Supply Networks & Services

Description and course content

Graduates of the SBWL "Supply Networks and Services" have comprehensive knowledge on theories, methods and models supporting companies´and NPO´s decision processes in the area of Supply Chain Management, especially in the area of structuring and designing networks. Specialization courses on Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Disaster Relief Supply Chain Management are provided as well as the possibility to improve one´s project management capabilities in a dedicated seminar. The contents are streamlined towards a research and method centered education of students, leading to scientifically founded basic knowledge important for further studies as well as entering the business world in challenging positions. Numerous case studies, company visits and practical examples guarantee the practical relevance of the education.

Admission

Registration for the ET course "Access to Specialization in Business Administration: Supply Networks and Services".

Students that passed the exam “Beschaffung, Logistik, Produktion” (BLP) with “Very good” („sehr gut“) and "Good" („Gut“) are passing the AG automatically. The grade of BLP is checked by the instituteautomatically.

1. (weight 1/3) Written letter of application: Please upload a letter of motivation of maximum one page and a CV in the AG under "Assignments" (saved in a PDF file in the format "Last_name_first_name_matriculation_number.pdf")
2. (weight 2/3) Previous academic performance - student ranking based on grade point average

Structure

1. Semester:

• Course 1 – Introduction to Supply Chain Management
• Course 2 – Analysis and Optimization of Distribution Networks
• Course 3 – Supply Chain Modeling and Design

2. Semester:

• Course 4 - Humanitarian Logistics OR Sustainable Logistics
• Coruse 5 - Seminar (Humanitarian Logistics, Sustainable Logistics OR Project Management)

Bachelor’s thesis

Students who pass the seminar (course 5) with min. grade 2, are eligible to extend the seminar paper with their supervisior to a bachelor thesis.

Career profiles

Career paths in

• supply chain management in leading managerial positions
• starting as demand planner
• supply chain analyst
• transport manager
• product planner
• inventory manager
• etc.

Here you can find the presentation from the specializations fair!

Erfahrungsbericht:

Alles in allem bin ich sehr zufrieden mit der SBWL. Der Zeitaufwand ist nicht zu unterschätzen aber angemessen und man muss es mögen mit Excel zu arbeiten. Wenn man aktiv mitmacht und sich auf die Prüfungen vorbereitet kann man aus der SBWL außer fachspezifischem Wissen auch einige nützliche Excel Anwendungen mitnehmen. Wenn man in die Richtung SCM gehen möchte ist die SBWL eine super Basis um in die Materie hineinzuschnuppern.