Máster en Supply Chain Management & Logistics

Módulo 1: Strategic Management and Marketing

• Management and management skills in a new disruptive enviroment
• Strategic direction and logistical framework
• Strategic and Competitive Market Analysis: Corporate, Competitive, and Functional Strategies
• Diversification Vs Specialization: Shaping the Scope of Activity
• Cooperation Vs Competition: Managing Strategic Alliances
• Strategic Planning, Corporate Culture, and Organizational and Job Design: The Strategy-Structure Fit
• Prospective planning and competitive dynamics
• Corporate objectives and value creation
• Capacity and Resource Management: Sources of Sustainable Competitive Advantage
• Organic Growth Vs Outsourced Growth
• Economies of Scale Vs Diseconomies of Scale
• Operations Strategy: Adjusting the Operations Strategy to the Corporate Strategy
• Strategic Design and Innovation: Blue Ocean Strategy
• Competitive logistics strategy
• Marketing and sales management: your strategic function
• Identification of the relevant market
• Segmentation and value proposition
• Operational Marketing and Relationship Marketing: The Value of the Product/Service, the Price and How to Reach the Consumer (Distribution)
• Marketing digital
• The marketing plan and its integration into the company's operations: Logistics marketing

Módulo 2: Executive and Financial Management

• The profile of management skills in the business and logistics field: Integrated management systems
• Communication as a tool: persuade versus convince and manipulate
• Work teams: Effective training and leadership of work teams. High-performance teams
• The strategic management of people in organizations
• Human Capital as a Source of Competitive Advantage: Labor Cycle Management
• People Development and Talent Management: Career Design and Management
• Training Plans and Compensation Systems
• Workplace well-being and healthy organizations: Managing diversity. Safety and prevention of occupational risks
• Process Management: Service Quality, Process Reengineering and Organizational Transformation
• Business strategy and financial planning. Financial and business forecasts
• Understanding Fundamental Financial Statements
• The main financial concepts: profitability, liquidity, solvency, profit
• Short- and long-term financial planning: Analysis of investments in production, distribution and fleet facilities, and calculation of their profitability
• Valuation and control of investments and risks. Signs of insolvency and strategic alarms
• Financial Information Needs for Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Securing Logistics Activity: Approaches and Methods for Securing Goods and Processes
• The global and departmental budget process. Management and control of budget execution. Analysis and correction of deviations
• The budget of the logistics department: Preparation and implementation.
• Strategic information and Balanced Scorecard: Management control indicators and KPIs
• Strategy Map Construction
• Value Reporting: Beyond the Income Statement

Módulo 3: Global Supply Chain Planning

• Logistics vs Supply Chain: The Basics
• “End-to-End” Vs Cadena extendida
• Three-pronged supply chain approach: Processes, Organization, Tools
• Demand-Driven Supply Chains and Supply Chain by Product Type
• Comprehensive Supply Chain Strategy and Planning: Conceptual and Strategic Framework
• Demand Planning and Determination: S&OP Processes and Estimation Methodologies
• Localization strategy and network design
• Product, service, and operations design
• Product offering, service level at each location and forecasting of the supply level: Needs to be covered at each node in the supply chain
• Ajuste entre Distribution Resource Planning (DRP) y Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
• Supply Chain Design
• Supply chain strategies of representative sectors of the economy.
• Global Trade and Logistics: Global Supply Chains, Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Aspects, Global Production and Distribution Networks
• Global Supply Chain Organization Models: Global Projects
• Multi-location of facilities and Global sourcing
• Methods of managing material and information flows between sites in an international network
• International physical distribution of goods
• Incoterms clauses. International negotiation terms. Differences between Incoterms and RAFTD
• Forms of payment and international collection. Legal protection of the goods. Customs contracts and their documents
• Best practices in global supply chains

Módulo 4: Production Management

• Strategic Operational Decisions
• Tactical operational decisions
• Design and selection of the process and operations technology
• Design of the work system: Design of functional and physical workstations. Specialization versus flexibility. Process and work analysis techniques. Work measurements and ergonomics.
• Capacity planning and utilization. Aggregate production planning. Disaggregated planning: calculation and factors of capacity, balance and bottlenecks
• Time Planning: PERT and CPM Methods
• Operations Scheduling: Aggregate Planning Techniques
• Master of Materials and Production Plan: MRP I and II
• Lean manufacturing. Lean concepts and tools. Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
• Six Sigma
• Line Back Principles. Line supply systems. Just in Time. The Kanban technique
• TOC as an optimized production management philosophy. The critique of cost accounting.
• Constraint management: the process of continuous improvement. TOC and cost reduction. TOC versus ABC
• Quality Management: Good Quality Costs and Non-Quality Costs
• Modelos TLS
• DBR Logistics
• Learning curves
• TPM Total Productive Maintenance Management

Módulo 5: Warehouse and Transport Management

• Warehousing Logistics: Strategy for designing a supply network, storage, handling, and loading and order picking systems
• Warehouse organization. Design of lay-out and internal flows. Inbound and outbound goods movements
• Warehouse Design: Principles and Techniques. Conventional warehouses. Design of complex warehouses. Warehouse Management Systems
• Order management and customer relations. Loyalty and one-to-one relationship. CRM Strategy
• Reverse logistics: Management of returns and returns. Stock reduction
• Picking, Packing, Cross-Docking
• Container, Container and Packaging Management
• Warehouse Work Team Management
• Inventory management: Stock management models. Assurance and prevention of stockouts. Optimal batch size and replenishment
• Distribution channel management: distribution and storage
• Transport logistics: Operation and structures of transport markets. International Transport
• Characteristics of the different modes of transport
• Transport logistics infrastructures
• Road transport: Regulation, modalities, economic system and contracting of services
• Maritime transport: Regulation, modalities, economic system and contracting of services. Management of goods in ports. Stevedoring operations. Freight
• Rail transport: Regulation, modalities, economic system and contracting of services. The liberalisation and modernisation of rail transport
• Air transport: Regulation, modalities, economic system and contracting of services. Liberalization and modernization of air transport
• Intermodality and synchromodality
• Optimisation of transport costs: Design of routes, networks and sites

