MBA - Operations in UK

Prepare yourself for a management role within the international procurement and supply chain sectors with this flexible qualification. Take advantage of opportunities to study abroad and stand out to employers with a qualification accredited by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and recognised by the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers and The Nautical Institute. You’ll also benefit from a high profile visiting speakers programme.

This programme is available with a January or September start.

Our MSc has been accredited by the most relevant professional bodies in logistics – the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) and the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) – giving you a head start in this competitive field.

Programme content includes field trips, industry speakers and a strong practical and problem-solving element, delivered by staff recognised for cutting-edge research and translating industry best practices.

You will become familiar with the tools and techniques necessary to develop effective and efficient supply chains which deliver higher levels of value for the end user and facilitate sustainable business growth. You will explore current theory and research, seeing how this informs practice, and develop innovative solutions to real-life logistics and supply chain problems.

Available as an MSc, Warwick's Statistics course aims to cover topics most relevant to a career as a professional statistician. Your training will open the way to employment in many sectors, including marketing, insurance, banking and pharmaceutical industry. It may also provide the pathway to a research degree (PhD).

Supply chain management is a growing global specialist area and an essential function within organisations, involving many aspects from procurement and logistics through to operations and project management.

This programme is designed for students with a relevant HND to enter at Year 3 and gain an Honours degree. You'll develop your understanding of the complexity of the internal and external connections of international supply chains and gain the tools, techniques and management abilities required for a successful career. You'll also develop your knowledge of the global challenges affecting supply chain process, including economic, legal, financial, strategic and global issues, and their impact on international trade.

Depending on your previous area of study you'll be able to select option modules including project management and digital business and marketing or choose to study a language.

In addition to specialist knowledge, you'll develop your entrepreneurial thinking, your IT skills and the people skills crucial to successfully implementing strategy and change in organisations.

Supply chain management is a critical business competency. It encompasses procurement of materials, processing and distribution of products and services to customers.

In many companies, 80% or more of their turnover is spent outside the organisation. This course helps you become effective in managing this. It’s designed for those who will work within supply chain management. It’s also suitable for anyone with a background in support functions such as sales, maintenance, finance and marketing.

This course will cover the latest logistics requirements, for example:

• ability from logistics managers to enhance business opportunities to circular economy approaches and digital manufacturing;
• rise of sales through ecommerce also requires accurate demand and supply forecast from logistics area.

This course is delivered in partnership by the Department of Design, Manufacturing & Engineering Management, and the Department of Management Science. This collaboration between engineering and business benefits from the combination of technical and organisational expertise. Find out more about the award-winning Strathclyde Business School.

This course provides for advanced study in the field of Supply Chain and Logistics Management. It aims to provide managers, engineers and business specialists with key insights in to production systems which operate in a wide range of organisations. 

Have you ever thought about how events like Glastonbury or the Olympic Games happen and all the people involved to make them a success?

Without people working in logistics, these events simply wouldn’t happen, as all the goods and products need to be produced and transported to the right place at the right time. Our course will show you how logistics and supply chains are crucial to our world and give you the skills to work with partners and suppliers, streamlining business operations and increasing access to international markets.

Improve business performance with an integrated approach to operations, logistics and supply chain management. Our Operations, Logistics and Supply Chain Management MSc helps to improve business performance with an integrated approach to operations, logistics and supply chain management.

Organisations are always looking for ways to:

• reduce costs
• shorten production and distribution times
• identify areas of sub optimisation
• better manage operational risks

This allows them to develop and maintain a competitive advantage.

You'll improve your knowledge and understanding of how an integrated approach to operations management can positively impact business performance and sustainability.

You'll learn how to advance the effectiveness and competitiveness of organisations. You'll apply the knowledge and skills you develop in a thorough systematic, informed and creative way.

The BSc (Hons) Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain Management offers a future facing and integrated business education covering the main disciplines and operational areas of business, whilst focusing on supporting students to develop the skills and competencies required in a contemporary and future labour market.

The overarching philosophy of our newly designed degree is to support and enhance progression, achievement and success, whilst challenging our students to become professional, aspirational and globally minded managers in a complex, dynamic economic environment. The course is a meaningful partnership between students, employers and the South Wales Business School, with clear innovations in work-based learning, assessment for learning and teaching and learning initiatives.

Developed in collaboration with our industry partners, this MSc in Supply Chain Management and Logistics addresses the growing demand for highly trained individuals by seeking to develop professionals with up-to-date knowledge, skills and capabilities in the key areas of strategic supply chain management, logistics, distribution, sourcing, procurement, finance, contracts, project management, forecasting and environmental management.

The modern supply chain is ubiquitous, reaching into many aspects of consumers’ daily lives, and becoming increasingly important for companies. On this programme, you’ll develop the skills to manage and improve international supply chains.

