Maritime Logistics & Supply Chain Management
Shipping & Transport Introduction
The objective of this introduction module is to provide a generic framework for all the course participants regarding the Shipping and Transport industry. It is crucial for the entire Master program that participants coming from a variety of countries with widely varied background and experience have a common reference framework.
Main characteristics of the global shipping and transport systems are taught, such as international trade flows, transport chain players, transport chain and multi-modal transport networks, ports operations, types of ship operations, and shipbuilding.
Supply Chain Management & Consultancy
The objective is to provide students with verifiable knowledge on supply chain management concepts and skills to analyse and solve supply chain issues. As an outcome of this course participants will have a broader perspective of their own position in the supply chain.
The dynamics, development and globalisation of supply chains are explained. Various supply chain management (SCM) concepts are shown which focus on the trade-off between customer service, freight costs and inventory holding costs. Special attention is given to the characteristics and development of maritime aspects in the supply chain. Finally logistics consultancy and project management are addressed in this module, since SCM concepts are frequently developed and implemented by executing projects.
The objective of the course Logistics Consultancy is to give background to common practices of conducting logistics consultancy projects. A consulting approach is usually a pragmatic way of problem solving in situations where there is need for fast decision-making however funded on sound research. There are a number of generic tools and techniques that can be used in relation to fact finding, diagnostics of issues and improvement opportunities, validation and presentation of results. The consultancy skills that are provided in this course will be presented from a logistics perspective.
Applied Management Science
Managers at Masters level should be capable to approach management problems analytically, in order to find effective solutions. This module provides the participants with the understanding on quantitative methods, as well as with skills to apply these methods in the transport business. Basic methods from Statistics and Management Science will be covered. In Statistics the field of probability and inferential statistics will be discussed. In Management Science an introduction to Linear Programming, Decision Analysis and Inventory Models will be given. As such, a background is established to cope with some quantitative aspects in transport and logistics.
Simulator Assisted Applied Research
This is not a course in itself. It is an added value to several other modules.
The simulators will be used as a practical training tool in 3 other modules:
- Shipping & Transport Introduction;
- Supply Chain Management & Consultancy;
- Security
The main purpose is to increase the level of experience but also to make course participants aware of other roles in Supply Chain Management, document flows and procedures.
Throughout the entire curriculum various assignments will be done on simulators:
- Transport Chain Simulator
- Transport management Simulator
- Beer game
- Crisis Management Simulator