How would you like to be responsible for the well-being of people and animals all over the world? Just wondering, because the international food sector is in dire need of people who are cool, calm and collected enough to manage global food supply chains. You see, international circular and sustainable agrifood supply chains are under serious pressure from an increased consumers’ demand for added value; cost pricing; and a reduced availability of sustainable foodstuffs. Luckily, our International circular and sustainable agrifood supply chains minor will prepare young professionals like you to optimize international agrifood business.

What does managing international circular and sustainable agrifood supply chains involve?
Managing agrifood supply chains is not what it used to be. To ensure foodstuffs make it through the production process and end up as high quality food products in consumers’ kitchens, supply chain managers have to overcome many challenges on the way. These come in the form of food waste prevention, circumventing traffic jams, realizing UN Sustainability Development Goals, cost reductions, shortages, international regulations and constantly changing consumer needs. These are overcome with the development and implementation of new strategies, often with the use of new technologies.

What will you learn?
In this minor you will learn how logistics and food supply chains work and how to run these, how to manage quality and safety, and how to work in a sustainable and cost-effective way. You will also learn how to analyse and evaluate the functioning of circular systems, in order to improve and optimize sustainable food supply chains. Ultimately, you will be able to coordinate communication between international suppliers, plan and control product supply, and manage and discuss the added value provided by various partners in the supply chain.

Competencies:

• To cooperate either with student group members and also with professionals in the business.
• To research (level 3) assessed by means of the final report for the proof of proficiency, student identifies, describes and problems and the sources of the problem within the food value chain. The information gathered will be represented in the learning tasks. The final report consists of the improved learning tasks.
• To innovate (level 3) assessed by means the final report for the proof of proficiency, where students are stimulated to find innovative solutions to problems and provide recommendations for the problems they discovered during the analysis of circular and sustainable agri-food supply chains.
• To organise.

What do you need for this minor?
This minor is for students who have a propaedeutic phase achieved in business administration/logistics or supply chain management. Without propriate background knowledge of supply chain management or logistics the student will be offered the minor Food Supply Chain Management (minor for basics supply chain management).  

Final qualifications

• Optimizing logistics and managing the quality, sustainability and finance in agrifood chains

Mastering the circular economy, Ed Weenk, ISBN 9781398602748
Supply Chain Strategy and Financial Metrics, Bram DeSmet, 3e druk 2018,
ISBN 9780749482572

For this minor the classes will be held throughout the first semester of the school year. Theoretical classes and project work will be scheduled 2 days every week from Sept t/m Jan.
On Tuesday in the weeks: 36, 38, 40, 42, 47, 49 and 51.

Code: AIFL11
Name: Professional taks: project international circular and sustainable agrifood sc
EC: 4
Type exam: assessment
Period: 2

Code: AIFL07
Name: circular supply chain practice: management game
EC: 2
Type exam: assignment (management simulation game)
Period: 2

Code: AIFL08
Name: circular and sustainable agrifood supply chains
EC: 3
Type exam: assessment
Period: 2

Code: AIFL09
Name: circular econmy
EC: 3
Type exam: written exam
Period: 2

Code: AIFL10
Name: managerial accounting in supply chain management
EC: 3
Type exam: assessment
Period: 2

Aeres UAS – Green at heart
Aeres University of Applied Sciences (UAS) is the food and agriculture study programme specialist in the Netherlands, which is the second largest agricultural exporting country in the world. The Dronten faculty of Aeres UAS is literally located close to Nature and to farmland, making it a green organization at heart. Many of its study programmes are about an important basic need, namely food. The atmosphere is similar to that of a country town, where people are easy-going, friendly and willing to help one another. So, it is hardly surprising that in every programme, much time is spent on personal development. After all, it is people who get the job done.

Apply now!
So, what do you think? Can you see yourself playing your part in international food logistics? Apply now or click the link for more information on the International Food Logistics minor.

For extra information on the module, contact Elsbeth Kauffmann, e.kauffmann@aeres.nl