We’ll show you how the right technology and strategy can give you a competitive edge. We use case studies, industry links and company visits to enhance our teaching. 

Exploring operations, supply chain and green logistics and core sub-disciplines, you’ll acquire expertise in the contribution these systems make and the skills necessary to become a future leader in the low carbon area.

Many western companies manufacture overseas. Massive logistics hubs now exist in countries such as China. Demand has therefore never been higher for people who can apply quality management science to supply chain and logistics management. This course can give you the skills to achieve this.

This programme is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) and was developed in consultation with the industry. It focuses on the practical aspects of logistics and supply chain management rather than academic theory.

We offer a research-led teaching environment which is particularly strong in operations management. Faculty members of the Centre for Productivity and Efficiency teach on this programme, as do members of the Centre for Transport and Logistics.`

The BSc (Hons) Logistics Management programme has been designed to develop students' capacity to successfully manage people, operations and systems within a logistics environment.

This work-based distance learning programme is designed to provide those working within an appropriate environment, and commonly already holding professional qualifications, the management skills to effectively and efficiently manage their work areas. The degree draws upon specialised knowledge and skills students may have already developed during the course of their employment.

If you are driven to understand and improve how products and services are designed and delivered, specialising in operations and supply management is the pathway for you.

It allows you to explore operations management, supply chain management and project management.

The BSc Business Management degree at Swansea University is the most established programme within the School of Management, known for producing highly skilled and commercial thinking business managers. Graduates have gone on to work for the world’s biggest brands including Shell UK, Marks & Spencer, Bloomberg and Tata. 

As well as specialising in operations and supply, this Business Management course will equip you with essential modern expertise in marketing, entrepreneurship, management consulting, finance, accountancy, strategy and human resource management.

As a manager today, you need the the skills to react to our changing world, and the vision to interpret changes for your organisation.

On this MSc, you’ll learn to innovate and succeed in global supply chain and logistics. You’ll:

• gain a forward-looking perspective on the world of supply chain and logistics management
• develop a high level of strategic awareness of the whole supply chain
• explore supply chain management strategy.

You’ll learn to apply systems modelling techniques to real supply chain operations, and understand how to develop significant systems and process improvements. Our innovative teaching methods include:

• use of simulations
• real-time projects
• fieldtrips
• talks and guest lectures from high-calibre professionals
• exposure to industry challenges.

On graduation, you’ll have the confidence to become a senior and strategic manager, ready to inform, develop and apply operational improvement strategies within the supply chain/logistics sector.

With multiple study modes, the Procurement and Supply Chain Management CIPS accredited course at Robert Gordon University enables you to explore the dynamic discipline at your choice of pace. A degree in this area will develop your knowledge, understanding and business skills for professional practice in procurement and supply chain management at middle and higher management levels.

You will learn the strategies, best practices and tools and techniques to enable you to better comprehend how this field of management can contribute to the competitive advantage and effectiveness of an organisation and its partners.

You will develop the problem-solving, learning and research skills, within a procurement and supply chain context, that are necessary for employment in any sector.

Do you want a career where no two days are the same and where your communication skills and ability to think-up creative solutions will be highly valued?

Recent events such as Covid and Brexit have shown how vital our supply chains are. Ensuring the right products are in the right place at the right time and at the right cost is hugely important to life as we know it. What's more, we need to make sure those supply chains are sustainable and aren't harming our environment.

On this course you'll learn risk management, strategic management, logistics management and how to procure goods and manage supply lines. You'll use professional software, systems and tools and explore the ethics and sustainability of global supply chains. You'll graduate with a set of management and specialist skills that will be hugely in demand in the workplace.

• Become a student member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) and gain exemptions from the academic requirements for Chartered Membership (CMILT) of the CILT (UK)
• Build high-level strategic awareness of the entire supply chain
• Undertake practical problem-solving to boost your company’s efficiency, performance and profitability
• Specialise in areas such as global operations, purchasing and supply, warehousing, transport and logistics
• Be inspired by our industry-experienced academic team and our influential business contacts - in a city at the heart of a major logistics network
• Learn how latest technology - from RFID to enterprise management systems can be harnessed for the benefit of your organisation
  • Enhance your career progression prospects and professional standing in a fast-growing global industry.

The MSc in Global Logistics Operations and Supply Chain Management has been designed to enable you to acquire an in-depth understanding of the major areas of knowledge and philosophical approaches that underpin the concept of the Global Supply Process.

The programme philosophy is to develop this knowledge and understanding of the specialist area of supply chain management, whilst placing it firmly within an organisational context. The key specialist modules are resultant from both academic and professional influence as to strategic change factors within the global supply process.

Knowledge in operations management is an important requirement of managers across all business functions and there is an increasing demand for operations management specialists in every type of organisation.