International Sustainable Logistics & Supply Chain Management
As markets evolve towards increased globalization, free trade, and right-shoring, a growing interest arises in being able to repurpose and reshape global supply chains that are characterized by both resilience and responsibility.
In your capacity as future business leaders, we will teach you how to make rapid decisions, and take immediate actions to sustain business operations to serve their customers, clients, and communities in the event of supply chain disruptions, like with the COVID-19 pandemic.
The minor in Sustainable International Logistics and Supply Chain Management is unique in that it offers a cross-disciplinary education, combining the core topics of logistics and supply chain management like Procurement, Operations, and Distribution in an international business context.
You will gain deep theoretical knowledge, and understanding of the supply chain network and its development, as well as of the tools needed to analyze, develop and hands-on change such supply chains. This includes a module dedicated to Lean Six Sigma (including an internationally recognized Yellow and/or Green Belt certificate), guest lectures from leading experts in the field, real-life cases and an International Case Competition.
Further, you will actively participate in a real-life international applied research project, exploring how the logistics industry can use sharing economy concepts on existing urban freight transport themes to improve sustainability, quality of service, and efficiency.
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You will gain deep theoretical knowledge, and understanding of the supply chain network and its development, as well as of the tools needed to analyze, develop and hands-on change such supply chains. This includes a module dedicated to Lean Six Sigma (including an internationally recognized Yellow and/or Green Belt certificate), guest lectures from leading experts in the field, real-life cases and an International Case Competition.
Further, you will actively participate in a real-life international applied research project, exploring how the logistics industry can use sharing economy concepts on existing urban freight transport themes to improve sustainability, quality of service, and efficiency.
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Prerequisites
As outlined in the Rotterdam University Handbook (2018-2019) on HINT, to be eligible for access to a minor program (HRBS) student must earn 168 credits. These credits are broken down as follows: - (First-year study program completion (60 credits); - Second-year study program completion (60 credits); - Placement completion (30 credits); - At least 18 credits earned during the semester. To safeguard the unique international / inter-cultural / multi-disciplinary character of our Minor Sustainable International Logistics and Supply Chain Management, we stick to the optimal division of students from different institutes (60% IBMS, 20% Exchange, 20% other institutes), as this is a key ingredient in the recipe for success of our Minor. Admission procedure: When the number of applicants exceeds the number of available seats, considering the before-mentioned admission criteria, we intend to select via a weighted
Literatuur
Course
Minor Sustainable International Logistics and SCM (2024-2025)
Module
Lean Six Sigma
Title
Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Training & Certification
Type
Online training & certification
Mandatory
Yes
Website
Author(s)
Karlo Tanjuakio et al.
Registration
Use your .@hr.nl email address to make use of discount
Discount rate
$25 via coupon code YBrbs at checkout
Remark(s)
Additional literature: the book we use in the Module Operations
Module
Operations
Title
Operations Management in the Supply Chain Decisions and cases
Type
Book
Mandatory
Yes
ISBN / EAN
978-1-2605-7143-1
Author(s)
Roger G. Schroeder / Susan Meyer Goldstein
Publisher
McGraw – Hill Education International Edition
Year Published
8th Edition (2020)
Remark(s)
This is the same book we use in the Module Lean Six Sigma
Module
Distribution Management
ISBN / EAN
9789332548237
Title
Supply Chain Management Strategy, Planning, and Operation
Type
Book
Mandatory
Recommended
Author(s)
Sunil Chopra et al
Publisher
Pearson Education
Year Published
2016
Remark(s)
Other editions may also qualify; check with your teacher!
Module
Procurement
Title
Purchasing & Supply Chain Management
Type
Book
Mandatory
Yes
ISBN / EAN
978-1-4737-4944-3
Author(s)
Arjan J. Van Weele
Publisher
Cengage Learning EMEA
Year Published
7th Edition (2018)
Remark(s)
Other editions may also qualify; check with your teacher!
Rooster
We strongly believe in case based learning - using actual real life cases in collaboration with the international business field - and personalized, weekly, feedback sessions to enable our students to excel in every aspect of their growth. The contact hours associated with our six modules is as follows:
Block 1
Course name
Contact Time
Didactics
Lean Six Sigma (5 EC)
24 hrs (3 hrs / week)
Weekly, personalized feedback sessions
Operations (5 EC)
24 hrs (3 hrs / week)
Weekly lectures (workshop style)
Distribution Management (5 EC)
24 hrs (3 hrs / week)
Weekly, personalized feedback sessions
Block 2
Course name
Contact Time
Didactics
Demand Chain Management (5 EC)
24 hrs (3 hrs / week)
Weekly, personalized feedback sessions
Procurement (5 EC)
24 hrs (3 hrs / week)
Weekly lectures (workshop style)
Project: Distribution Strategies (5 EC)
24 hrs (3 hrs / week)
Weekly, personalized feedback sessions
Block 1 - Schedule
Course name
Contact Time
Assessment
Lean Six Sigma (5 EC)
16
Lean Six Sigma Training
Case Assignments
Portfolio Report
Operations (5 EC)
24
Active Participation
Case Assignments
Written Exam
Distribution Management (5 EC: Semester)
(International Applied Research Project)
24
Project Plan
Project Delivery
Reflection Report
Block 2 - Schedule
Course name
Contact Time
Assessment
Demand Chain Management (5 EC: Semester)
(International Case Competition)
24
Project Plan
Project Delivery
Reflection Report
Procurement (5 EC)
24
Active Participation
Case Assignments
Written Exam
Project: Distribution Strategies (5 EC)
16
Case Assignments
Portfolio Report
Toetsing
Assessment
From the portfolio of assessments available to us, for each of the six courses, one or more assessments have been chosen that fit the learning objectives of the course itself and motivates both students and teachers to maximize the aspired outcomes and grades. We have the following assessments to our disposal: mainly case assignments, in-class-assignments, homework assignments, applied research assignments, skill assignments, poster pitches and to a lesser extent written exams (2x).