Studium Supply Chain Management an der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Supply Chain Management

Abschluss: Master of Science (M. Sc.)
Umfang: 4 Semesters, 120 ECTS Punkte
Studienart: Präsenzstudium, Vollzeit
Bildungsfeld: Wirtschaft & Management
Unterrichtssprache: Englisch
Website: www.wu.ac.at

The full-time Master in Supply Chain Management is unique in Europe. It combines a thorough education in relevant theories and state-of-the-art methods and techniques with a transdisciplinary and integrated view to gain a deeper understanding of supply chain related decision problems from a performance perspective.

Supply chain networks are the skeletons that underpin the business world. These networks are increasingly global in nature, with products consisting of parts manufactured in different regions of the world, assembled in other locations, and then shipped across continents to retailers and consumers. Such complex networks consist of manufacturers and their suppliers, shippers and carriers using various modes of transportation, distribution centers where the products are stored and sent to retailers which ultimately supply the customers. Supply chains involve many decision-makers interacting with one another, sometimes competing, and at other times cooperating out of necessity.

The Master in Supply Chain Management focuses on the analysis, design, management, and operation of supply chains in manufacturing and professional service industries. Using a broad definition of supply chain management (SCM), supply chain problems are being tackled in profit and non-profit environments. The former includes retailers, wholesalers, logistics service providers, manufacturers, and suppliers, while the latter includes the public sector and non-governmental organizations, for example in disaster relief logistics.

6SPECIALIZATION AREAS

Individualize your studies

You can choose two out of six specialization areas following your interests:

Business Analytics in Supply Chains
Location Analytics and Geospatial Data
Retail Marketing
Supply Chain Finance and Risks
Sustainable and Humanitarian Supply Chains
Transport and Logistics.

60%INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

A thorough international experience

The Master’s program in Supply Chain Management focuses not only on global issues connected to supply chains but also attracts many international students. The student body is made up of a broad variety of nationalities. The students who enrolled in the fall of 2014 come from 18 different countries, located on four continents. Hence, the program offers a truly international experience through an international education, an internationally renowned faculty as well as an international culture among the students throughout the two years.

85%IN A JOB 4 MONTHS AFTER GRADUATION

Excellent career perspective

Since every business is involved in one or more supply chains, employment opportunities in this field are numerous and promising, with global demand exceeding the current supply of graduates. Our graduates are well prepared to design and manage the future‘s most effective supply chains.

Structure & Content

The curriculum – grounded in proven theory and methodology, best practices and emerging innovative techniques – enables students to chart the supply chain processes all the way from managing information technology to enabling logistics and designing supply chain strategies.

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Application & Admission

Only open to a selected group of students, this program is designed for highly motivated students with above-average grades. A background in business economics, industrial engineering, informatics and/or geography, with interests in production, transportation and logistics, business and geo-informatics, and operations research is desirable.

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Career

Exceptional management of the procurement, production and delivery of a firm’s products and services – its supply chain – is an essential part of modern business life. The Master’s program in Supply Chain Management at WU Vienna prepares graduates to stand out in this challenging and critically important career field.

Graduates of the Master’s program are qualified to be tomorrow’s experts in the increasingly complex world of supply chains, including

supply chain strategy/controlling/planning,
business process excellence,
inventory management,
lean/green supply chain management,
manufacturing and logistics,
sourcing and purchasing,
sales and after sales services, or
advanced planning systems.

If your ambition is an academic and/or a research career you will achieve the necessary qualifications to succeed in this dynamic and challenging field.

Qualification profile

Students learn a mix of theoretical, methodological and empirical research to get a good understanding of the fundamental questions and problems in the field, both from a transdisciplinary perspective as well as from the view of different types of focal companies (manufacturers and suppliers, shippers and carriers, and retailers). At the completion of the Master’s program attendees will become thoroughly familiar with

the design and analysis of logistics processes, the related information and financial flows in supply chains and transportation networks in general, and
the design of supply chain strategies, the management and optimization of global supply chains and their coordination in particular.

This will include the abilities to

solve supply chain related complex decision problems in a globalizing world by applying appropriate methods, techniques and software tools,
measure, evaluate and control the quality of supply chain processes with suitable performance management systems,
analyze and manage supply chains for different types of focal companies.