Curriculum
General Management
Business Process and Project Management
International Commerce and Trade
Logistics
Supplier Relationship Management
Transportation and Reverse Logistics
Material Flow and Warehouse Systems
Information Systems
Information Technologies in Logistics
Soft Skills
Intercultural Communication and Negotiation
Case Study/Project/Business Game
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Business Process and Project Management
The students become acquainted with the fundamental basics of business process management, its role in change processes, as well as methods and instruments for optimisation of business processes.
Furthermore, they study basics of project management, different project management categories, project-planning and -controlling as well as its role in change projects (change management).
International Commerce and Trade
The students gain in-depth knowledge of analysing the international activities of enterprises. They can understand and classify the overlapping of cross-border activities and strategies of enterprises.
The students acquire the methods and instruments for the assessment and use of market potential as far as for the prevention of risks from international division of labour (especially in the area of international logistics management). They discern the relevance of international marketing-management for the modern business management and the role of regional networks for transboundary economic activities (in the EUREGIO-area and in the EU in general).
Law in Logistics
The students gain in-depth knowledge of different types of contract and characteristics of law in logistics, customs and foreign trade law as far as the labour law in logistics. The students are qualified to identify and mitigate possible legal disputes in the company and to prevent them from going to court.
The students become acquainted with methods of negotiation, form, implementation and control of a contract, especially with regard to international conditions. They should acquire the tools for developing every kind of contract and applying it according to international requirements.
Supplier Relationship Management
This module places emphasis on methods and tools of the operative and strategic supplier relationship management with special focus on the success of the company.
Moreover, the students gain knowledge about the development of material categories and supply overall strategies as well as operational procurement processes and supporting IT systems.
Production and Distribution
The students can understand different logistic problems of producing enterprises and can analyse, formulate and solve complex problems. They know the fundamental basics and instruments of modern quality management. The main emphasis of production logistics is on strategic parameters/criteria of intra-logistics (layout planning, flow manufacturing systems etc.) as well as integrated computerised production planning and control systems and partial techniques thereof.
On the basis of case studies, the students study different problems and solution approaches of distributions logistics, thereby focusing on commercial enterprises. They become aware of different distribution structures as well as of various multi-attributive and (multi-)objective methods for the selection of the central warehouse location.
The students are familiar with advanced concepts of distribution logistics in commercial enterprises and can evaluate them. They can formulate and solve problems of transportation- and route- planning.
Transportation and Reverse Logistics
The students recognise the performance capability and limits of transportation systems. They become acquainted with planning and optimisation tools as well as transportation policy and ecological aspects. Moreover, they discern the most important functions, procedures and control parameters of these systems and are able to design transport chains on their own.
Furthermore, they become acquainted with regenerating, processing and redistribution logistics and study reverse logistics in terms of recycling, rebuilding / remanufacturing etc., return and container logistics.
Material Flow and Warehouse Systems
The students are introduced to the main application fields, techniques and criteria of different material flows and warehouse systems. They know the fundamental planning tools in the material flows of warehouses and production, with respect to optimisation of logistics processes.
The students are acquainted with the planning and organisation of warehouses so that they are qualified to design and evaluate warehouse systems, and to choose the most appropriate warehouse subsystems.
Value Chain Management
The students study management concepts, supply chain management models, methods of the supply chains design as well as reasons for value chain partnerships.
After an introduction to controlling, the students perceive the importance of controlling for modern management. They understand and can classify different areas of application in logistics-controlling. They know the methods and instruments of practice-oriented controlling within the scope of logistics-, supply chain- and procurement-controlling.
Information Technologies in Logistics
The students study upstream processes for data analysis with a special focus on data extraction, -transformation and -integration (data warehousing) as well as for the multidimensional exploration and analysis of mass data (online analytical processing (OLAP)). The participants can use the standard software for data mining, data warehousing and online analytical processing.
The students become acquainted with the IT-architecture and realise the functional range and the interplay of supporting IT systems (data warehouse, SRM, ERP, route planning). They know concepts of supply processes (SAP, electronic markets) as well as of production and distribution processes (fundamental basics, application criteria for software selection).
The students are able to discern the opportunities for logistics support, offered by information and communication technologies.
Automation in Logistics
The students become acquainted with the fundamental principles, techniques, management and organisational strategies of the most important automation techniques as well as with communication and ident systems in the logistic chain. They know the structure of automation and communication systems and understand their relationships and interactions with regard to optimising logistic processes.
The students gain in-depth knowledge of functions, methods, procedures and strategies for the optimal structuring automation techniques as well as communication and ident systems.
Intercultural Communication and Negotiation
The students acquire fundamental basics of the term "culture", of cultural standards and stereotypes, influences of languages and historical backgrounds. They are prepared for intercultural differences in interpersonal communication in the management process and understand their own stereotypes and prejudices.
Furthermore, the students enhance their flexibility and tolerance in communication with business partners from different cultural areas. They become acquainted with negotiation conduct and strategies in an international context.
Case Study/Project/Business Game
The students are familiarised with problems of corporate logistics / Supply Chain Management in practice and are capable to develop problem solving concepts for predetermined problems in these areas.
Job-based Project
This module takes place on-the-job in a relevant field.
Concrete practical questions and problems are to be analysed according to scientific knowledge, and are then to be documented in a report. Additionally, an oral examination with presentation takes place. The job-based project is supervised and evaluated by a supervisor who must be determined before the beginning of the project.
According to the student’s wishes, the project can be completed within one of the first four semesters (however prior to the master thesis). If conducted as a full-time project, it will take six months, if worked on part-time, the duration will be extended accordingly.
Master Thesis
The master thesis must be produced during the last semester.
The students are expected to document their professional and multidisciplinary knowledge gained during the study course and their self-study on the basis of scientific awareness and methods. The students are required to write their master theses within a period of four months. Afterwards, a colloquium and a presentation take place.
