Executive MSc in Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Online)

Who is it for?

• 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 organisational 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 programme.

Informed by Industry

This course is supported by Cranfield's world-leading faculty, research centres and strong connections with industry. Our faculty team work closely with our advisory board of senior supply chain professionals from global organisations and leading academics from the Cranfield Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Their experience and advice drives the continued development of this established course ensuring that it is relevant for today’s global supply chain environment. Comprising leading figures from the world of supply chain management, it recommends additions and amendments to the course to reinforce its relevance to the modern logistics, procurement and supply chain decisions and practices. Our faculty is also supported by a diverse team of international visiting industry speakers and professors.

Course details

This MSc course comprises of 12 intensive taught modules with an optional international study tour, 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 summer 2023.

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 2023. The course also involves a thesis project and optional International Study Tour.

Individual thesis project

Your individual thesis project provides you with an opportunity to investigate an area of particular interest to you and your organisation. You will also have the opportunity to develop your capability to carry out research combining organisational and academic perspectives. You may wish to address a particular problem that your business is facing and create real value for your organisation.

Course modules

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

Modules

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 for 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 listed above the compulsory and elective (where applicable) modules which are currently affiliated with this course. All modules are indicative only, and may be subject to change for your year of entry.

International study tour

You will have the unique opportunity to experience a differing economic region in the world from a logistics and supply chain perspective. The international study tour will give you first-hand experience of how supply strategies in this region are influenced by different pressures (both internal and external). You will also gain a rich understanding of the differences between logistics and supply chain practices.

The valuable opportunity to engage in meaningful discussion and debate with a wide variety of logistics experts in a differing market will serve you well when you return to your organisation. The study tour will combine site visits with talks, lectures and presentations covering contemporary regional logistics and economic issues.

Companies previously visited on the study tours include; Walls (Unilever), Philips Lighting, DHL, Maersk Logistics, DKSH, Yang Shang Port, Li & Fung, Coca-Cola, Flextronics, Caterpillar and COSCO.

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 practice back to your own organisation, or to apply your knowledge from the course to a wide variety of roles and industries.