two modules (Freight Transport and Physical Network Design) are taught on campus during the summer.
You will have the opportunity to complete a number of supply chain, logistics, and procurement simulation games based on real-life business challenges. You will also complete an individual thesis project providing you with an opportunity to investigate an area of particular interest to you and your organisation.
Students undertaking the Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip) complete the 12 compulsory modules. Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert) students are required to study the Supply Chain Strategy and Sustainability module plus 5 of the 12 compulsory modules only.
Course Delivery
This course consists of 10 taught modules delivered online (through live lectures and online supported material), plus 2 modules delivered on campus during summer. The course also involves a thesis project and an optional international field trip (additional fee).
Individual thesis project
Your individual thesis project provides you with an opportunity to investigate an area of particular interest to you and your organization. You will also have the opportunity to develop your capability to carry out research combining organizational and academic perspectives. You may wish to address a particular problem that your business is facing and create real value for your organization.
Compulsory Modules
All the modules in the following list need to be taken as part of this course.
- Supply Chain Strategy and Sustainability
- Principles of Strategic Procurement
- Accounting and Finance for Supply Chain Management
- Analytical Techniques for Supply Chain Management
- Freight Transport
- Inventory and Operations Management
- Project Management Introduction
- Information Systems and eBusiness
- Physical Network Design
- Warehousing
- Strategic Management
- Applied Organisational Behaviour
Keeping our courses up-to-date and current requires constant innovation and change. The modules we offer reflect the needs of business and industry and the research interests of our staff. As a result, they may change or be withdrawn due to research developments, legislation changes, or a variety of other reasons. Changes may also be designed to improve the student learning experience or to respond to feedback from students, external examiners, accreditation bodies, and industrial advisory panels.
To give you a taster, we have detailed the compulsory and elective (where applicable) modules that are currently affiliated with this course. All modules are indicative only and may be subject to change for your year of entry.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
The Cranfield Executive Logistics and Supply Chain Management MSc will enhance your supply chain management skills, knowledge, and confidence, enabling you to develop your career and take on more demanding projects and roles in the future. The broad course content will allow you to bring the latest academic insights and industry best practices back to your own organization, or to apply your knowledge from the course to a wide variety of roles and industries.
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Program Admission Requirements
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