Módulo 6: Purchasing Management

• Purchasing and procurement management: scopes, activities and responsibilities. Alignment and integration of procurement into business strategy
• Purchasing Department Structure
• Purchasing Strategies: Kraljic's Matrix Analysis
• Tactical development and monitoring of the purchasing process
• Supplier approval: Modalities for contracting and evaluating the quality of suppliers.
• Procurement Function KPIs
• Purchasing in environments of demand and supplier delivery uncertainty: Replenishment alternatives.
• ABC Analysis for Inventory Management and Control
• Outsourcing in purchasing: Supplier managed inventory strategies
• Harvard negotiation techniques. Development of the types and negotiation process, with the search for the MAPAN as an alternative and the establishment of the ZOPA and negotiation plan.
• Developing Proposed Solutions in Complex Negotiation Environments: The 10 Big Mistakes in Negotiation
• Goldratt conflict cloud support

Módulo 7: Sustainable Logistics

• Environmental regulations applicable to logistics processes
• Environmental management systems and CDS. Environmental Management Systems and their integration with the CSD management system
• Circular economy and return systems
• Assessing the Environmental Effects of the Supply Chain: Value Chain Sustainability
• Sustainability and product lifecycle
• Improving the energy efficiency of the transport system, developing clean technologies and reducing energy consumption
• From corporate social responsibility to responsible sourcing. Green logistics
• E-commerce, E-logistics and the environment
• Sustainable urban logistics
• Innovations for sustainable logistics

Módulo 8: Simulation and Technologies in Logistics

• Introduction to Simulation and Elements of Randomness: Principles of Modeling and Simulation, Random Variable Generation
• Simulation languages: Excel tools for modeling logistics decisions and other tools
• Collaborative environments: Control and optimization of logistics networks
• Simulation and Performance Algorithms
• Application of System Dynamics in Supply Chain Modeling: Reverse and Closed Loop
• Technologies for supply chain integration and interoperability
• Verification, validation and accreditation of complex logistics systems
• Application of technology in supply chains: B2B, B2C and B2E
• EBS Enterprise Business Systems
• ERP Enterprise Resource Planning
• E-Commerce, E-Business, E-Collaboration
• CRM Customer Relationship Management
• SFA Sales Force Automation
• SRM Supplier Relationship Management
• LRM Logistics Resource Management
• SAP Logistics Information System
• RFID Radio Frequency Identification
• Emerging technologies in logistics and supply chain management: AI, BI, IoT, OCR, Big Data, Business Analytics
• Comprehensive experimental design of a logistics simulation study

Módulo 9: Trends and Future in Supply Chain

• Generic Logistics and Supply Chain Management Trends: Rapid Response, Cost Reduction, Advanced Technologies, and Outsourcing
• Vertical integration, cooperation, outsourcing and business networks
• Logistical resilience and flexibility
• Digitalization and automation
• Physical Internet: The Transformation of Freight Corridors and Distribution Networks
• One-To-One Processes: Personalization and Optimization of the Customer Experience
• Green logistics: Towards a fully sustainable supply chain
• Blockchain: Ensuring Transparency in the Supply Chain
• Virtual and Augmented Reality: Improving the logistics performance of operators
• 5G: Ultra-fast connectivity for efficient logistics
• Omnichannel and Unified Commerce: Implications for Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Autonomous Transport: Revolutionising Freight Transport
• Robotic Automated Storage and Retrieval: Improving Storage Efficiency
• Cybersecurity: Data Protection Security in the Supply Chain
• E-commerce and "Last Mile" logistics: Optimizing the delivery process to customers
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Revolutionizing Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Forward-thinking in logistics and supply chain management

Módulo 10: External Academic Internship

• Generic Logistics and Supply Chain Management Trends: Rapid Response, Cost Reduction, Advanced Technologies, and Outsourcing
• Vertical integration, cooperation, outsourcing and business networks
• Logistical resilience and flexibility
• Digitalization and automation
• Physical Internet: The Transformation of Freight Corridors and Distribution Networks
• One-To-One Processes: Personalization and Optimization of the Customer Experience
• Green logistics: Towards a fully sustainable supply chain
• Blockchain: Ensuring Transparency in the Supply Chain
• Virtual and Augmented Reality: Improving the logistics performance of operators
• 5G: Ultra-fast connectivity for efficient logistics
• Omnichannel and Unified Commerce: Implications for Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Autonomous Transport: Revolutionising Freight Transport
• Robotic Automated Storage and Retrieval: Improving Storage Efficiency
• Cybersecurity: Data Protection Security in the Supply Chain
• E-commerce and "Last Mile" logistics: Optimizing the delivery process to customers
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Revolutionizing Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• Forward-thinking in logistics and supply chain management

Módulo 11:

It will consist of the preparation of a strategic plan for comprehensive logistics or supply chain management: it is the preparation of a strategic and dynamic document on the steps that the company will follow in the coming years in the development of this function, or on any of the subjects of the curriculum. but that integrates, in a transversal way, all the knowledge, evaluating its profitability, as well as the viability of the project.