Logistics and Supply Chain Management
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Why study Logistics and Supply Chain Management?
These courses are designed to give you an in-depth understanding of how to get the right things to the right places at the right time by making the right decisions. Courses in this subject area will help you to understand the commercial activity of transporting goods and people, and how to manage projects.
More businesses and organisations are sourcing materials, products and services from across the world because of the advancement of globalisation. Many aspects of our everyday lives depend on the ability to manage supply chains successfully within a global economy. In these courses, you’ll be able to learn about planning, sourcing, manufacturing, project management, people management, finance and logistics, vital for business and organisational success.
How these degrees prepare you for employment
Business with Sustainable Transport Management and Business with Logistics and Supply Chain Management are accredited by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), offering you the chance to enhance your career prospects further.
Industry links
Our courses offer you the opportunity to join the full NOVUS or NOVUS Lite schemes that provide guaranteed work placement year and summer placements with NOVUS sponsor companies, and benefit from learning from a dedicated company mentor. You’ll also be guaranteed a job on graduation if you’re part of the full NOVUS scheme.
* You can learn more about the scheme by visiting the NOVUS website.
Previous graduates from this subject area have gone on to roles such as Operations Management Graduate, Trade Compliance Analyst, Project Coordinator, Customer and Trading Manager, Network Operations Support Manager, Supply Chain Analyst, e-fulfilment Solutions Graduate and Materials Improvement Specialist in organisations, including Network Rail, Cummins Inc, Arla Foods, DHL, Nestle, Yusen Logistics, Heineken, and Sainsbury’s.**
Where you could go on placement
Our courses allow you to undertake a work placement, which gives you the opportunity to put your learning into practice and understand how theory works in the real world. Our students go on a wide range of placements across the private, public and third sectors. Previous students have gained experience at places like Arla Foods Ltd, CEVA Logistics, Clipper Logistics, Cummins Inc, DHL, Expect Distribution, Kuehne + Nagel, Morrisons, Muller, PPG Architectural Coatings EMEA, Sainsbury's, Travis Perkins, and Yusen Logistics. Our Business Data Analytics graduate, Nosheen Bostan, completed a placement at multinational corporation, Cummins Inc, where she is now working in a graduate role as a Trade Compliance Analyst. You can hear what Nosheen had to say about her placement experience in this video.
What our students say
I choose to study Supply Chain Management because it's a diverse and interesting area of business. The NOVUS scheme was a major contributor in me choosing the course. The exclusive support and opportunities if offers helps you to develop professionally so you can go straight into industry with the right tools.
Abi Hutson Business - Sales Graduate at Kuehne + Nagel.
AACSB Accredited
Huddersfield Business School is an accredited member of the AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
AACSB accreditation ensures continuous improvement and provides focus for schools to deliver on their mission, innovate, and drive impact. AACSB-accredited schools have successfully undergone a rigorous review process conducted by their peers in the business education community, ensuring that they have the resources, credentials, and commitment needed to provide students with a first-rate, future-focused business education.
AACSB Accredited and AASCB Business Education Alliance Member logos.* To qualify for the graduate job guarantee, you’ll need to graduate with at least a 2:1 degree and achieve satisfactory references from your placement provider and personal university tutor. The NOVUS guaranteed job offer is provided by The NOVUS Trust, which provides permanent, graduate-level opportunities in logistics and chain management through its sponsor network.
** Source LinkedIn.
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