Teaching

Our goal is to prepare students for leading positions in supply chain management or general management. To achieve this, we convey the relevant fundamental methodologies and concepts, thereby including our own current research activities. We also illuminate diverse case studies on the implementation of SCM solutions. This base knowledge enables students to solve logistics problems independently and to deal efficiently with future SCM challenges. The latest SCM methods and findings equip students with a toolbox to help them whenever they are called upon to optimize supply chains. The case studies give examples of successful implementations in practice as well as of avoidable traps. The entire range of supply chain subjects offered by our specialisation area is designed to give students a head start in their careers.

 

Career Options

The professional fields for graduates with knowledge in "Supply Chain Management and Production" are extremely diverse and are primarily found in the following types of companies:

• Management consultancies
• Software companies (development and adaptation of ERP systems)
• Industrial companies in the material goods industry (production, logistics)
• Logistics service providers (aviation, rail, road)
• Trading companies (logistics, call centers)

The methodically oriented training in "Supply Chain Management and Production" opens the door to employment in many other professional fields. Given the comparatively small number of graduates, job market prospects are currently still relatively good.
Many companies are looking for graduates with training that enables them to implement software systems as part of advanced planning or to exploit optimization potential.